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Ottawa
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area and the National Capital Region. The 2016 census reported a population of 934,243, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, the City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960,754 as of December 2015. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, the city name Ottawa was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa, meaning to trade. The city is the most educated in Canada, and is home to a number of post-secondary, research, and cultural institutions, including the National Arts Centre, Ottawa also has the highest standard of living in the nation and low unemployment. It ranked second out of 150 worldwide in the Numbeo quality of life index 2014–2015, with the draining of the Champlain Sea around ten thousand years ago the Ottawa Valley became habitable. The area was used for wild harvesting, hunting, fishing, trade, travel. The Ottawa river valley has archaeological sites with arrow heads, pottery, the area has three major rivers that meet, making it an important trade and travel area for thousands of years. The Algonquins called the Ottawa River Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi meaning Great River or Grand River, Étienne Brûlé, the first European to travel up the Ottawa River, passed by Ottawa in 1610 on his way to the Great Lakes. Three years later, Samuel de Champlain wrote about the waterfalls of the area and about his encounters with the Algonquins, the early explorers and traders were later followed by many missionaries. The first maps of the area used the word Ottawa to name the river, philemon Wright, a New Englander, created the first settlement in the area on 7 March 1800 on the north side of the river, across from Ottawa in Hull. He, with five other families and twenty-five labourers, set about to create a community called Wrightsville. Wright pioneered the Ottawa Valley timber trade by transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Quebec City, the following year, the town would soon be named after British military engineer Colonel John By who was responsible for the entire Rideau Waterway construction project. Colonel By set up military barracks on the site of todays Parliament Hill and he also laid out the streets of the town and created two distinct neighbourhoods named Upper Town west of the canal and Lower Town east of the canal. Similar to its Upper Canada and Lower Canada namesakes, historically Upper Town was predominantly English speaking and Protestant whereas Lower Town was predominantly French, Irish, bytowns population grew to 1,000 as the Rideau Canal was being completed in 1832. In 1855 Bytown was renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city, William Pittman Lett was installed as the first city clerk guiding it through 36 years of development. On New Years Eve 1857, Queen Victoria, as a symbolic, in reality, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had assigned this selection process to the Executive Branch of the Government, as previous attempts to arrive at a consensus had ended in deadlock
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Centre Block on Parliament Hill, the
National War Memorial in
downtown Ottawa, the
National Gallery of Canada, and the
Rideau Canal and
Château Laurier.
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Bytown in 1853. Military Barracks on hill top was occupied by "A" Company of the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, presently home to
Parliament Hill.
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Centre Block on
Parliament Hill under construction in 1863
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Looking east down
Rideau Street. In view: the
Union Station on the right, and the (now demolished)
Daly Building on the left. 1922
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake
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Summer at
Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
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The
Niagara Escarpment on the
Bruce Peninsula.
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Canadians
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Canadians are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural, for most Canadians, several of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian. Elements of Aboriginal, French, British and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic and economic neighbour, the United States. Canadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of years since the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. World War I and World War II in particular gave rise to a desire among Canadians to have their country recognized as a sovereign state with a distinct citizenship. Canadas nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom, legislation since the mid 20th century represents Canadians commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development. As of 2010, Canadians make up 0. 5% of the total population, having relied upon immigration for population growth. Approximately 41% of current Canadians are first- or second-generation immigrants, and 20 percent of Canadian residents in the 2000s were not born in the country. Statistics Canada projects that, by 2031, nearly one-half of Canadians above the age of 15 will be foreign-born or have one foreign-born parent. Aboriginal peoples, according to the 2011 Canadian Census, numbered at 1,400,685 or 4. 3% of the countrys 33,476,688 population. The French originally settled New France, in present-day Quebec and Ontario, approximately 100 Irish-born families would settle the Saint Lawrence Valley by 1700, assimilating into the Canadien population and culture. This arrival of newcomers led to the creation of the Métis, after the War of 1812, British, Scottish and Irish immigration was encouraged throughout Ruperts Land, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Between 1815 and 1850, some 800,000 immigrants came to the colonies of British North America and these new arrivals included some Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots displaced by the Highland Clearances to Nova Scotia. Descendants of Francophone and Anglophone northern Europeans who arrived in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are often referred to as old stock Canadians. Beginning in the late 1850s, the immigration of Chinese into the Colony of Vancouver Island, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 eventually placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants, in hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration after completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The population of Canada has consistently risen, doubling approximately every 40 years, from the mid- to late 19th century, Canada had a policy of assisting immigrants from Europe, including an estimated 100,000 unwanted Home Children from Britain. Block settlement communities were established throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some were planned and others were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves. Canada was now receiving a number of European immigrants, predominantly Italians, Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, Poles
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Tommy Douglas
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Adélard Godbout
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Oscar Peterson
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Architect
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An architect is someone who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, which derives from the Greek, practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction. The terms architect and architecture are used in the disciplines of landscape architecture, naval architecture. In most jurisdictions, the professional and commercial uses of the terms architect, throughout ancient and medieval history, most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans—such as stone masons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder. Until modern times, there was no distinction between architect and engineer. In Europe, the architect and engineer were primarily geographical variations that referred to the same person. It is suggested that various developments in technology and mathematics allowed the development of the gentleman architect. Paper was not used in Europe for drawing until the 15th century, pencils were used more often for drawing by 1600. The availability of both allowed pre-construction drawings to be made by professionals, until the 18th-century, buildings continued to be designed and set out by craftsmen with the exception of high-status projects. In most developed countries, only qualified people with appropriate license, certification, or registration with a relevant body, such licensure usually requires an accredited university degree, successful completion of exams, and a training period. To practice architecture implies the ability to independently of supervision. In many places, independent, non-licensed individuals may perform design services outside the professional restrictions, such design houses, in the architectural profession, technical and environmental knowledge, design and construction management, and an understanding of business are as important as design. However, design is the force throughout the project and beyond. An architect accepts a commission from a client, the commission might involve preparing feasibility reports, building audits, the design of a building or of several buildings, structures, and the spaces among them. The architect participates in developing the requirements the client wants in the building, throughout the project, the architect co-ordinates a design team. Structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers and other specialists, are hired by the client or the architect, the architect hired by a client is responsible for creating a design concept that meets the requirements of that client and provides a facility suitable to the required use. In that, the architect must meet with and question the client to ascertain all the requirements, often the full brief is not entirely clear at the beginning, entailing a degree of risk in the design undertaking. The architect may make proposals to the client which may rework the terms of the brief
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Filippo Brunelleschi is revered to be one of the most inventive and gifted architects in history.
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An architect at work, 1893.
