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  CANADA
J.H. Gowan was 47 in the 1901 Census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
M.E. Gowan was 22 in the 1901 census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
W.S. Gowan was 27 in the 1901 census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
bz.llano.net /gowen/manuscript/Gowenms049.htm   (4870 words)

  
 Royal visits to Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1878 to 1883, the Marquess of Lorne, accompanied by his wife, Princess Louise, lived in Canada as Governor General.
The first tour of Canada by a reigning monarch was that of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth in 1939.
She has travelled to Canada in the following years: 1951 - as The Princess Elizabeth, undertook the trip in place of her ailing father; 1957; 1959; 1964; 1967; 1970; 1971; 1973; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1987; 1990; 1992; 1994; 1997; 1999; 2002; 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_visits_to_Canada   (1926 words)

  
 d. Canada, 1878-1914. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Like the United States, Canada was now linked by a single rail system from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
At the same time, this period witnessed the growth of the labor movement, rising demands for women's suffrage, and growing animosities and restrictions against the small Chinese population.
Thus, by the eve of World War I, Canada continued to wrestle with significant class, cultural, and regional divisions.
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 Canada Day
Canada Day is celebrated on July 1st, and it is the official date when Canadians celebrate their unity as one country.
Despite their agreement to unite, the original four provinces were not all equally happy with the arrangements as the benefits to them were not equal.
The first Canada Day was on July 1, 1867, and was the result of a vote by the British House of Commons giving the Canadian provinces permission to unite and form the confederation.
www.msbeastslair.com /holiday/canadaday.htm   (797 words)

  
 INCOME TAX QUESTIONS Submitted to REVENUE CANADA
Revenue Canada also said that where the mortgage-interest subsidy is provided with respect to a loan made directly by the employer, an assessment under subsection 80.4(1) and subsection 6(9) may still apply.
Revenue Canada's policy remains that no mark-ups are allowed on services rendered by a related foreign company to a Canadian subsidiary unless that foreign company is in the business of rendering such services to third parties.
Related to the restructuring of Revenue Canada, an initiative was announced to implement procedures and methods (including mediation) to bolster the independence of the Appeals Division from the Audit Division and to improve the resolution of cases.
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 Welcome to Alberta, Canada
Alberta is in western Canada, with an area of 661,190 km² (260,000 mi²).
Central and southern Alberta are the most likely places in Canada to experience tornadoes because of the summer heat, and violent summer thunderstorms are common in the eastern half of the province.
Alberta is the leading beekeeping province of Canada, with some beekeepers wintering hives indoors in specially designed barns in southern Alberta, then migrating north during the summer into the Peace River valley where the season is short but the working days are long for honeybees to produce honey from clover and fireweed.
www.hometowncanada.com /ab/map.html   (3952 words)

  
 Canada
Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Canada becomes the third nation in space with the launch of the satellite Alouette I (Sept. 29).
Canada is the first country to sign the international bio-diversity convention at the Earth Summit in Brazil (June).
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 1878 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1875 1876 1877 - 1878 - 1879 1880 1881
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
You can find it there under the keyword 1878 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1878andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1878   (1067 words)

  
 NationMaster - Canadian Geography statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is because the north of Canada, with its harsh Arctic and sub-Arctic climates, is sparsely inhabited.
Canada is one of the world’s richest and most developed countries, ranks among the top ten industrial powers and is recognised as having one of the highest standards of living in the world.
Canada, federated country of North America, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
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 Alberta, Canada
The province was named after the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the wife of the Governor General of Canada from 1878-83.During the period of the great drought between 1931 and 1934 there were signs of widespread erosion leading to increased farm failures and death of livestock.
Mention should also be made of the fact that for years Alberta has had the highest divorce rate in Canada, and that Calgary is the city with the most divorces per 100,000 couples.
Although Alberta covers only 6.6 per cent of Canada's total land area nearly twenty per cent of the country's farms are to be found here.
www.planetware.com /canada/alberta-cdn-ab-ab.htm   (2108 words)

