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  Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This led to the creation of the colony of Colony of Vancouver Island in 1849 and, with the outbreak of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, the colony of British Columbia in 1858, but both were entirely separate from the United Province of Canada.
By the late 1850s, leaders in Canada launched a series of western exploratory expeditions, with the intention of assuming control of Rupert's Land and the Arctic region.
After Canada assumed control of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, which together formed the Northwest Territories in 1870, inattention to the Métis led to the Red River Rebellion and ultimately to the creation of the province of Manitoba and its entry into Confederation in July 1870.
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 Canada - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
In 1534, the Frenchman Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula.
On August 5, 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland as England's first overseas colony under Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I.
By the late 1850s, politicians in the Province of Canada had launched a series of western exploratory expeditions with the intention of assuming control of Rupert's Land (administered by the Hudson's Bay Company) and the Arctic.
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 MuggleNet | Name Origins
Cadogan, Sir - Cadogan is a Welsh name meaning "terrible and fierce in battle." This name fits the feisty knight whose portrait hangs on the seventh floor very close to the South Tower.
Crux is also Latin for "cross." If you combine these two words, you get the "cross of Horus," also known as the "ankh" (a cross with a loop at the top).
At first, none of Sir Mordred's men would fight against Morfan, because he was so ugly that they believed he might be the devil.
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