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Architect
Rem Koolhaas inspecting a model of the
Seattle Central Library
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Britannia Yacht Club
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The Britannia Yacht Club is a private social club, yacht club and tennis club based in Britannia, Ottawa, Ontario. It was founded in 1887 by a group of cottagers, the members have contributed to the sports of yachting and tennis. The non profit corporation celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2012, the main entrance is on Cassels at Bradford Street. BYC is located on an extension of land at the end of Lac Deschênes near the Deschênes Rapids on the Ottawa River. A land block owned by the National Capital Commission on the side of the harbour is leased to the BYC. The area immediately south of the property is occupied by residences of Britannia Bay, to the south and east of the property, the land is owned by the City of Ottawa and is occupied by the Britannia Water Treatment Plant, and the Britannia Conservation area. To the north, is the Town of Aylmer, Quebec across the 800 m span of the Deschênes rapids, the harbour was built from an abandoned power canal, which lay beside the club property. This harbour has been expanded twice since its original development, the harbour water level is controlled by a system of stop logs at its entrance. The harbour is a well-protected basin consisting of a harbour and an inner harbour. There are unlimited dry mooring spaces for ramp-launched boats and for crane-launched keel boats of less than 1,360 kg, BYC is a member of the Ontario Sailing Association, Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, and the Canadian Yachting Association. Its officers include a Commodore, vice-commodore, rear-commodore, secretary, the BYC is included in the City of Ottawa Inventory of Sports facilities. BYC provides access to 45 kilometres of sailing waters on the Ottawa River, Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart 1550 - Britannia Bay to Chats Falls covers the whole of Lac Deschênes. The BYC offers Social and boating memberships to close to 1,200 members, BYC has a marina with a main and inner Harbour which accommodate 280 Keelboats. For Dinghy sailing, dry sail facilities are provided, BYC offers Tennis, youth and social programs. The Main Harbour, which opens to the Ottawa River, is surrounded by Mauve Cove, Crimson Cove, the Inner Harbour is surrounded by Emerald Cay, Mauve Cove and Crimson Cove. Onshore there is a reserved for the exclusive use of members as well as camping on Baskin’s beach. The Clubhouses dragon sailboat bar, Main Lounge, Bruce Neuk, Sunset Room restaurant and marquis tent provide casual and gourmet dining, Fuller Park is a popular social area for picnics. A range of services for racing and pleasure boaters includes Gasoline, Diesel fuel, Fresh water
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Britannia Yacht Club gates
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Britannia Yacht Club swimming area, deck, bridge and pier
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Britannia Yacht Club boats in main harbour
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Britannia yacht club street signs Cassels at Bradford
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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
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The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. The Dominion Architect responsible for the building was Edgar Lewis Horwood, the main instrument is the 72 inch aperture Plaskett telescope, proposed and designed by John S. Plaskett in 1910 with the support of the International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research. It was planned to be the largest telescope in the world but delays meant it was completed, Centre of the Universe was the public interpretive centre for the observatory that was regularly open to the public between May and September. The centre featured interactive exhibits about astronomy, the work of the observatory and its parent organization, there were also tours of the telescope and programs in the planetarium and video theatre. The Centre was closed by the Federal Government in August 2013, the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Society was formed in 2015 with a goal of reinstating the programs terminated when the Centre of the Universe was closed. In May 2016, the FDAO signed a License to Occupy for the Centre of the Universe with the National Research Council and these events include solar and nighttime viewing with RASC and DAO telescopes, presentations, lectures, and displays. The building that houses the telescope was built by McAlpine-Robertson Company of Vancouver for a price of $75,000, both the building and dome, made by Warner and Swasey Co, are double walled. It was then ground in the United States at the John A. Brashear company in Pittsburgh, the mirror had to be reground twice, once due to a mysterious scratch and the 2nd time due to a flaw in the grinding. This added 2 years to the time of the telescope. The completed mirror was hauled up Little Saanich Mountain by horse, following completion, Plaskett remained the head of the observatory until 1935. A spectrograph is fitted to the Cassegrain focus and an imaging CCD is attached to the Newtonian focus, in 1962, a 48 optical telescope was added to the observatory. The telescope, ordered in 1957, was made by Grubb Parsons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its Coude focus is used with a room sized spectrograph. In 1995, the observatory was made the headquarters of the NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, the NRC collaborates with international partners such as the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The telescopes are in constant use today and are open for visitors year round, an interpretive centre called the Centre of the Universe was opened in 2002 but unfortunately closed in 2013 due to budgetary reasons. As of January 2014, the current director is Dr Dennis R. Crabtree, the Plaskett missed becoming the largest telescope in the World, but remained the second largest until the 74 inch reflector at David Dunlap Observatory in 1935 debuted. Top 2 in 1918, The next largest were the Harvard College Observatory 60 inch and the Mt. Wilson 60-inch Hale
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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
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The Plaskett telescope in 1920
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Victoria, British Columbia
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Victoria /vɪkˈtɔːriə/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canadas Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 85,792, while the area of Greater Victoria, has a population of 367,770. Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada, and is located about 100 kilometres from BCs largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and, at the time, British North America, Victoria is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a number of its historic buildings. The citys Chinatown is the second oldest in North America after San Franciscos, known as the The Garden City, Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination with a thriving technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry. Victoria is in the top twenty of world cities for quality-of-life, Victoria is very popular with boaters with its beautiful and rugged shorelines and beaches. Victoria is also popular with retirees, who come to enjoy the temperate, prior to the arrival of European navigators in the late 1700s, the Victoria area was home to several communities of Coast Salish peoples, including the Songhees. The Spanish and British took up the exploration of the northwest coast, beginning with the visits of Juan Pérez in 1774 and of James Cook. In 1778, although the Victoria area of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was not penetrated until 1790, Spanish sailors visited Esquimalt Harbour in 1790,1791, the Songhees established a village across the harbour from the fort. The Songhees village was moved north of Esquimalt. When the crown colony was established in 1849, a town was out on the site. Victoria was incorporated as a city in 1862, in 1865, Esquimalt was made the North Pacific home of the Royal Navy, and remains Canadas Pacific coast naval base. In the latter half of the 19th century, the Port of Victoria became one of North Americas largest importers of opium, serving the opium trade from Hong Kong and distribution into North America. Opium trade was legal and unregulated until 1865, then the legislature issued licences and levied duties on its import, the opium trade was banned in 1908. In 1886, with the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway terminus on Burrard Inlet and his son James Dunsmuir became premier and subsequently lieutenant-governor of the province and built his own grand residence at Hatley Park in the present City of Colwood. With the economic crash and a surplus of men, Victoria became a target-rich environment for recruiting. Two militia infantry battalions, the 88th Victoria Fusiliers and the 50th Gordon Highlanders, Victoria was the home of Sir Arthur Currie
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Clockwise from top left: The Inner
Victoria Harbour, Statue of Queen Victoria, the
Fisgard Lighthouse, Neo-Baroque architecture of the
British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The
British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The
Empress Hotel, and The
Christ Church Cathedral.
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Downtown Victoria 's Skyline at twilight in November 2009.
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Wawadit'la, also known as Mungo Martin House, a Kwakwaka'wakw "big house", with
totem pole. Built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953. Located at
Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia, in the background is the
Royal BC Museum.
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Inner Harbour with Empress Hotel on left, 2014
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National Historic Site of Canada
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Parks Canada, a federal agency, manages the National Historic Sites program. As of 2016, there are 976 National Historic Sites,171 of which are administered by Parks Canada, the sites are located across all ten provinces and three territories, with two sites located in France. There are related federal designations for National Historic Persons and National Historic Events, Sites, Events, and Persons are each typically marked by a federal plaque, but the markers do not indicate which designation a subject has been given. The Rideau Canal is a National Historic Site, while the Welland Canal is a National Historic Event, emerging Canadian nationalist sentiment in the late 19th century and early 20th century led to an increased interest in preserving Canadas historic sites. There were galvanizing precedents in other countries, in the United Kingdom, the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty was created in 1894 to protect that countrys historic and natural heritage. Domestically, Lord Dufferin, the Governor General from 1872 to 1878, initiated some of the earliest, high-profile efforts to preserve Canadas historic sites. He was instrumental in stopping the demolition of the fortifications of Quebec City, at the same time, the federal government was looking for ways to extend the National Park system to Eastern Canada. In 1914, the Parks Branch undertook a survey of sites in Canada. Fort Howe in Saint John, New Brunswick was designated a historic park in 1914. The fort was not a site of significant national historic importance, Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia was also designated in 1917. At the same time, the Department of Militia and Defence was anxious to transfer old forts, harkin, the first Commissioner of Dominion Parks, to develop a departmental heritage policy. On Harkins recommendation, the government created the Advisory Board for Historic Site Preservation in 1919 in order to advise the Minister on a new program of National Historic Sites. Brigadier General Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, an authority on the War of 1812 and the history of Ontario, was chosen as the Boards first chairman. Due to a lack of resources, the HSMBC limited itself to recommending sites for designation, of the 285 National Historic Sites designated by 1943,105 represented military history,52 represented the fur trade and exploration, and 43 represented famous individuals. There was also a strong bias in favour of commemorating sites in Ontario over other parts of the country, at one point, some members of the HSMBC concluded that there were no sites at all in Prince Edward Island worthy of designation. Lawrence, and in Niagara, promoting a loyalist doctrine of unity with Britain. Proposals to designate sites related to the immigration of Jews, Blacks and Ukrainians to Canada were rejected, such was the view of Canadian history by the Board in the first half of the 20th century. As time passed and the system grew, the scope of the program, by the 1930s, the focus of the heritage movement in Canada had shifted from commemoration to preservation and development
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Fort Howe in
Saint John, New Brunswick; its designation in 1914 marked the beginning of the emerging system of National Historic Sites
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The celebrations of
Quebec City 's tricentennial in 1908 acted as a catalyst for federal efforts to designate and preserve historic sites.
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Prince of Wales Fort in
Churchill, Manitoba was one of the first two sites designated in
Western Canada.
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The initial focus of the program was strictly on commemoration rather than preservation or restoration. The ruins of the
Fortress of Louisbourg were designated in 1920, but efforts to restore the fortress did not commence until 1961.