  
 Royal Visits to Canada
Victorian Era Princess Louise lived in Canada from 1878 to 1883 when she was married to the Marques of Lorne who was the Governor General of Canada at the time.
In 1900, Princess Marie-Louise came to Canada but due to the insistences of her husband Prince Aribert of Anhalt and her Mother, HRH Queen Victoria, she cut her visit short.
Georgian (V) Era As in 1878, Royalty resided in Canada due to servitude as Governor General.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/40088   (446 words)

  
 World History Compass, Canadian History
The Canadian Government's internment of Ukrainian Canadians in Concentration Camps in Canada during the period of 1914-1920.
This exhibition is designed to illustrate, through the National Archives of Canada's collections, the many roles that Canadian men and women played during the First World War, and the definite mark the war left on Canadian society.
In accordance with the mandate to study the "Transformation of Canada," the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum encompasses a broad cross-section of Canadian scientific and technological heritage.
www.worldhistorycompass.com /canada.htm   (1323 words)

  
 Provinces and Territories - The origins of their names
Although time has indelibly imprinted "Canada" on the map of the northern half of the continent of North America, numerous other names were suggested for the proposed confederation in 1867.
The district of Alberta was created in 1882, and enlarged to become a province of Canada on September 1, 1905.
The name was suggested by the Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883, in honour of his wife, H.R.H. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, daughter of Queen Victoria.
geonames.nrcan.gc.ca /education/prov_e.php   (1503 words)

  
 II. Canada Years (1878-1883)
In 1878, Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, persuaded Queen Victoria to appoint the Marquis of Lorne, her son-in-law, to serve as Governor General of Canada.
Although the thought of being separated from her daughter was painful, the Queen realized that the appointment would be an honour and that both Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne would benefit from the experience.
The chief cause of this criticism was her absences from Canada during her husband's term of service.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/louise/canada.htm   (2560 words)

  
 Sir John A.MacDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
After the British Parliament united Upper and Lower Canada as Canada West (now in Ontario) and Canada East (now in Quebec) in the Act of Union of 1840, Macdonald was elected to the assembly of the Province of Canada as a Conservative for Kingston in 1844.
The Pacific Scandal of 1873, in which the government was accused of taking bribes in regard to the Pacific railway contract, forced Macdonald to resign; but he returned as prime minister five years later and served until his death.
Commercial policy was the main issue of the general election of 1878.
www.geocities.com /sharut/can-johnamac.html   (421 words)

  
 KinNextions (Public Version) - aqwg423   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
KATIE was born 15 Sep 1878 in Canada.
Arthur FARWELL [Parents] was born 1852 in Quebeck, Canada.
Benjamin W. Parents] was born estimated 1820 in Canada.
home.comcast.net /~hicarolyn/tree/aqwg423.htm   (212 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Milliken was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2001.
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, won in this riding from Confederation to 1878 and again in 1887 and 1891.
In 1878, after his government won the election but he lost in his own riding, he was elected in the British Columbia riding of Victoria.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes2004/riding/143   (694 words)

  
 Canada's First 100 Years: Confederation
On April 1, 1999, Nunavut became Canada's third territory.
It was the first time that Canada's boundaries changed since Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949.
When Expo 67 was featured in Montreal, the Northwest Territories were much larger occupying all of Nunavut.
expo67.ncf.ca /canada_first_one_hundred_years.html   (1727 words)

  
 Elizabeth Hewlett Hollington, b: 1878 - Ottawa, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Born: 22 AUG 1878 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Died: 1959 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Father: William Hollington Mother: Jane Mulligan Other Spouses:
Born: 1875 - Aylwin, Québec, Canada Marr: 1903 - Elizabeth Hewlett Hollington Died: 1942 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born: 23 JAN 1923 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Died: 24 JAN 1923 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www3.sympatico.ca /gerry.bourguignon/gedhtree/gp1345.html   (308 words)

  
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Buried: Ref: Occupation: Father: Thomas Clappison Mother: Mary Longhorn M Child 1: Ernest Clappison Born: 08 Oct 1878 in Canada.
Baptized: Christened: Died: 25 Dec 1878 in Canada.
Buried: Ref: Occupation: M Child 2: John Herbert Clappison Born: 08 Oct 1880 in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.
www.clappison66.freeserve.co.uk /f233.htm   (231 words)

