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Dumont, Gabriel

Cornelius David Krieghoff

James Naismith

Monarch Butterfly

Modern Dance

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Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Toronto Maple Leafs 1967: The Last Stanley Cup

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ victory in the 1967 Stanley Cup was a singular event. Who would have predicted that it would not happen again?

It has become common knowledge that the first Thanksgiving in North America was held by Martin Frobisher and his crew in the ...

It is well known that the English victory on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 placed the city of Québec under British ...

...The moment the train reached the bridge the immense weight crushed through the timbers, and the whole structure gave way, ...

1856 - Birth of Charles Hays
Charles Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who went down in the Titanic, born at Rock I, Ill.

"Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Ernest Rutherford helped to develop the theory of atomic structure, an important component of nuclear theory, in 1902 while at McGill University. He earned a Nobel Prize for the accomplishment in 1908.

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Gallery

Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.

Interactive Resources

Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.

Canucklehead

The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.

Timeline

This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.

100 Greatest Events

This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN CANADA

Karen Young

Karen (Elizabeth) Young. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, b Montreal 19 Jun 1951. A great-niece of Berkley E. Chadwick, she was raised in Hudson, Que, began playing guitar at 14, and had a minor folk hit, 'Garden of ...

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