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ledgers of timber...tides that swell...railway ink where mountains dwell...floods recall the fraser’s rage...archival storms upon the page…oilfield maps and rancher’s brand...dust of treaties across the land...calgary’s flame...red deer’s fair...prairie grit preserved with care…microfilm reels of prairie grain...artists traced in newsprint’s chain...potash mines in corporate files...identity forged in prairie miles…hudson’s bay scrolls of fur trade past...winnipeg strikes that echo fast...northern lights in diaries glow...archival voices through the snow…hansard volumes...bills in ink...snowbound roads where histories sink...factories hum in catalogued song...ontario’s record keeps it strong…jesuit journals...french decrees...cathedral bells in inventories...language carved in parchment’s flame...québec preserved in archival frame…acadian rolls...petitions signed...shipyard logs...bluenose aligned...red soil deeds...potato fairs...codfish counts in merchant’s wares…gold rush claims on brittle sheets...census lists where cultures meet...inuit maps on sealskin drawn...archival voices before the dawn…from coast to coast the records sing...weathered by storm...by law...by king...in archives deep the nation grows…