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Calgary
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Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, the city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 1,239,220 in 2016, making it Albertas largest city, also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. The Calgary CMA is home to the second-highest number of head offices in Canada among the countrys 800 largest corporations. In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games, Calgary was named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. In turn, the name originates from a compound of kald and gart, similar Old Norse words, meaning cold and garden, alternatively, the name might be Gaelic Cala ghearraidh, meaning beach of the meadow, or Gaelic for either clear running water or bay farm. The Calgary area was inhabited by people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years. Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, in 1787, cartographer David Thompson spent the winter with a band of Peigan encamped along the Bow River. He was a Hudsons Bay Company trader and the first recorded European to visit the area, John Glenn was the first documented European settler in the Calgary area, in 1873. The site became a post of the North-West Mounted Police, the NWMP detachment was assigned in 1875 to protect the western plains from US whisky traders, and to protect the fur trade. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A, Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by Colonel James Macleod. When the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area in 1883, over a century later, the Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters moved to Calgary from Montreal in 1996. Calgary was officially incorporated as a town in 1884, and elected its first mayor, in 1894, it was incorporated as The City of Calgary in what was then the North-West Territories. The Calgary Police Service was established in 1885 and assumed municipal, local duties from the NWMP, the Calgary Fire of 1886 occurred on November 7,1886. Fourteen buildings were destroyed with losses estimated at $103,200, although no one was killed or injured, city officials drafted a law requiring all large downtown buildings to be built with Paskapoo sandstone, to prevent this from happening again. After the arrival of the railway, the Dominion Government started leasing grazing land at minimal cost, as a result of this policy, large ranching operations were established in the outlying country near Calgary. Already a transportation and distribution hub, Calgary quickly became the centre of Canadas cattle marketing and meatpacking industries. By the late 19th century, the Hudsons Bay Company expanded into the interior and established posts along rivers that later developed into the cities of Winnipeg, Calgary
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From top left:
Scotiabank Saddledome and
Downtown Calgary,
SAIT Polytechnic,
Calgary Stampede,
Canada Olympic Park,
Lougheed House,
Stephen Avenue,
Calgary Zoo
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Calgary as it appeared circa 1885
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Downtown Calgary in 2010.
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Ice fog is common over ice-free currents of the
Bow River when temperatures drop to −17 °C (1 °F).
Hoar frost forms on vegetation. January 9, 2015 −20 °C (−4 °F), 10:00 am
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Alberta
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Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,196,457 as of July 1,2015, it is Canadas fourth-most populous province and its area is about 660,000 square kilometres. Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1,1905, the premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015. Alberta is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U. S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to only a single U. S. state and one of only two landlocked provinces. About 290 km south of the capital is Calgary, the largest city in Alberta, Calgary and Edmonton centre Albertas two census metropolitan areas, both of which have populations exceeding one million, while the province has 16 census agglomerations. Tourist destinations in the province include Banff, Canmore, Drumheller, Jasper, Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Victoria, Queen of Canada, and Albert, Prince Consort. Princess Louise was the wife of John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, Lake Louise and Mount Alberta were also named in her honour. Alberta, with an area of 661,848 km2, is the fourth largest province after Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. To the south, the borders on the 49th parallel north, separating it from the US state of Montana. The province extends 1,223 km north to south and 660 km east to west at its maximum width, with the exception of the semi-arid steppe of the south-eastern section, the province has adequate water resources. There are numerous rivers and lakes used for swimming, fishing, there are three large lakes, Lake Claire in Wood Buffalo National Park, Lesser Slave Lake, and Lake Athabasca which lies in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. The longest river in the province is the Athabasca River which travels 1,538 km from the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains to Lake Athabasca, the largest river is the Peace River with an average flow of 2161 m3/s. The Peace River originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows through northern Alberta and into the Slave River, Albertas capital city, Edmonton, is located approximately in the geographic centre of the province. It is the most northerly city in Canada, and serves as a gateway. The region, with its proximity to Canadas largest oil fields, has most of western Canadas oil refinery capacity, Calgary is located approximately 280 km south of Edmonton and 240 km north of Montana, surrounded by extensive ranching country. Almost 75% of the population lives in the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The land grant policy to the served as a means to populate the province in its early years
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Welcome to Alberta sign traveling from east to west
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Flag
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Topographic map of Alberta
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Moraine Lake in
Banff National Park
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Central Experimental Farm
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The Central Experimental Farm, commonly known as the Experimental Farm, is an agricultural facility, working farm, and research centre of the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As the name indicates, this farm is located in and now surrounded by the City of Ottawa, Ontario. The 4 square kilometres farm is a National Historic Site of Canada, the CEF original intent was to perform scientific research for improvement in agricultural methods and crops. While such research is still being conducted, the atmosphere of the CEF has become an important place of recreation and education for the residents of Ottawa. Furthermore, over the several other departments and agencies have encroached onto the CEF property, such as Natural Resources Canada, National Defence. The CEF is bordered by the Rideau Canal to the east, Prince of Wales Drive to the South-East, Baseline Road to the south, and Merivale and Fisher Roads to the west, and Carling Avenue to the north. The Victorian era was a time of great interest in the advancement of sciences and many nations built zoos, observatories, botanical gardens. The CEF started out with 188 hectares, chosen because of their proximity to Parliament Hill, over the next few years the site was prepared by improving the land, building the facilities, and planting the Arboretum and forest belt. Early research projects focused only on entomology, botany, and horticulture, Fuller, Charles D. Sutherland, Joseph Charles Gustave Brault Thomas Seaton Scott and Thomas Fuller adopted the Neo-Gothic style. David Ewart embraced the Scottish baronial style, in 1887-1888, William John Beckett, a contractor, served as foreman during the building of the residences, offices and barns. In 1889, livestock was introduced to the CEF, Chief Dominion Architect David Ewart designed the Dominion Observatory, Carling Avenue in 1902, Chief Astronomers Residence,1909, and the Geodetic Survey Building,1914. Chief Dominion Architect Edgar Lewis Horwood designed the Cereal and Agrostology Building, 1915-16, Agricultural Building,1915, Chief Dominion Architect Richard Cotsman Wright designed a number of buildings including, the Poultry Office Building,1920, and the Botanical Laboratory Building, 1924–25. John Bethune Roper designed the Administration Building, Carling Avenue,1934, William James Abra designed the Biological Building,1935. Over the years the scope of research grew and changed, prompting a need to increase the farms lands, from 1940-47, building 136, operated as a high frequency Naval Radio Station -CFF which frequently intercepted enemy transmissions. In 1983, the museum was created in the former Dairy Barn. The Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office recognized or classified a number of CEF buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings between 1984-1997, the Cereal Barn Building 76 was classified in 1984. The Victoria Memorial Museum was classified in 1986, the Main Dairy Barn Building 88 was classified in 1987. In 1988, the Botanical Laboratory / Horticulture Building 74 and the Sheep Showcase / Small Dairy Barn Building 95 were recognized, the Nutrition Building 59 was recognized in 1992
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Central Experimental Farm
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Overview map of the CEF
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Historic Building No.55 at the Central Experimental Farm
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CEF Agricultural Museum
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area and the National Capital Region. The 2016 census reported a population of 934,243, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, the City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960,754 as of December 2015. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, the city name Ottawa was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa, meaning to trade. The city is the most educated in Canada, and is home to a number of post-secondary, research, and cultural institutions, including the National Arts Centre, Ottawa also has the highest standard of living in the nation and low unemployment. It ranked second out of 150 worldwide in the Numbeo quality of life index 2014–2015, with the draining of the Champlain Sea around ten thousand years ago the Ottawa Valley became habitable. The area was used for wild harvesting, hunting, fishing, trade, travel. The Ottawa river valley has archaeological sites with arrow heads, pottery, the area has three major rivers that meet, making it an important trade and travel area for thousands of years. The Algonquins called the Ottawa River Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi meaning Great River or Grand River, Étienne Brûlé, the first European to travel up the Ottawa River, passed by Ottawa in 1610 on his way to the Great Lakes. Three years later, Samuel de Champlain wrote about the waterfalls of the area and about his encounters with the Algonquins, the early explorers and traders were later followed by many missionaries. The first maps of the area used the word Ottawa to name the river, philemon Wright, a New Englander, created the first settlement in the area on 7 March 1800 on the north side of the river, across from Ottawa in Hull. He, with five other families and twenty-five labourers, set about to create a community called Wrightsville. Wright pioneered the Ottawa Valley timber trade by transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Quebec City, the following year, the town would soon be named after British military engineer Colonel John By who was responsible for the entire Rideau Waterway construction project. Colonel By set up military barracks on the site of todays Parliament Hill and he also laid out the streets of the town and created two distinct neighbourhoods named Upper Town west of the canal and Lower Town east of the canal. Similar to its Upper Canada and Lower Canada namesakes, historically Upper Town was predominantly English speaking and Protestant whereas Lower Town was predominantly French, Irish, bytowns population grew to 1,000 as the Rideau Canal was being completed in 1832. In 1855 Bytown was renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city, William Pittman Lett was installed as the first city clerk guiding it through 36 years of development. On New Years Eve 1857, Queen Victoria, as a symbolic, in reality, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had assigned this selection process to the Executive Branch of the Government, as previous attempts to arrive at a consensus had ended in deadlock
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Centre Block on Parliament Hill, the
National War Memorial in
downtown Ottawa, the
National Gallery of Canada, and the
Rideau Canal and
Château Laurier.
