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GREEN ISLAND [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

St. Patrick's Day is observed each year on March 17. St. Patrick's Day is not an official national holiday in Canada. It is, however, a provincial holiday in Newfoundland. St. Patrick's Day invokes the spirit of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who is credited with bringing Christianity to the island. Observed as a religious occasion in Ireland, in Canada, it is often marked with festive parades and the wearing of green. It is believed that Patrick was born in Kilpatrick Scotland. When Patrick was in his early teens, he was captured during a raid and taken to Ireland as a slave. There he learned to tend and herd sheep. At this time, Druids and pagans occupied Ireland. Patrick learned the practices and language of his captors. Because of the hardships he faced, Patrick turned to God. When Patrick was twenty, God came to him in a dream and advised him to go to the coast. Patrick escaped and sailers took him back to Britain where he was reunited with his parents. But Ireland beckoned to the young man through is dreams, so Patrick entered the priesthood, was ordained as a bishop and returned to the Emerald Isle in March 433. He traveled across the country converting the people to Christianity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Fête des Irlandais : le 17 mars.

OBS

Éviter l'expression abrégé St-Patrick.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

A provincial environmental political party founded in 2005.

OBS

The Green Party of Prince Edward Island is overseen by the Green Party of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Parti politique écologiste provincial fondé en 2005 et chapeauté par le Parti vert du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Environment
Universal entry(ies)
Styela clava
Latin
CONT

Scientists are investigating tunicate a non-native marine species that is threatening the Island shellfish industry. Like green crab the clubbed tunicate has made its way up the East Coast of North America and is now found in the Brudenell, Montague and Murray rivers, where it is invading mussel spat beds.

Key term(s)
  • leathery sea-squirt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Environnement
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Styela clava
Latin
CONT

Identification : ascidie solitaire d'environ 12 cm de haut caractérisée par la présence d'un pédoncule étroit qui occupe près du tiers de la hauteur totale. Les deux siphons qui sont situés au sommet présentent des marques radiaires (parfois difficiles à voir) de couleur pourpre. La tunique très coriace présente une surface de couleur brunâtre irrégulièrement plissée et mamelonnée. Elle est souvent couverte d'organismes divers (algues, bryozoaires etc.).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A park located in the City of Ottawa on Green Island.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Parc situé sur le territoire de la ville d'Ottawa sur l'île Verte.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The contemporary rocks exposed on the western coast of Ellesmere Island and on eastern and northern Axel Heiberg Island are the Blind Fiord Formation, which consists of green and grey siltstone, fine-grained sandstone, and shale.

OBS

Located in the Arctic Archipelago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Les roches correspondantes en affleurement sur les côtes occidentales de l'île Ellesmere ainsi que dans les parties est et nord de l'île Axel Heiberg appartiennent à la formation de Blind Fiord, composée de siltstone vert et gris ainsi que de grès à grain fin et de schiste argileux.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Aeonium domesticum Variegatum
Latin
OBS

Crassulaceae family

OBS

Succulent intermediate between sedum and sempervivum; freely branching rosettes with rounded thin fleshy leaves light green with white margins; flowers yellow. Subtropic. Canary Island.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Aeonium domesticum Variegatum
Latin
OBS

Famille des Crassulacées

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A two-part bridge over the Rideau River at the back of Ottawa's City Hall on Green Island.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Pont en deux tronçons au-dessus de la rivière Rideau et touchant l'île Verte, à l'arrière de l'Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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