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York Factory, a Hudson’s Bay Company depot on Hudson Bay in Manitoba, was a vital fur trade hub for more than 250 years. It served as the gateway to the vast interior for British trade goods, settlers and soldiers, and lies on Treaty 5 territory.
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Photo: Travel Manitoba · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context
The Rideau Canal is North America’s best-preserved slackwater canal and the only one from the great 19th-century canal-building era that still operates along its original route with most of its original structures intact. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context
The Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) entered into force on 1 July 2020. It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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Photo: Crisco 1492 · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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