Environment
Age of Dinosaurs Begins  (200 000 000 BC)
Small Primates Appear  (60 000 000 BC)
First Humans Appear  (4 000 000 BC)
North American Glaciation  (4 000 000 BC)
Wisconsin Glaciation Begins  (80 000 BC)
Age of Mammals  (50 000 BC to 20 000 BC)
Ice-free Corridors  (14 000 BC)
First Dogs  (8500 BC)
Glaciers Recede  (5000 BC)
First Cats  (2500 BC)
Tsunami Hits BC Coast  (Jan 26, 1700)
Hurricane Hits Newfoundland  (Sep 9, 1775)
Great Auk Extinct  (1840)
First Zoo in Canada  (1847)
St Lawrence River Flood  (Apr 14, 1861)
Nova Scotia Cyclone  (Aug 25, 1873)
Rocky Mountains Park  (Nov 25, 1885)
Canada's First Park Reserve  (Nov 25, 1885)
Yoho Established  (Dec 14, 1886)
Stanley Park Opens  (Sep 27, 1888)
Capilano River Dam Begun  (Jan 30, 1889)
Stanley Park Dedicated  (Oct 29, 1889)
Birth of Grey Owl  (Sep 18, 1890)
Lake Louise Preserved  (1892)
Algonquin Park Created  (May 27, 1893)
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Marthe Lapointe. Soprano, violinist, b Quebec City 29 Nov 1910; lauréat (AMQ) 1930. At six she began to study voice, solfège, violin, and piano. She entered Mont-Ste-Marie Convent in Montreal ca 1921, where she ...


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