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Lacrosse Stick

Traditional lacrosse sticks are made of a single piece of wood, bent to form the head of the stick (the part used for catching, carrying, and throwing the ball). Traditionally, Indigenous stick makers wrapped pliable steamed hickory around a tree in order to bend it.
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Ladies Ontario Hockey Association (LOHA)

The Ladies Ontario Hockey Association (LOHA) was the first governing body for community women’s ice hockey in Canada. It was formed in 1922 and disbanded in 1940. Initially, the league consisted of 18 senior teams from across Ontario, from bigger cities such as Toronto, London and Ottawa, to smaller centres such as Bowmanville, Huntsville and Owen Sound. The creation of the LOHA led to the 1925 founding of the Women’s Amateur Athletic Federation, which absorbed the LOHA when it disbanded.
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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.” The trophy was donated to the NHL in 1925 by Lady Evelyn Byng, wife of Governor General Byng. It was known as the Lady Byng Trophy until her death in 1949, when it was renamed the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. The winner is chosen through a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the end of the regular season and is usually awarded after the Stanley Cup playoffs. Notable winners include Frank Boucher, Wayne Gretzky, Red Kelly, Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Bossy, Ron Francis and Martin St. Louis.
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Ladybugs in Canada

Ladybugs, otherwise known as lady beetles or ladybird beetles, are insects in the family Coccinellidae. Although “ladybug” is the most widely used term in Canada, these insects are not true bugs. They are beetles in the order Coleoptera, with hardened forewings called elytra that protect the more delicate hindwings used in flight. Ladybugs are among the most recognizable insects in Canada. Many people know the familiar red beetle with black spots, but that image represents only part of the country’s ladybug diversity.
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Lady's Slipper

Lady's slipper is the common name for some members of the orchid family, in which modified petals (labella) fold inward to make the toe of the "slipper." Insects must pass through the structure to obtain nectar, thereby pollinating the plant. The lady's slipper was selected (1947) as the Provincial Floral Emblem of PEI. The showy lady's slipper (C. reginae) was chosen first, but because it is rare, it was replaced in 1965 by the pink lady's slipper.
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Laforce & Bourdeau Laurent

Laurent, Laforce & Bourdeau (Laurent et Laforce, 1861-4; Laurent, Laforce & Cie, 1865-88). Montreal music and instrument dealers, publishers, and piano manufacturers.
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Lagomorpha

Lagomorpha, order of mammals containing 2 families: the rabbits and hares (Leporidae), and the small, lesser-known pikas (Ochotonidae).
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Lake Agassiz

Formed 11,500 years ago, Lake Agassiz was the largest glacial lake in North America, at about 1,500 km long, over 1,100 km wide and 210 m deep. Its location covered parts of what is now Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Lake Simcoe Treaty (No. 16)

The Lake Simcoe Treaty, or Treaty No. 16, of 1815 was signed between the British authorities in Upper Canada (later Ontario) and the Anishinaabe peoples. It concerned the purchase of about 100,000 hectares of land between Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron. Its purpose was to acquire territory to the north and south of that covered under the John Collins’ Purchase of 1785 and south of that acquired by Penetanguishene Treaty, Treaty No. 5, of 1798. This gave the British control of all the land between Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay. The Lake Simcoe Treaty is one of many agreements made during the late 18th and early 19th centuries known as the Upper Canada Land Surrenders.
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Lakehead University

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont, was founded in 1965. Its roots date back to 1946 when Lakehead Technical Institute was established. The name was changed to Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology in 1956, and in 1957 the city of Port Arthur donated the land for a new college campus.
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Lakes in Canadian Music

With the exception of the Great Lakes which border Ontario on the south, Canada's lakes no longer play a significant role in the country's development; rather they serve recreation and tourism, provide hydro-power, and are valued for their natural beauty.
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Lakes in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Lakes are bodies of water surrounded by land. Canada has about 2 million lakes, which is 14 per cent of the world’s lakes. Some of the best-known lakes in Canada are the Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Lake Superior, with a surface area of 82,100 km2, is also the largest lake in Canada. This article is a plain-language summary of lakes in Canada. If you are interested in reading about this topic more in depth, please see our full-length entry, Lakes in Canada.
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Lamaze Drug Case

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on October 2, 2000. Partner content is not updated. Eric Lamaze walks into his Toronto lawyer's boardroom looking suntanned and refreshed. Amidst the onslaught of probing questions on his drug use and expulsion from the Canadian Olympic equestrian team, the 32-year-old rider speaks calmly - even as he rocks nervously in a chair.
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Lambeosaurus

Lambeosaurus is a genus of large, plant-eating, duckbilled dinosaur. There are three known species of Lambeosaurus, all found in southern Alberta: L. clavinitialis, L. lambei and L. magnicristatus. In 1913, fossil collector Charles H. Sternberg discovered the first Lambeosaurus fossils in the modern-day Dinosaur Provincial Park area. A year later, Canadian paleontologist Lawrence Lambe named the fossils Stephanosaurus marginatus. Fellow Canadian William Parks then renamed the species Lambeosaurus lambei in 1923 in honour of Lambe (see Dinosaurs Found in Canada).
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Lampreys in Canada

Lampreys are a group of primitive vertebrates which, together with hagfish and various extinct forms, comprise the fish class Agnatha. Lampreys occur in both the northern and southern hemispheres. About 41 extant species are known, as well as fossil forms dating from the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (353–300 million years ago) in the US. Twenty-three species are found in North America, of which 21 are indigenous. Eleven species occur in Canada.
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