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Francis Pegahmagabow MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I; Frank Pickersgill (1915–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis; Rear Admiral Desmond Piers CM DSC CD ScDMil (1913–2005) – war hero; George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) – last soldier killed in World War I
East Block (left) and the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council (right) have housed the office of the prime minister since Canadian Confederation, the former from 1867 to 1977 and the latter since 1977. Surveys have been conducted to construct historical rankings of individuals who have served as prime minister of Canada.
Artibise, Alan F. J., ed. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society: A Guide to the Literature. (1990). 156 pp. Berger, Carl. Writing Canadian History: Aspects of English Canadian Historical Writing since 1900, 2nd edition (1986) Berger, Carl, ed. Contemporary Approaches to Canadian Writing (1987) Bliss, Michael.
The first powered heavier-than-air flight in Canada occurred on Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, when John Alexander Douglas McCurdy piloted the AEA Silver Dart over a flight of less than 1 kilometer. [82] 1910: 4 May: Royal Canadian Navy is established. [83] 1914: 4 August: Great Britain declares war on Germany, bringing Canada into the ...
Historian, author, role in Canadian Civil Service Commission 1938 Clifford Sifton: Cabinet minister (Interior), promoted immigration 1955 John Graves Simcoe: Lieutenant-Governor (Upper Canada), military leader (Queen's Rangers) 1974 George Simpson: Governor-in-Chief (Rupert's Land), General Superintendent (Hudson's Bay Company) 1927 Thomas Simpson
The most influential of the amateur historians was François-Xavier Garneau (1809–1866), a self-educated poor boy who defined the essence of Quebec nationalistic history for a century with his Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu’ à nos jours (3 vol., multiple editions from 1845 onward). [1]
The Greatest Canadian is a 2004 television series consisting of 13 episodes produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to identify one greatest Canadian of all time, according to those who watched and participated in the program. [1]
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