  
 Anne Langton: Britain and Canada - 1865-1878
When the permanent Canadian Parliament Buildings were completed in 1865, the family moved to Ottawa, where they remained until John's retirement in 1878.
John and Lydia Langton spent part of 1867 in England when John was required, in his capacity as Auditor, to be in London for negotiations between the Canadian and British governments, leading up to the declaration of Confederation.
John, in Canada, was now Auditor of the provinces of Canada, post-confederation, the Deputy Minister of Finance and Inspector of Her Majesty's prisons in Canada.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/exhibits/langton/langton_14.htm   (1033 words)

  
 eBay - french canada, Transportation, Records items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
CANADA one dollar dated 1935 George V Pick39 French
Canada 1942 KG VI War Issue- Booklet # BK35b -french
Canada Old Postcard A Typical French Canadian Habitant
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 THE QUEEN OF CANADA
Since the 17th century, only three other Sovereigns have reigned over Canada for more than half a century: They were Louis XIV of France (1643-1715), George III of Great Britain (1760-1820) and his grand-daughter Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
Before her Coronation she assumed the separate title "Queen of Canada" by Act of her Canadian Parliament.
I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen.
www.orgsites.com /sc/my-canada   (866 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Speeches of the Earl of Dufferin, governor-general of Canada, 1872-1878 complete.
Find in a Library: Speeches of the Earl of Dufferin, governor-general of Canada, 1872-1878 complete.
Speeches of the Earl of Dufferin, governor-general of Canada, 1872-1878 complete.
Subjects: Canada -- Politics and government -- 1867-1914.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/oclc/8857881   (78 words)

  
 Hoefling, McGowan, Tarrant and Landon families - Person Page 656   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
     Rebecca Sparling was born on 18 March 1844 at Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
Rebecca Sparling and James Redmond emigrated circa 1878 from Canada to Michigan.
[S147] 190 reels Archives of Ontario Registrations of Births and Stillbirths - 1869-1907 MS 929, Canada, Ontario Births 1869-1907 http://www.ancestry.com, 2005, Frederick Fawcett Redman (father given as James Redman), roll MS929_6, p.
www.isomedia.com /homes/hertz/Hoefling-public-p/p656.htm   (262 words)

  
 Alphide Godfroie Painchaud, b: 1878 - Havre Aubert, Canada
Born: 8 JUN 1878 - Havre Aubert, Ile Madeleine, QC, Canada Marr: ABT 1900 - Died: 29 APR 1920 - Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Father: Jean Baptiste Felix Painchaud Mother: Suzanne Dit Fontaine Turbide Other Spouses: LIVING
Born: 15 AUG 1913 -, Ile Madeleine, QC, Canada Died: 1957 - Quebec, Quebec, QC, Canada
Born: 8 JUN 1878 - Havre Aubert, Ile Madeleine, QC, Canada Marr: - Died: 29 APR 1920 - Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Father: Jean Baptiste Felix Painchaud Mother: Suzanne Dit Fontaine Turbide Other Spouses: Anasie Laprade
members.shaw.ca /control-x/ged/painchaud/gp1905.htm   (280 words)

  
 Marstar Canada: Davide Pedersoli 1878 'Colt Double' Breech Loading Rifle
Based upon the Colt double-barreled shotgun in production at that time, the double- barreled Colt rifle was the brainchild of Caldwell Colt, son of Colonel Colt, who believed his company could produce a rifle of high enough quality to rival the very best handmade sporting rifles and shotguns from England's top gun makers.
Original Colt 1878 double rifles are considered one of the ultimate collectible Colts of the latter 19th century and command prices which ensure they will never be seen outside a museum, vault, or display case - a pity given how perfectly suited these big bore rifles are for hunting!
Pedersoli spares no effort or expense to breathe new life into a treasured and until now wholly inaccessible design in creating their Kodiak mark four version of Colt's classic.
www.marstar.ca /gf-pedersoli/Pedersoli-1878-Double-Rifle.shtm   (216 words)

  
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was born April 02, 1878 in Canada, and died January 25, 1931 in McNeal, Cochise County, AZ.
Thomas Rogers moved from Canada to Kansas in 1902.
It was there in Lyndon, Kansas he heard a city was to be built for a copper mining smelter and railroads and would be called Douglas, territory of Arizona.
personal.riverusers.com /~keyserroll/rogers.html   (769 words)

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