The other Canada? The U.K. has its own little slice of the Great White North
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Residents of the United Kingdom can find their own little slice of Canada, just two-and-a-half hours south of London in Canada Common.
In Canada Common, U.K., visitors can walk on the main thoroughfare, named – of course – Canada Road, which leads to Canada Cottage.
Down Canada Road is a chapel, which stands on the edge of a large forest, which holds some notoriety for historians. It’s where Canadian soldiers were stationed in the lead up to D-Day during the Second World War.
A local resident told CTV National News he found out late in life his father was actually Canadian.
“I discovered I wasn’t quite who I thought I was, and that my father was actually a Canadian soldier,” said Ian Marriott to CTV National News. “I’ve taken rather more interest in Canada, both the one we have locally and the country.”
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