In the old days. . .

"If you had been in our state in the early 1900's, you might have seen this extinct marsupial, a symbol of our state. Need directions to visit our state? From the mainland, all routes to here are strait."

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Ready to dive into this clue?

"Our county is completely above the circle, so we have long periods in summer when the Sun does not go beneath the horizon . . . at all. So if you want to take a swim at Midnight, it's no problem, there will be plenty of light. And by the way, two other counties border our county, plus two other countries."

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A Prized Resident of our State...

"One of our state's most famous people was originally a legume farmer, who went on to receive a nobel prize medal like this one...among his many other achievements and positions."

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CC BY-NC-ND 2.0/ EuropeanParliament

Giddy-up and get this clue!

"Our state shares the 'cowboy' culture with the two countries that border our state."

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CC BY-NC 2.0/ José María Pérez Nuñez

We live in a special place!

"Out of the 200+ municipalities in our entire country, ours is among a very select group of just eleven unique municipalities."

This clue just flew in from MC #6 . . .

"This beautiful bird from our province is seen every day by people across our entire country, but only on one of our country's coins. In nature, it is rarely seen by anyone, because it's endemic to only our province, and it's critically endangered -- so much so that most photos, including this one, only show birds in zoos across the world."

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CC BY-SA 3.0 /DickDaniels

Miles and miles of coastline. . .

"About half of the provinces in our country are lucky to have two coastlines. Our province has just one coastline -- but in the last decade we came to have two neighboring provinces instead of the single one that bordered us before that."

It's sad when summer ends. . .

"Summer just ended for us, so we're packing up. It will be hard to leave our spot among the other islands in the archipelago next to the peninsula, but soon the sea ice will return and open waters like those in this example photo will be hard to find."

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CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / RJolliffe

A river runs through it!

"Our province lies on the east coast of our country, and the name of our province is derived from the original name of the river that passes through it."

Bring your boat!

"Ships of all kinds line the ocean harbor in our municipality, one of the five municipalities in our country."