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Jacques Plante

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE ARTICLES

Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Toronto Maple Leafs 1967: The Last Stanley Cup

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ victory in the 1967 Stanley Cup was a singular event. Who would have predicted that it would not happen again?

It has become common knowledge that the first Thanksgiving in North America was held by Martin Frobisher and his crew in the ...

It is well known that the English victory on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 placed the city of Québec under British ...

...The moment the train reached the bridge the immense weight crushed through the timbers, and the whole structure gave way, ...

1930 - LaBine Finds Uranium
Prospector Gilbert LaBine discovered pitchblende, the chief source of uranium and radium, at Great Bear Lake, NWT.

"If you are a Canadian, you have a bond with alienated Americans... in a way Canadians are expatriate Americans from birth."
- David Cronenberg

The first electric telegraph message sent in Canada was on 19 December 1846 between Toronto and Hamilton, Ont, by the Hamilton and Niagara Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Co.

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Gallery

Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.

Interactive Resources

Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.

Canucklehead

The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.

Timeline

This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.

100 Greatest Events

This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN CANADA

Allan Bell

Allan (Gordon) Bell. Composer, teacher, conductor, b Calgary 24 May 1953; BA (Alberta) 1974, M MUS (Alberta) 1980. He grew up in Edmonton, with no formal training in music, and did undergraduate work in philosophy 1970-4 at the ...

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