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Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand, meets Mary Simon during the Platinum Jubilee, June 3, 2022.
CA-K1102History

Mary Simon at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 2022

From June 2 to 6, 2022, Governor General Mary Simon represented Canada in London at the official events marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and met the Governors General of Australia, Belize and New Zealand.

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Photo: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit & context
George W. Bush walks with Paul Martin and Vicente Fox in Crawford, Texas, March 23, 2005.
CA-K1075History

Paul Martin meets George W. Bush in Texas, 2005

On March 23, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin met President George W. Bush in Crawford and Waco, Texas.

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Photo: Series: Photographs Related to the George W. Bush Administration, 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009 Collection: Records of the White House Photo Office (George W. Bush Administration), 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Louis St. Laurent and Mackenzie King at the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, May 1945 (Nicholas Morant).
CA-K1054History

Mackenzie King leads Canada’s delegation to San Francisco, 1945

In 1945, Prime Minister Mackenzie King led the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, which ran from April 25 to June 26.

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Photo: Nicholas Morant / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / C-022717 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Polar bears in Wapusk National Park, seen from a helicopter.
CA-K1020Places & geography

Wapusk National Park and its polar bear dens

Wapusk National Park in northern Manitoba covers 11,475 square kilometres where boreal forest gives way to Arctic tundra, and protects one of the world’s largest polar bear maternity denning areas. It is on Treaty 5 territory and lands traditionally used by the Cree, Dene, Inuit and Red River Métis, and visits are made through licensed tour operators in Churchill.

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Photo: Peterfitzgerald · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credit & context
Bison herd at Lake Audy, Riding Mountain National Park.
CA-K1019Places & geography

Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba is home to a striking diversity of life: windswept grasslands and deep forests, wolf packs, orchids and lilies, and lakes and wetlands. The park is in Treaty 2 Territory, and Parks Canada works there with Anishinabe First Nations from Treaties 2, 4 and 1.

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Photo: Norm Andreiw · Photo licence: CC BY 3.0 · Credit & context
A grassland landscape in Elk Island National Park.
CA-K1002Places & geography

Elk Island National Park, near Edmonton

Elk Island National Park lies about 48 kilometres east of downtown Edmonton, in Treaty 6 territory and the Métis homeland. Its rolling hills, lakes and dark skies form a landscape Indigenous Peoples have long used for sustenance, ceremony, trade and travel. The park supports bison, elk and more than 250 bird species.

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Photo: Khoshhat · Photo licence: CC0 · Credit & context