The day has come! The Nomination Document has been completed…thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers! It will be mailed to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO next week!
They will be reviewing the document at their meeting coming up this August – in Ottawa.
You can read the document too!
Go to: www.blbra.ca/docs/CCUNESCO/ and follow the links to the Nomination Document and the Maps.
There are low and high resolution versions of all files.
ENJOY!
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