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Bytown in 1853. Military Barracks on hill top was occupied by "A" Company of the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, presently home to
Parliament Hill.
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Centre Block on
Parliament Hill under construction in 1863
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Looking east down
Rideau Street. In view: the
Union Station on the right, and the (now demolished)
Daly Building on the left. 1922
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Brandon, Manitoba
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Brandon is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Brandon covers an area of 465.16 km2 and has a population of 48,859, while its census metropolitan area has a population of 58,003. It is a hub of trade and commerce for the Westman region as well as parts of southeastern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota. The City of Brandon was incorporated in 1882, having a history rooted in the Assiniboine River fur trade as well as its role as a junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Known as The Wheat City, Brandons economy is predominantly associated with agriculture, however it also has strengths in education, manufacturing, food processing, health care, Canadian Forces Base Shilo, which maintains close socioeconomic ties with Brandon, is located 35 km east of the city. Prior to the influx of people from Eastern Canada, the area around Brandon was primarily used by the Sioux people, the Bungays, the Yellow Quills, in the 1870s and early 1880s, the Plains Bison were nearly completely wiped out by over-hunting. With the destruction of their staff of life, the buffalo, French Canadians also passed through the area on river boats on their way to the Hudson Bay Post, Fort Ellice located near present-day St. Lazare, Manitoba. During the 1870s it was believed by most that the railway would take a northwesterly direction from Portage la Prairie. Many thought that the route would most likely go through either Minnedosa or Rapid City, Rapid City was the front runner for the site of the new railway and had prepared for the impending building boom accordingly. But suddenly, in 1881, the builders of the decided to take a more westerly route from Winnipeg. Grand Valley was located on the side of the Assiniboine. Grand Valley was originally settled by two brothers John and Dougal McVicar, and their families, with the expectation of the new railroad, settlers and prospectors now rushed to an area they had previously avoided. Around 1879 a few led by Reverend George Roddick had begun to build their new homes about 10 miles south of Grand Valley. Meanwhile, in Grand Valley with the promise of the railway, regular voyages were made by steam sternwheelers to the city, each bringing more and more settlers. In the spring of 1881, General Thomas L. Rosser and it was Rossers job to choose the townsites for the railway. Rosser approached Dougald McVicar of Grand Valley and offered him $25,000 for the railway in Grand Valley, McVicar countered with $50,000 to which Rosser replied that “I’ll be damned if a town of any kind is ever built here. So instead Rosser crossed the Assiniboine river and built the site of the railway on the high sandy south of the River, so the site was then moved to a site just west of todays current First Street bridge in Brandon. A shanty had been built there by a man named J. D. Adamson, after the location of the railway was once again changed, there was still hope that Grand Valley could become a rival neighbour to Brandon
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From top left: Downtown Brandon, Central Fire Hall, David Thompson Bridge spanning the
Assiniboine River, 10th Street during winter
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Wagons loaded with bags of
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elevators in Brandon, circa 1888
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Summerside, Prince Edward Island
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Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the municipality for the western part of the island. Summerside was officially incorporated as a town on April 1,1877 and it was reincorporated as a city on April 1,1995 with the amalgamation of the town of Summerside and the neighbouring communities of St. Eleanors, Wilmot and a segment of Sherbrooke. The population of the town of Summerside in 1991, the last census prior to amalgamation, was 13,636 residents. The largest single employer within the city is the Summerside Tax Centre, the outlying community of New Annan is home to the operations of Cavendish Farms, Prince Edward Islands largest private sector employer. Cavendish Farms maintains two large frozen foods processing plants in New Annan, other outlying communities, such as Borden-Carleton have important employers for Summerside residents. The Summerside area was at one home to the worlds largest concentration of Tame Silver Fox farms. This is highlighted at the Silver Fox Museum, the Summerside City Council is governed by a mayor and eight councillors who represent geographic areas called wards. The current mayor is Bill Martin, the Summerside Police Department has approximately 35 officers responsible for law enforcement within the city. Summerside has seven English public schools, four elementary, two high, and one senior high school. The English Language School Board has an office in the city, the city also has one French public school operated by the Commission scolaire de langue française. The City of Summerside operates the only municipally-owned electric utility in Prince Edward Island, after buying Charlottetown Light & Power in 1918, Maritime Electric consolidated electric distribution on the island. The company offered to take over the operations in Summerside, the Summerside distribution grid has had an inter-connection with the Maritime Electric transmission grid since 1961. Similar to Maritime Electric, Summerside Electric purchases the majority of its electricity from NB Power, in 2008,76. 5% of its power was acquired from NB Power. They also run their engines on the last day of month, for maintenance reasons. In 2007 the city signed a 20-year agreement with a wind energy company to supply about 23% of its electricity from a private wind farm in West Cape. Construction started on a city owned wind farm in 2009 comprising four wind turbines, the wind farm became fully operational in late 2009 and was immediately tied into the citys power. This is Canadas first municipally owned and operated wind farm, on an average day the wind farm produces about 25% of the electricity for the entire city
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Summerside City Hall
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Seal
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First blade installed on Summerside's first wind turbine
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Credit Union Place, a sports and community centre
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Hampton, New Brunswick
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Hampton is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick. Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John and it functioned as the seat of county government between 1870 and 1965 and is today a service centre for the central Kennebecasis River valley, as well as being a suburb of Saint John. The town was first settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1783, one area of the town, known now as the Lower Norton Shore, was originally known as the Yankee Shore because of all the Loyalist immigrants in the 1780s. Hampton is located in the Kennebecasis River valley, where the flows into a wide flood plain. The Hampton Marshes contain an assortment of wildlife and are one of the towns major tourist attractions. Although Hampton is located far upstream from the Bay of Fundy, the marshes flood every spring during the run-off, and then the water levels vary during the course of the year, offering a constantly changing landscape for different animals, birds and fish. In late years, the marshes have suffered from an invasion of Purple Loosestrife, Steve Fossett once made a crash landing outside Hampton, New Brunswick in one of his famous ballooning trips. For his first solo around the attempt, in the Solo Challenger departed Stratobowl, South Dakota. Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett called it the most embarrassing day of my life, Fossett sighed wearily and said thanks. As the shire town of the county, Hampton is also home to the Kings Co, museum and Gaol Hampton is administered by an elected mayor and town council. For the term May 2008 to May 2012, the council consists of, Mayor, Ken Chorley, Deputy Mayor, Robert Doucet, Councillor, Dwight Bond, Councillor, Peter Behr, Councillor, gary Crossman represents Hampton in the provincial legislature. At the federal level, Hampton is located in the riding of Fundy Royal, the current Member of Parliament is Alaina Lockhart of the Liberal Party of Canada. Hampton New Brunswick has four different schools, Dr. A. T, leatherbarrow Primary School, Hampton Elementary School, Hampton Middle School, and Hampton High School. Their High School is represented by a variety of teams including basketball, soccer, golf, football, hockey. Their athletic mascot is the Hampton Husky, highways in Hampton include Route 1, Route 100, Route 121, and Route 845. There is a roundabout in the town centre. The community obtained rail service in 1859 with the opening of the European and North American Railway to Saint John, the tracks are still in use for freight as Canadian National Railways operate them as a secondary mainline. There was also rail service to St. Martins in the nineteenth century on the Hampton
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Former Hampton Post Office showing the old county gaol in the background.
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Hampton station is now a tourist bureau.
