My 1967 Canadian Proof-Like Set
The Wolf by Alex Colville Mintage - 4,211,395

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The eastern timber wolf once ranged from New England Range to the Great Lakes and through southeastern Canada to the Hudson Bay. Wolves live in packs, which are complex social structures that include the breeding adult pair (the alpha male and female) and their offspring. Size of the pack varies with the size of available prey. A hierarchy of dominant and subordinate animals within the pack help it to function as a unit. Wolves communicate by scent marking, vocalizations (including howling), facial expressions and body postures.

Currently an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 wolves inhabit Canada, the second-largest population in the world after the former Soviet Union. Historically, wolves inhabited virtually all regions of Canada, from the shores of the Great Lakes to the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, with the exception of Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands. (The northernmost wolf habitat in the world is about 83° north latitude, Cape Morris Jesup in neighboring Greenland.)

The Wolf is symbolic of the vastness and loneliness of Canada.