"A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "quelques arpents de neige", French pronunciation: [kɛlkə.z‿aʁpɑ̃dəˈnɛːʒ], with "vers le Canada") is one of several quotations from 18th-century French writer Voltaire, indicative of his sneering evaluation of the colony of Canada as lacking economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France. In Voltaire's time, Canada was the name of a territory of New France that covered most of modern-day southern Quebec.
"A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "quelques arpents de neige", French pronunciation: [kɛlkə.z‿aʁpɑ̃dəˈnɛːʒ], with "vers le Canada") is one of several quotations from 18th-century French writer Voltaire, indicative of his sneering evaluation of the colony of Canada as lacking economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France. In Voltaire's time, Canada was the name of a territory of New France that covered most of modern-day southern Quebec.
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