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The Kings County courthouse in the center of Hampton
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A view of the marsh, showing the high water in April 2008
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Chester, Nova Scotia
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Chester is a village located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of Nova Scotias Chester Municipal District in the part of Lunenburg County. Chester was officially founded in 1759 during the French and Indian War and it was the Shoreham grant, although French fishermen had already built a few houses on the site. The first permanent European-descended settlers were a group from Massachusetts who came to the area in 1761, the following day the privateers successfully executed the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. During the War of 1812, the American Privateer Young Teazer was trapped off the shores of Chester by the HMS Hogue, to avoid capture, a crew member of the Young Teazer destroyed his own ship, killing most of the crew. After World War I, to honour the 54 soldiers from the area that were killed, after the war the Womens Institute of Nova Scotia established the Zoé Vallé Memorial Library. Chester is one of the wealthiest communities in the province as a result of being a holiday and resort destination, with seasonal and year-round estates. The nearby waters of Mahone Bay and its numerous islands are known for yachting and have made the Chester Yacht Club into a cruising destination. A Provincial ferry from the village provides a schedule of daily trips to Big Tancook Island, Chester was the site of a controversial proposal to change status of the village. A committee had been formed in hopes of changing the status of Chester by incorporating as a town, thereby leaving the Chester Municipal District. Many residents of the village under the banner Citizens for Fairness successfully fought the motion on the principle that the majority of citizens, by ballot, should decide such a fundamental change. Some also saw the possibility of higher taxes, costs for a hall, a mayor. They won the right to a plebiscite in the fall of 2002 from the Nova Scotia Legislature, the motion was defeated in a public plebiscite on February 22,2003. The village is situated on the Chester Peninsula, which extends into Mahone Bay, the village has two natural harbours, Front Harbour on the east and Back Harbour on the west. The village is immediately south of Stanford Lake. Chester has a school, Chester District School and a middle school. Forest Heights Community School brings together students from all of the Municipality of the District of Chester, the village is home to the Chester Playhouse one of the best-known community theaters on Nova Scotias South Shore. Chester is well known for its annual summer sailing regatta, Chester Race Week, in the last weekend of July there is the annual Chester Garden Show and the House and Garden Tour along with harbour tours
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Chester, Nova Scotia
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HMS Hogue, which trapped the
Young Teazer before the ship exploded
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Nova Scotia Highland soldier by famous New York sculptor
J. Massey Rhind
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Front Harbour, Chester
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Almonte, Ontario
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Almonte is a former mill town located in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is now a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, Almonte is located 46 kilometres south-west of downtown Ottawa. Its population as of 2013 is about 5,000, Almontes first European-bred settler was David Shepherd, who in 1818 was given 200 acres by the Crown to build and operate a mill. The site became known as Shepherds Falls and that name was never official however, and Shepherd sold his patent after his mill burned down. The buyer of the patent, Daniel Shipman, rebuilt the mill, the majority of Shipmans Mills early settlers were Scottish and later Irish. A textile town almost from the start, by 1850 it was the home of seven busy woolen mills of Messrs B & W Rosamond and it was one of the leading centres in Ontario for the manufacture of woollen cloth. The construction of a line to Brockville stimulated the economic growth of Almonte. In 1869, Almonte was a village with a population of 2000 situated on the Mississippi river in the Township of Ramsay and it was a station of the Brockville and Ottawa Railroad. By the 1870 the town could boast thirty stores and forty other businesses, during this time of rapid expansion the town changed its name from Shipmans Mills to Ramsayville, and then to Waterford. When in 1855 the newly created Canadian post office pointed out there was already a Waterford in Ontario, relations between the United States and Great Britain had been antagonistic since the Revolutionary War and later the War of 1812. Border wars between Mexico and the United States in the 1830s increased this antagonism, Mexican general Juan Almonte had fought honourably in these latter wars, and by 1853 had become Mexicos ambassador to the United States. In the ensuing climate of Canadian mistrust of American territorial ambitions, the proposed name change was accepted by the Combined Counties of Lanark and Renfrew in June 1855, although the post office didnt record the new name until 1859. Whenever the name may have formally accepted, it led to Almonte being the only community in Ontario. On December 27,1942, a troop train rear-ended a passenger train standing in the station at Almonte, thirty-nine people were killed and more than 150 were injured. This local genealogy page provides photos and a newspaper report of the wreck. After the last textile mill closed in the early 1980s, Almonte no longer had a dominant industry and it has since turned its attention towards tourism. It offers museums and several historical spots, such as the home of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, Almonte retains much of its 19th-century architecture. Almonte is home to several festivals and events, including Puppets Up. the North Lanark Highland Games, Naismith 3-on-3 Basketball Festival, Almonte Celtfest, international Puppet Festival is held annually in Almonte
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Almonte
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Mississippi Mills Waterfalls
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The former Almonte Post Office
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Almonte train wreck, 1942
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Burford, Ontario
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Burford is a rural community and is part of the County of Brant, in central southwestern Ontario. It is located eight kilometers west of the City of Brantford along Highway 53 and it is approximately 100 km southwest of Toronto. Burford is home to the Burford Bulldogs, a hockey team that plays in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Burford has a golf course, Burford Golf Links, which was founded in 1980. It has gone through a number of different owners and is now part of the GolfNorth group of golf courses, Burford was the largest town of the former Burford Township, which included Cathcart, Harley and Princeton. Burfords ‘downtown’, the intersection of Maple Avenue and King Street, includes a light, several small businesses. The community was founded by Canadians of German, Dutch and British backgrounds, shortly after the Rebellion of 1837, Burford was the centre of an abortive rebellion in the Western District of Upper Canada led by Charles Duncombe. The current mayor of the County of Brant is Ron Eddy, historically, when tobacco was lucrative, the farms and families surrounding Burford were relatively prosperous. However, when smoking habits began to change in the 1980s, currently, farmers are more likely to be growing ginseng for oriental markets than tobacco. Dairy, poultry, hog and fish farming persist and range from large commercial operations to subsistence type family farms. The community has lost population since the 1970s and is eager to attract new investment, Burford District High School was the only secondary institution for eighty years, opening in 1922 and closing in June 2002 due to low enrollment. The Maple Avenue School was also home to the Burford Islamic School or Darul Uloom Al Islamiah Burford, the building is now for sale after multiple incidents of defacement resulted in the closure of the school. Most high school age students now attend Paris District High School, Brantford Collegiate Institute or Assumption College, Kinsmen Club of Brantford Kinsmen Club of Brantford List of townships in Ontario Burford Times, local weekly newspaper Kinsmen Club of Brantford, a Service Club active in Burford area. Burford Bulldogs online stats and schedule, the Early Political and Military History of Burford GolfNorth
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Canada Post Office in Burford's downtown
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Entering Burford along Highway 53.
