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Married to a man over twice her age, Frances Simpson came to Canada by ship and to Manitoba's Red River by canoe. Her life in Canada was lonely and difficult. more...
Fort Macleod, North-West Mounted Police Outpost
The first town in alberta, the NWMP Fort Macleod was initially built on an island in the Old Man River, then moved up-river. The town sprung up around the police outpost more...
Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia
The American Revolution divided the US. Those faithful to Britain went to Canada - soldiers, freed slaves, indentured servants and families- as United Empire Loyalists more...
Canada's First Christmas in 1535
On his second trip to the New World, explorer Jacques Cartier and his men spent the winter near Stadacona and celebrated Canada's first recorded Christmas. more...
Laura Secord's Rush to Save Canada
Dehydrated, exhausted and with feet cut and bleeding, Laura Secord pressed on to reach Lt. Fitzgibbon with the message that Upper Canada was about to be taken by America more...
Hébert, the First French Family
Packing up their three children, the Héberts sailed across the ocean to New France. With little to work with, the family made a good life caring for natives, settlers more...
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By: Terry Long
Born Giovanni Caboto, John Cabot was an Italian explorer and navigator, who is traditionally believed to be the first modern European to see what, is now called Canada. more...
By: Barbara Martin
Ottawa sets control of the First Nations with amendments to the Indian Act. more...
Settlement by Halladay Family in Leeds County
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Kathleen Airdrie
In 1801, Noah and Mehitable (Cross) Halladay, members of a large New England family, journeyed to Upper Canada. more...
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Kathleen Airdrie
Catherine O'Hare from County Down, Ireland was the only woman on an historic overland trek during the Cariboo gold rush. more...
By: Terry Long
The Coureur des Bois, or Runners of the Woods, were a group of individuals who traded furs with the First Nations in New France in the 17th Century. more...
Hudson's Bay Company Arctic Fur Trading Posts
By: Murray Sager
Well into the 1970s the Hudson's Bay Company recruited their trainee fur-traders in the United Kingdom and sent them to their trading posts in isolated Inuit settlements. more...
Louis Riel of the Canadian Métis
By: Susan Huebert
One of the most controversial figures in Canadian history was Louis Riel, leader of the Manitoba Métis, whose actions helped shape the country's future. more...
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