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    Le Gardeur

    First set up as the parish municipality of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite in 1857, it was incorporated as a city under the same name in 1973 before changing its designation to Le Gardeur in 1978.

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    Leaf Rapids

    Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, incorporated as a town in 1974, population 453 (2011c), 539 (2006c). The Town of Leaf Rapids is a mining community located 3 km south of the CHURCHILL RIVER on the Canadian Shield and 976 km northwest of Winnipeg. 

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    Leamington

    Leamington, Ont, incorporated as a town in 1890 and as a municipality in 1999, population 28 403 (2011c), 28 833 (2006c). The Municipality of Leamington is located on the north shore of LAKE ERIE, 54 km southeast of WINDSOR.

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    Leduc

    Leduc, Alta, incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1983, population 24 279 (2011c), 16 967 (2006c). The City of Leduc is located 30 km south of EDMONTON. Originally a telegraph terminus and stop on the Calgary and Edmonton Railway (1891), the community grew as an agricultural centre.

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    Leitch Collieries

    Leitch Collieries, an Alberta provincial HISTORIC SITE, is located near the entrance to the municipality of CROWSNEST PASS. This mine site is now abandoned, but in 1907, when it opened, it was considered one of the most advanced and up-to-date coal and coke operations in Canada.

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    Lennoxville

    Lennoxville, Quebec, is a borough of Sherbrooke. With an area of 27.81 km2, Lennoxville is located in the Appalachians on the Rivière Saint-François, at the confluence of the Rivière Coaticook, 5 km southeast of downtown Sherbrooke. Originally, it was called Nikitotegwasis, or "little river which forks," by the Abenaki people and Little Forks by the first settlers. Its current name derives from either the surname of a settler's family or that of Sir Charles Lennox, the 4th duke of Richmond and the governor-in-chief of British North America (1818–19). 

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    Reford Gardens National Historic Site

    ​These English-style gardens have been a national historic site of Canada since 1995. They cover an area of 18 hectares and are located in the Grand-Métis municipality of Québec, at the entrance to the Gaspé Peninsula. 

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    Lesser Slave Lake

    The earliest non-Indigenous settlement in the area evolved at the west end of the lake, off Buffalo Bay, where the North West Company established a post (1802) and the Roman Catholic Church followed with a mission (1872).

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    Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park

    Located 260 km north of Edmonton on the east side of Alberta's second largest lake, Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park (established 1966, 73 km2) is a landscape of contrasts. 

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    Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, AB, incorporated as a city in 1906, population 98,406 (2021 census), 92,729 (2016 census). The City of Lethbridge is located 215 km southeast of Calgary. It overlooks the steep valley of the Oldman River.

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    Music in Lethbridge

    Alberta's third largest city, settled about 1870 and incorporated as a town in 1891 and as a city in 1906. It was named after William Lethbridge (1824-1901), first president of North Western Coal and Navigation Co.

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    Lévis

    Lévis, Quebec, city incorporated in 2002, population 143,414 (2016 census), 138,769 (2011 census). Lévis covers an area of 444 km2. The city is located on the rocky cliffs opposite Quebec City, to which it is linked by ferry. Present-day Lévis is the result of multiple mergers. In 1989, it merged with the industrial city of Lauzon (inc 1957). The following year, Lévis combined with the town of Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière. In 2002, Lévis took in the cities of Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald. The parishes of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy and Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville were also included in the fusion. The municipalities of Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Desjardins and Chutes-de-la-Chaudière were also merged in.

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    Lewisporte

    Lewisporte, NL, incorporated as a town in 1946, population 3483 (2011c), 3308 (2006c). The Town of Lewisporte is a deep-water port and shipping centre in Notre Dame Bay, north-central Newfoundland.

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    Liard Highway

    Liard Highway is an all-weather road linking northern British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Beginning 27 km north of Fort Nelson on the Alaska Highway, it runs 400 km north to join the Mackenzie Highway a short distance south of Fort Simpson, NWT.

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    Liard River

    The Liard River is 1,115 km long and is a major tributary to the Mackenzie River . The Liard River basin is located in an area of discontinuous permafrost, and the region is characterized by short, dry summers and long, cold winters. The Liard River is ice covered for nearly six months of the year, and is known for dramatic river ice break-up that frequently causes flooding in downstream communities, often triggering ice break-up on the Mackenzie River. 

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