#eastern canada

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Blue-spotted salamander :)

Have you seen the blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onDec 5, 2025

[allethnicities]

Ethnonyms: Wôbanakiak, Wabanaki, Alnôbak, Alnanbal, Abenaki, Abnaki, St. Francis River Indians

Total population: 5,075

Ethnolinguistic classification: Algic > Algonquian > Eastern Algonquian

Homeland: Ndakinna

Regions with significant populations: the Connecticut River Valley (Kwanitekw), the Lake Champlain Basin (Bitawbagok), the Merrimack River Valley, the White Mountains (Wôbiadenik), the Penobscot River Valley (Panawahpskek), the Kennebec River Valley, the Saco and Androscoggin River Valleys, the Gulf of Maine Coast (Sobagwa), the St. Francis River Valley (Moliantegw), The Bécancour Region (Wôlinak)

Languages and dialects: Abenaki, Western Abenaki, Eastern Abenaki, Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Mi'kmaw, English, French

Religion: Traditional Abenaki Spirituality, Catholicism (Roman Catholicism), Protestantism, Anglicanism, Episcopalianism, Congregationalism, Methodism, Syncretism

The Abenaki, also referred to as Wôbanaki or Wôbanaki in some sources, are an Algonquian Indigenous people of the northeastern part of North America, and their name is commonly understood as meaning “people of the dawn land” or “people of the rising sun,” a reference to their ancestral eastern homeland. Today, their most visible communities in Québec are Odanak and Wôlinak, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River near Trois-Rivières; Québec’s government notes that more than 3,705 Abenaki live in Québec, with many others living elsewhere across North America. Their broader ancestral territory, often called Ndakina, spans parts of southern Québec as well as Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and traditional seasonal movement across this region was shaped by rivers, hunting grounds, fishing sites, and trade routes. Historically, Abenaki life combined farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering, while basketry—especially ash and sweetgrass basket work—became both a cultural practice and an important source of income. The language, Abenaki (Alnôbaodwawôgan), still survives, with some elders speaking it and cultural institutions supporting its revival, while songs, dances, museums, and community organizations help sustain identity and transmit knowledge across generations. In that sense, the Abenaki are not only a historical people of the Northeast but a living nation whose culture remains closely tied to land, river systems, kinship, and resilient community life.

[darkmasterofdragons]

Ive been much much more picky this year with the fossils I find and bring home because I overdid it last year and have no space for new shit lmao but yesterday I found a really gorgeous specimen I couldnt leave on the beach!

A lovely impression of a brachiopod, didnt even have to use any force to separate the pieces it just fell open in my hands :)

[cogumellow]

the cabot trail // cape breton, canada // 2008 // ©

[ryanscabinlife]

Goldenrods

22-Aug-2023

[greyhairedcanuck2]

[mistwalker-official]

⛓️ TOUR JOURNAL: DAY 3 - HALIFAX ⛓️

- On day three we met up with the Anti-Criss boys at the local Tim Horton’s before hitting the highway for a short three hour drive to Halifax.

- We arrived at Gus’ Pub way ahead of schedule, slammed some whiskey in the parking lot, and then headed out in the town.

- Took a brief stop into the local milsurp where I got myself some much needed new combat boots and then perused the weird oddities at the vintage shop next door to Gus’.

- Went down to Real Fake Meats for lunch where I got myself their much lauded and vaunted VEGAN DONAIR. Worth every cent if you ask me.

- Went back up to Gus’ and ripped the place apart alongside locals Hushmetal and Nightfall, who absolutely crushed it.

[state-of-calamity]

Fredericton, New Brunswick

21-Jul-2022 | R. Clark-Martin

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