Facts probably Keri only knows

A big brown book has been teaching me about our neighbors to the north for nearly three decades.
The CANADIAN BOOK OF THE ROAD was published in 1979, and I picked up a copy of the hardbound guide book shortly thereafter, during one of our summer trips to BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The book highlights about 180 scenic drives throughout the length and breadth of CANADA, providing bits of information about every little town (and seemingly every spot on the road) along the way.
I occasionally pick the book up and browse. I learn something new each time.
Here are three facts about Canada, lifted while opening the book to three random pages:
1) The "Frank Slide" of April 29, 1903 sent a wedge of limestone 915 metres wide, 640 metres high and 150 metres thick hurtling down the side of Turtle Mountain in southwestern Alberta, crashing into the town of Frank and killing 70 people.
2) Bread is baked in two outdoor ovens -- les fours Turgeon -- alongside the highway near Château-Richer, Québec.
3) Orillia, Ontario was the model for Mariposa in Stephen Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town." The economist, historian and humorist had a summer home in Orillia that has been converted into a museum.
Now, loyal ROUTE 1 READER KERI (SASKATOON division) probably knows all that, since she lives in Canada.
The facts in my big brown book might come in handy for us down here in the States, though, as we make sense of the GREAT WHITE NORTH.