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In Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, the difference between high and low tide can be as much as 12 metres. At the head of the Bay of Fundy, the tide can rise 16 metres.
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Photo: Wladyslaw · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credit & context
Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 April 1980. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, he was forced to stop outside Thunder Bay, Ontario, on 1 September 1980 because cancer had appeared in his lungs.
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Photo: Jeangagnon · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Frederick Banting and John Macleod shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of insulin.” Banting, born in Alliston, Ontario, was affiliated with the University of Toronto at the time of the award.
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Photo: Adam Bishop · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Gold was discovered at Discovery Claim on Bonanza Creek, Yukon, on 16 August 1896, triggering the Klondike Gold Rush. Accounts vary, but Parks Canada notes it is generally held that Keish (Skookum Jim Mason) of the Tagish First Nation discovered the gold.
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Photo: JKBrooks85 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On 18 October 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that women were “persons” under section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, and therefore eligible for appointment to the Senate. The appeal followed a 1928 Supreme Court of Canada decision and a campaign by five Alberta women: Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Nellie McClung and Irene Parlby.
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Photo: John.B.Codrington · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Mount Logan, at 5,959 metres, is Canada’s highest peak. It stands in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve, which contains seventeen of the country’s 20 tallest mountains.
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Photo: Gerald Holdsworth · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site spans Alberta and British Columbia. It brings together seven parks known for mountain landscapes, including Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks.
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Photo: Zeljko Kozomara · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
From the early 19th century until the American Civil War, settlements along the Detroit and Niagara rivers were important terminals of the Underground Railroad, a network of Black and white abolitionists helping African Americans find freedom. By 1861, some 30,000 freedom-seekers lived in what is now Ontario.
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Photo: M. Readey · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credit & context
The Canadian Pacific Railway’s ceremonial last spike was driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia, on 7 November 1885. Chinese workers made important contributions to the railway’s construction but are absent from the famous last-spike photograph.
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Photo: Dietmar Rabich · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
The Great Lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Canada and the United States share four of them; Lake Michigan lies entirely within the United States.
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Photo: APK · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
The British Parliament’s Quebec Act of 1774 restored French civil law in the Province of Quebec while British criminal law remained. It also allowed Roman Catholics to practise their faith.
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Photo: Diliff · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.5 · Credit & context
Quebec’s English-speaking communities are not confined to Montréal. They also have roots in regions such as the Eastern Townships, the Gaspé, the Lower North Shore and the Pontiac, with varied histories and circumstances.
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Photo: Wilfredor · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Atlantic Canada comprises New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The regional name includes all four provinces.
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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit & context
French-speaking communities exist in provinces and territories beyond Quebec. They differ in size, history and local circumstances and form an important part of Canada’s linguistic diversity.
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Photo: Thomas Quine · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context
The deportation of the Acadians began in 1755. Grand-Pré National Historic Site commemorates both Acadian settlement in the area and the forced dispersal of Acadian communities.
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In 1870, representatives of the English- and French-speaking Red River communities met in the Convention of Forty and agreed on demands to present to Ottawa. The convention declared a provisional government with Louis Riel as president.
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Photo: Jay Friesen · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Prince Edward Island entered Canadian Confederation on 1 July 1873.
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Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & contextNewfoundland entered Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949.
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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit & context
The territory of Nunavut was established on 1 April 1999.
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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit & context
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.
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Photo: DXR / Daniel Vorndran · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context
Canadian Confederation took effect on 1 July 1867. The four founding provinces were Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
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Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context