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Burford Arena, home of the Bulldogs
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King Street (Hwy 53)
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Fort Frances, Ontario
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Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2016 census was 7,739, Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination, it hosts the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship annually. The town is the third largest community of Northwestern Ontario after Thunder Bay, the Fort Frances Mill was formerly the main employer and industry in the town until its closure in January 2014. This was the first European settlement west of Lake Superior, it was established by French Canadian Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, in 1731 he built Fort Saint Pierre near this spot as support for the fur trade with native peoples. In 1732 his expedition built Fort Saint Charles on Magnuson Island on the west side of Lake of the Woods, after some time, Fort St. Pierre fell out of use. In 1817, following the War of 1812 and redefinition of borders between Canada and the United States, the Hudsons Bay Company built a fort here, in 1841 she became Lady Simpson after George Simpson was knighted, and she died in 1853 at Lachine, Quebec. Incorporated in 1903, the town held a big celebration in 2003. The main employer was a pulp and paper mill established in the early 1900s and it had numerous owners over the years, notably Edward Wellington Backus. Now owned by Resolute Forest Products, the mill employed about 700 persons until its closure in 2014, new Gold, a mining company, is working on creating a mine around Fort Frances which will employ many people that used to work at the Fort Frances Mill. On June 25,1946, the town was struck by a tornado caused major damage. This tornado struck a week after the deadly Windsor tornado, on August 25,2013, the town hosted the final pitstop in the Kraft Celebration Tour. On December 13,2014, Tim Hortons filmed a commercial in Fort Frances, the commercial, which dubs Fort Frances one of the coldest places in Canada, was shot at the local Tim Hortons. In the days leading up to the filming, yarn was seen covering trees, benches, workers had spent the night covering the interior of the restaurant with yarn and building a giant toque on the roof. For the day, the coffee was free, there are three airports in the area, one in the United States. The two local airports are for general aviation and other a privately owned floatplane base, Ontario Highway 11 and Ontario Highway 71 are two major roads in Fort Frances. Both are part of the Trans-Canada Highway and the ends in Fort Frances. The town is connected to Kenora via Highway 71, while Highway 11 provides connections to Devlin, Emo, and Rainy River to the west, Canadian National Railway travels into Fort Frances with freight traffic only and travels across the International Bridge into the US. Train, truck and car traffic to and from the United States is via the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge over the Rainy River, Fort Frances Transit operated until 1996 and Fort Frances Handi-Van Transit is a provincial funded service run by the Town of Fort Frances
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Fort Frances
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Milverton, Ontario
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The Township of Perth East is a municipality in Perth County, Ontario, Canada and situated north of Stratford. It was created in 1998 when the Ontario government amalgamated the village of Milverton Milverton with the former townships of Ellice, Mornington, North Easthope. Milverton is the largest community of the township, where the administration is based. The population in 2016 was 12,261, with 3,993 occupied private dwellings, in 1829, the first concession in the Township of Ellice was surveyed and opened for settlement. A cairn still stands marking the site of the first home, at Lot 31, Concession 1, the Township was named after Edward Ellice, a director of the Canada Company. In 1908 the Ellice Council purchased the school and moved it to a site on the County Road where it served as the seat of municipal government until 1960. The building was replaced by the present hall which was built in 1961, the first settler in Milverton was Andrew West, a shoemaker who settled on a farm and opened a hotel in 1851. Other businesses soon followed and the hamlet, then called Wests Corners, the first Post Office was established in 1854 and the first schoolhouse in 1856. By 1864, the settlement contained a sawmill, a tannery, in about 1871 the name of the village was changed to Milverton. The Stratford and Huron Railway reached this area in 1877, making it easy to market the areas agricultural products, effective January 1,1881, Milverton was incorporated into a village, its population at the time was 550. According to Stratford Heritage, Perth Countys first settler was Sebastian Fryfogel from Bavaria and he first built a log shelter in 1827 while the Canada Companys Huron Road was being surveyed. Still standing, it is part of what is now the village of Shakespeare, in 1844 or 1845, he replaced it with a larger building which served as an inn and stagecoach stop, the Fryfogel Tavern. It maintained this role until about 1856, when the became the primary method of transportation. The first Township Council meeting was held in 1854 and this, and subsequent meetings were held at taverns throughout the municipality. In 1857, only four years after the Township was established, money had been collected, the expenditure of which could not be ascertained by the Auditors in a satisfactory manner. In 1876, the Stratford and Huron Railway Company and the Township entered into an agreement to bring the railway into the municipality with two stations, North Easthope Township was named after Sir John Easthope, a Canada Company director. The area was settled around 1832 by two ethnic groups - Highland Scots and Hessen Darmstadt Deutsch due to the Canada Companys advertisement of the local land in Scottish. The first settler to Southeast Township moved in on Christmas Day in 1828, in 1863, South Easthope was the smallest township in the area with a population of 2,322 and an areas of 9,759 hectares
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Perth East
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Palmerston, Ontario
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Palmerston is an unincorporated community located at the south end of the town of Minto in northern part of Wellington County in southern Ontario, Canada. In its original concept the railroad was to run from Guelph to Southampton, Ontario, Listowel needed to be linked to the railroad and it was decided to bend the route toward Listowel. It was also decided that a yard with maintenance shops would be needed, the mainline under Canadian National ownership became part of the Fergus, Owen Sound and Southampton Subdivisions. The subdivisions were abandoned starting with Fergus to Palmerston August 1983, Harriston Jct. to Port Elgin and Southampton in 1988, Guelph to Fergus 1988, and all rail service terminated in 1996 with CN abandoning the line from Stratford to Harriston. When the railroad decided to build a junction and maintenance sheds between Guelph, Harriston and Listowel, this included a station. One of the supporters of the railroad was John McDermott, Reeve of Wallace and, because of this support. He named it Palmerston in 1870 in honour of Henry John Temple, as soon as the railroad decided where it would build, people started buying property around the area for businesses and homes. Another historic plaque discusses the Ontario Vaccine Farm, opened in 1885 by Dr. Alexander Stewart in order to produce smallpox vaccine. Until about 1907, much of the used in Ontario was produced here, later. Stewart died in 1911 but the continued under H. B. Coleman until 1916. Afterwards, the closed and program was taken over by the University of Toronto. In 1995, the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario began to reduce the number of municipalities in the province. 1999, The Town of Minto is composed of the towns of Harriston and Palmerston, the former village of Clifford. Minto has public schools situated in Harriston, Clifford and Palmerston, norwell District Secondary School is the secondary school for Minto and surrounding areas as governed by the Upper Grand District School Board. It was built by the successful businessman George Norgan who had made his fortune in Vancouver and he came home to Palmerston in 1947 and noticed the lack of leisure opportunities in the town. To address this situation, he personally donated $50,000 for the construction of a movie theatre and it opened on August 18,1947 and was named after him. The Norgan Theatre was renovated in 2007, the Norgan is run by volunteers and therefore the price for tickets is fairly cheap, $8.00 per adult and $5.00 for those 13 and under
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Former Palmerston train station, now museum
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Plaque commemorating the founding of Palmerston
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Shawville, Quebec
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Shawville is a Canadian town located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Outaouais in western Quebec. At the end of the 1860s, a group of citizens from Clarendon Centre, under the leadership of James Shaw, Shawville was officially established in 1874 and was populated by Irish Protestant immigrants. Shaw, who had settled in the area in 1843, was the first mayor, the municipality has a Methodist church that was built in Shawville in 1835, while the Catholic Parish of Saint-Alexandre-de-Clarendon opened its doors in 1840. This church would later be renamed as Sainte-Mélanie, and still later as Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur in 1917, in recent times, Shawville has been the site of several conflicts between local shopkeepers and the Office québécois de la langue française over the provinces language laws. The town is enclosed within the municipality of Clarendon. Shawville is situated approximately 75 kilometres west of Gatineau and 35 kilometres southeast of Fort-Coulonge, the town is characterized by its red-brick buildings, and unlike nearly every other municipality in Quebec, it has no Catholic church. Shawville is home to a school, a high school, a regional hospital. Its businesses are small and family run. The Shawville Fair, held the first weekend in September, is the major event. It has run every year since 1856 and includes typical county fair features such as shows, auctions, truck pulls, demolition derbies, art/craft/hobby shows, diverse food stands. In recent years, it has drawn headline entertainers such as Terri Clark, Stompin Tom Connors, Paul Brandt, April Wine, Dean Brody and Corb Lund, Shawville is an overwhelmingly anglophone and Protestant community. This is unusual in Quebec, a province that is overwhelmingly French-speaking, the population have been known to quite literally run the language police out of town in defiance of the Charter of the French Language. Shawville is represented in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by the Shawville Pontiacs, former NHL referee Blaine Angus also comes from the area. Ray Harris, a prominent singer-songwriter in the Ottawa area, was raised in Shawville, list of municipalities in Quebec Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway Official town site
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Shawville main street.
