LAND OF MAPLE LEAF

Canada is known as the Land of Maple.The maple tree is significant to the canadian environment and economy,besides being an eye -catching and iconic element of the canadian geography.Almost 13 different species of maple trees are in the north america and out of them ten belong to canada,making this tree the symbol of canadian identity.All the way through the past,the maple leaf has gained value as the canadian emblem,to the tip where it is at preseent,the most identifiable symbol of the state.The maple leaf has indicated and reownened distinctively the canadian characteristic. And for this very season,in 1834 the first mayor of montreal,quebec,jacques viger illustrated the maple as the "King of the Forest,The symbol of the canadian people".
On feb-15 19665 when the state flag was inagurated,the red and white flag demonstrated that the only symbol of being an canadian is the maple leaf.In thepast,the maple leaf was on every canadian coin but in present day,it remains simply on the penny.The maple leaf is also known as the emblem of responsibility and bravery,pride and determination,originality,miscellany,supplementary than anything besides,it is the representation of what canadians stand for.

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