The Canadian frontier has also inspired the types of tall tales that are found in American folklore.
French Canadian tales of Big Joe Mufferaw, a giant of a lumberjack and woodsman from the Ottawa Valley.
Johnny Chinook was a Canadian cowboy and rancher Métis of the Canadian West's Alberta, Canada.
And Ti-Jean, a giant 10 year old French-Canadian lumberjack boy of Canada.
Robert Service's story of Sam McGee.