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Britannia, Ottawa
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Britannia is a group of neighbourhoods in Bay Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River across from Aylmer, Quebec, adjacent to its namesake, Britannia Bay, north of Carling Avenue, the area constituted a municipal ward from 1973 to 1994. The area has a mix of low and high income housing, the total population of the area was 8,355 as of the 2011 census. Many of Britannias old cottages live on as bungalows, surrounded by water, forest, and hills. The Ottawa River Pathway is a long segment of Capital Pathway along the south bank of almost the entire length Ottawas portion of the Ottawa River. A bike path extends from Britannia some 12 kilometers to the Parliament buildings downtown, today, there is probably no neighbourhood in Ottawa more mixed than Britannia forming a contrast with many of the homogenized satellite communities that have become Ottawa. This land where Britannia stands was once a part of a large estate, John LeBreton advertised the sale of real estate in the village area in 1828. LCol Joseph Bouchette referred to Lac Deschênes as Chaudiere Lake in 1832, around 1876, an apple orchard near the head of the rapids was undermined and washed away during a big flood. The Britannia Methodist Church formed in 1873 and celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2013, the Church grew out of services held in the home of Ira Honeywell, the first settler in Nepean Township. Members had been meeting in homes since 1869, in 1911, the Neogothic Britannia Heights Methodist Church was erected at Carling & Richmond. Renamed the Britannia United Church in 1920 after the amalgamation of the United Church of Canada and it was once a small mill owned by Mr John Jamieson to the west of Ottawa. A cottage town and boating club developed around the site of the old mill, the Britannia Yacht Club was established in 1887. The Club house still retains its historic appearance, members of the club have won many championships and Olympic gold medals. Canadas only Gold medal winner from the 1936 Summer Olympics, Frank Amyot, the Clubs Dragon Lounges bar was fashioned out of a dragon sail boat. The Clubhouse was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, the Britannia Bay post office was established in 1889, under the communitys first postmistress Mrs C Hand. Although she was dismantled in 1946, her remains at Britannia Beach today. In 1899, the Ottawa Electric Railway Company built a line to Britannia. In 1899, the Metropolitan Power Company was formed to construct a house just north of the Britannia Boathouse Club with a 2000-foot canal to extend to the lower end of the Lac Deschênes Rapids
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Britannia Beach
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Britannia United Church
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Children's Day 1904 Britannia-On-The-Bay
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Britannia On The Bay by E B E Bessey 1909
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It later became an influence in some other countries, especially the British colonies. For example, in New Zealand, the architect Francis Petre adapted the style for the local climate, elsewhere in Singapore, then a British colony, architects such as R. A. J. Bidwell pioneered what became known as the Black and White House. The earliest examples of the style originate with the works of such eminent architects as Norman Shaw and George Devey and this was generally modelled on the grand prodigy houses built by the courtiers of Elizabeth I and James VI. It was associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, outside North America, Tudorbethan is also used synonymously with Tudor revival and mock Tudor. The emphasis was on the simple, rustic, and the less impressive aspects of Tudor architecture, the Tudor revival style was a reaction to the ornate Victorian Gothic revival of the second half of the 19th century. Confusingly, it was promptly named Queen Anne style, when in reality it combined a revival of Elizabethan and Jacobean design details including mullioned. The style later began to incorporate the classic pre-Georgian features that are understood to represent Queen Anne in Britain. The term Queen Anne for this style of architecture tends to be commonly used in the USA than in Britain. In the USA it evolved into a form of architecture not instantly recognisable as that constructed in either the Tudor or Queen Anne period, in Britain the style remained closer to its Tudor roots. Large and small houses alike with half-timbering in their upper storeys and gables were completed with tall ornamental chimneys and it was here that the influences of the arts and crafts movement became apparent. However, Tudor Revival cannot really be likened to the structures of the originals. An example of this is the cottage style of Ascott House in Buckinghamshire. This was designed by Devey for the Rothschild family, who were among the earliest patrons, the Tudor revival, though, now concentrated on the picturesque. A very well known example of the idealised half-timbered style is Liberty & Co. department store in London, the store specialised, among other goods, in fabrics and furnishings by the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement. In the early part of the century, one of the exponents who developed the style further was Edwin Lutyens and this is Tudorbethan at its best, free in ground plan, stripped of cuteness, yet warmly vernacular in effect, familiar though new, eminently liveable. An example of Tudorbethan architecture was seen at Greaves Hall. Many of the features of the building could still be seen until it was demolished in 2009. Later came Mackey Hugh Baillie Scott and Blair Imrie who made their names as Tudor style architects, Lutyens though took the style away from what is generally understood as Tudor revival creating a further highly personalised style of his own
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Ascott House,
Buckinghamshire. A "simple cottage" designed circa 1876 by George Devey. An early example of Tudorbethan
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Half-timbering,
Gothic Revival tracery and Jacobean carved porch brackets combine in the Tudor Revival
Beaney Institute, Canterbury (1899)
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Cragside, designed by
Norman Shaw in what he called a "Free Tudor" style
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Stucco and half-timbering on facade of the 1922
Eureka Inn located in
Eureka, California.
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Royal Military College of Canada
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The Royal Military College of Canada, commonly abbreviated as RMCC or RMC, is the military college of the Canadian Armed Forces, and is a degree-granting university training military officers. RMC was established in 1876 and is the only institution in Canada with degree-granting powers. The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act,1959 empowers the college to confer degrees in arts, science, programs are offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels both on campus as well as through the Colleges distance learning programme via the Division of Continuing Studies. Located on Point Frederick, a 41-hectare peninsula in Kingston, Ontario, the college is a blend of older, historic buildings, as well as more academic, athletic. Officer cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada are trained in what are known as the four pillars of academics, officership, athletics, and bilingualism. RMC provides programs and courses of education and professional development to meet the needs of the Canadian Armed Forces. Those able to gain admission to this institution will belong to a community of peers that encourages alumni prosperity. For most students under the ROTP, education is free and a salary is paid which meets incidentals. The courses are offered both on site and by learning in both official languages, English and French. After graduation, Officers are to two months of service for each subsidized month of education. RMC offers 19 undergraduate programs in Arts, Science and Engineering, RMC offers 34 graduate studies opportunities, including 14 doctorates. All undergraduate students are required to complete the curriculum, which is designed to provide a balanced liberal arts, science. The Core Curriculum consists of Economics, Psychology, Mathematics, English, Calculus, Military history of Canada, Chemistry, Canadian History, Engineering and Management was offered, 1972–1995. Engineering Physics was offered 1975–1995 and Fuels and Materials Engineering were offered 1982–1991, engineers provide support to deployed operations and domestic installations. RMC was the first college in Canada to train engineers, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Space Science are offered by the Faculty of Science. The science programs are relevant to occupations in both the Canadian Armed Forces and the civilian sector, students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts gain practical communication and critical thinking skills as well as specialized, hands-on experience in their chosen field. English, French, Economics, Political Science, History, Business Administration, Military theory, Military strategy studies, Military Psychology and Leadership are offered by the Faculty of Arts. Tuition fees at the undergraduate level vary from $2,780 – $3,710 for Canadian undergraduate students, the tuition fees for international students vary from $8,750 – $9,000 for undergraduate students and $6,200 – $6,700 for graduate students
Royal Military College of Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada
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One of the Royal Military College of Canada entrances
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The Mackenzie Building
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Kingston, Ontario
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Kingston is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River. The city is located midway between Toronto and Montreal, the Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east. Kingston is nicknamed the Limestone City because of the heritage buildings constructed using local limestone. This outpost, called Fort Cataraqui or Fort Frontenac, became a focus for settlement, after the British conquered New France, the village was renamed Kingston. Kingston was named the first capital of the Province of Canada on February 10,1841, while its time as a political centre was short, Kingston has remained an important military installation. Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until 1998, Kingston is now a separated municipality from the County of Frontenac. A number of origins of Cataraqui, Kingstons original name, have been postulated, one is that it is derived from the Iroquois word that means the place where one hides. The name may also be derivations of Native words that mean impregnable, muddy river, place of retreat, clay bank rising out of the water or where the rivers and lake meet. Cataraqui today refers to an area around the intersection of Princess Street and Sydenham Road, Cataraqui is also the name of a municipal electoral district. Cataraqui was referred to as the Kings Town or Kings Town by 1787 in honour of King George III, the name was shortened to Kingston in 1788. Archaeological evidence suggests that people lived in the Kingston region as early as the Archaic Period, evidence of Late Woodland Period early Iroquois occupation also exists. The first more permanent encampments by aboriginal people in the Kingston area began about 500 AD, the group that first occupied the area before the arrival of the French was probably the Wyandot people, who were later displaced by Iroquoian groups. At the time the French arrived in the Kingston area, Five Nations Iroquois had settled along the shore of Lake Ontario. By 1700, the north shore Iroquois had moved south, european commercial and military influence and activities centered on the fur trade developed and increased in North America in the 17th century. Fur trappers and traders were spreading out from their centres of operation in New France, French explorer Samuel de Champlain visited the Kingston area in 1615. Settlement resumed in the early 1780s when the area soon to be called Kingston became a centre for Loyalist refugees who fled north because of the American Revolutionary War. The survey would also determine whether Cataraqui was suitable as a base since nearby Carleton Island on which a British navy base was located had been ceded to the Americans after the war
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Kingston City Skyline from Fort Henry Hill
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"View of Frontenac or Cataracoui in 1759". Watercolor map depicting Fort Frontenac
