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Strange though it may seem in our time, when distances scarcely count any more, Canada, only a few hours away from Paris today, still seems to many Frenchmen enveloped in the mist of legend. Ask an "average Frenchman" about Canada: knowing nothing about the English-speaking provinces, he will name you two cities, Quebec and Montreal, where people speak French with a peculiar accent, where they sing "Alouette" all day in the cold and snow; he will recite for you the list of the Great Lakes which he learned in school. His knowledge will scarcely go beyond that.