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Hôtel-Dieu of Québec, Canada's First Hospital
The Duchesse d'Aiguillon funded the building of the religious Hôtel Dieu Hospital in Québec City, the only hospital in North America north of the Dominican Republic.
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Lady Frances Ramsay Simpson
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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