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Overlooking Kingston Waterfront
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Kingston City Hall
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Mewata Armoury
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Mewata Armoury is a Canadian Forces reserve armoury in Calgary, Alberta. The building was built between 1915 and 1918 for an original cost of $282,051 Canadian dollars, the building was designed by Thomas W. Fuller and the project was supervised locally by Calgary architect Leo Dowler. The structure was built by A. G. Creelman Co. of Vancouver. The building is located at 801 11th Street S. W. and is home to local Militia units, chiefly The Kings Own Calgary Regiment. The building has a cut stone foundation with a structure of red brick, the drill hall is significant for the large uninterrupted span of its steel trusses. A second story on the west side was added some time after original construction, the building was designed in a Tudor/Gothic Revival style. The original design featured a large drill hall with 117 rooms arranged around its perimeter. The basement included bowling alleys and 30 yard shooting ranges, the facility also included officers and sergeants billiard rooms. Barracks have been altered in recent years to serve as offices, a catwalk around the drill hall has been enclosed on the north and south sides, as well as part of the east side, leaving a short balcony overlooking the parade square. In western Canada this military enthusiasm led to a increase in militia enrolment and resulted in the construction of new drill halls. Mewata Armoury, one of the largest and most fully equipped of its type, was built in 1917-1918, for many years it has been home to the King’s Own Calgary Regiment and the Calgary Highlanders, both of which were established in 1910. Mewata is a Cree word meaning O Be Joyful, construction began September 24,1915 and according to some sources was held up by lack of bricks. Two brick factories, one in Redcliff and one in Montgomery were built for the purpose of providing the bricks to complete the project. The building was completed in 1917, during the Second World War, several wooden huts were built to accommodate the large number of Calgary soldiers mobilized for the Canadian Active Service Force. In 1939, a recreation hall was built adjacent to the armouries. The armoury for a time was home to a Permanent Force squadron of Lord Strathconas Horse, during the First World War, Mewata was used as an induction and training centre and a demobilization depot for returning soldiers. The Calgary City Police and Calgary Fire Department have often used it for training purposes, in 1975, prior to the Grey Cup parade, twenty marching bands were marshalled in the drill hall. The monument takes the form of a Universal Carrier, of the used by the regiment in the Second World War
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Armoury entrance
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Ottawa Public Library
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The Ottawa Public Library is the library system of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is the largest bilingual library in North America. The library was founded in 1906 with a donation from the Carnegie Foundation, in January 2005, it upgraded three branches to Windows XP. The rest received that operating system by April of that year, in March 2014, Windows 7 was rolled out and the software was upgraded to Office 2007, but WordPerfect is now absent. Children accounts are filtered, while adults have the option of choosing unfiltered or filtered Internet access, later, they added Wi-Fi hotspots at their branches. It is also possible to free downloadable e-books, Zinio magazines, audiobooks. The citys active Local Council of Women took up the cause of a library for all. They announced, just before the election of 1896, that the mansion of George Perley, however, the city voted down the motion to build a library, as well as another motion to build a firehall, the city just didnt have any money to spare for luxuries. Only in 1901, when letters were mailed to Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie replied that he would offer $100,000 to the city to build the library if they provided a site and a pledge of $7,500 a year to maintain it. They eventually agreed in January 1903, and within a few years the library was built, several of the Corinthian columns from the old Carnegie library survive in the Rockeries in Rockcliffe Park, a rock garden maintained by the National Capital Commission. The library now has branches spread throughout urban and rural Ottawa. Today, the library is divided into district branches Nepean Centrepointe, Cumberland and Greenboro, community branches such as Sunnyside, Ruth E. Dickinson and Carlingwood and several rural branches. Patrons throughout the new city have greatly benefited from the 2001 merger as they can now easily order almost items from another branch, ordering items via the library website for pickup at a local branch has been very popular, with over 5 million visitors to the website in 2007. The new system is centralized, which has meant a loss of decision-making power in many ways, including the choice of books for purchase. Patrons can however suggest items for the library to purchase, the current CEO of OPL is Danielle McDonald. The OPL is governed by a board of fourteen members appointed by the City of Ottawa, six city councillors. The Library is funded mainly by the city through local tax revenues, some revenue also comes from the province, and traditional library sources of fees, fines, and fundraising. The library system has 2.3 million items,91. 7% percent of which are books, the library also has a large audio-visual collection including DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes and downloadable books and music. Since Ottawa has a significant francophone population, a portion of the collection is in French
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The original Ottawa Public library building, designed by
Edgar Lewis Horwood (1903-5)
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Stained glass at Ottawa Public Library features
Charles Dickens,
Archibald Lampman,
Sir Walter Scott,
Lord Byron,
Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
William Shakespeare,
Thomas Moore
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Ottawa Public Library's Main Branch, designed by Bemi & Associates Architects
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The Rideau branch on
Rideau Street
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Wellington, Ontario
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Wellington is an unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 1,860 and is estimated to grow by 2032 to double that figure. The community is on the shore of both Lake Ontario and West Lake in the southwest of the county, and is a hub for exploring much of Prince Edward Countys wine region. The renowned Sandbanks Beach, the northernmost of Sandbanks Provincial Parks beaches, lands in the Village of Wellington and it is separated from the Sandbanks Provincial Park by a canal through the beach to Wellington Harbour. Wellington Rotary Beach, completed in 2009, has a launch, boardwalk, picnic tables, sun shelter, washrooms, changerooms. One of Prince Edward Countys earliest residents, Daniel Reynolds, first came to the area in the 18th century, Reynolds was nicknamed Old Smoke by local First Nations, hence the community was first known as Smokeville. When a post office was established in the 1830s, the village was renamed Wellington after the Duke of Wellington, the Wellington Heritage Museum with exhibits on local history is located in the heart of the Village and was built in 1885 as a Quaker Meeting House. A key exhibit is the Douglas A. Crawford Canning Industry Collection, the Toronto boutique hotelier The Drake Hotel opened a location in Wellington in the fall of 2014. The Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Essroc Arena, part of the Wellington and District Community Centre. The Prince Edward County Minor Baseball Association plays all its games in Wellington, there is also a skating club and an equestrian centre in the community. Essroc Arena, winter out door rink, Restaurants, School, Churches The main road in the community is County Road 33, the road goes northwest to Trenton and east to Picton. The Prince Edward County Railway from Picton to Trenton ran through the community and it was opened in 1879, was extended to form the Central Ontario Railway in 1882, became part of the Canadian National Railway in 1923, and operated until 1985. The route through the community forms a rail trail portion of the Millennium Trail. The Wellington and District Community Centre, which houses the Essroc Arena, a track, a number of conference rooms. Three baseball diamonds and a tennis court, a running track and a dual-purpose football/soccer playing field on the grounds of CML Snider School. Wellington Harbour, a municipally run marina that opens onto Lake Ontario, the Millennium Trail, a 49 km multi-purpose recreational use trail passes right through the Village of Wellington. Wellington Park, a waterfront park in the centre of the Village, which contains a popular, community-built playground, golf course Public Beach English language public elementary education from JK to Grade 8 is offered at C. M. L. Snider Public School in the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board, students must travel to nearby schools in Belleville for separate school French Immersion education, or to Picton for French-language public elementary education
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Child at Play on Wellington Beach
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Patio at the Drake Devonshire
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Swings at Wellington Park
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Ottawa City Hall
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The current Ottawa City Hall is the city hall of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The downtown complex consists of two connected buildings, a wing located on Laurier Avenue and a 19th-century heritage wing located on Elgin Street. Although City Hall has frontage on two streets, the main entrance is on Laurier Avenue, and the municipal address is 110 Laurier Avenue West. On 5 November 1998, an area located beside Ottawa City Hall was named Veterans Grove by Bob Chiarelli in honour of War Veterans from the Ottawa-Carleton Region and it was originally unveiled on 27 July 1994 at the site of the old City Hall on Sussex Drive. The modern wing, which serves as the section of City Hall, was designed by Raymond Moriyama. It is located between the Cartier Square Drill Hall and the Ottawa Court House and this section of City Hall contains the Council chamber, a large atrium and a number of offices and public services. The front of the building is marked by an open plaza that faces Confederation Park across Laurier Avenue. The plaza is home to concerts, festivals, and other community events, the grounds have a number of features, including a sound sculpture, fountain and artificial ice-skating pad. The site had originally been the ground for the Drill Hall. During the Second World War, a complex of structures was erected to house military staff and these buildings were meant to be temporary, but they remained in place for several decades. They were eventually demolished and the City Hall and courthouse were built on the site, the Regional Headquarters building was chosen as the new City Hall upon the amalgamation of the Region and its constituent municipalities in 2001, largely due to its central location. The architecturally acclaimed John G. Diefenbaker Building, located to the east of downtown, was sold to the federal government. South of the courthouse on Elgin Street stands the old Ottawa Normal School, built in 1875, connected to the modern wing, the Heritage Building contains the offices of the Mayor and members of Council, as well as a number of offices and committee rooms. The Heritage Building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974, throughout the buildings of Ottawas City Hall, there are various pieces of art that were commissioned specifically for the location. The following pieces can currently be found there, Family Portrait by Stephen Brathwaite Structure by Stephen Brathwaite V. I. P, Diefenbaker Building on Green Island opened in 1958 and was heavily expanded in the late 1990s
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Modern section of Ottawa City Hall facing Laurier Avenue
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Korean War Memorial in Veterans' Grove beside Ottawa City Hall
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Ottawa Fire Fighters Memorial
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Heritage Building section of Ottawa City Hall facing Elgin Street
