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Fugitive Slave Movement National Historic Event (NHE)
Windsor, Ontario
This designation has been identified for review
Meetings of Parliament National Historic Event (NHE)
Ottawa, Ontario
National museum building was seat of parliament, 1916-19
First Military Test Flights National Historic Event (NHE)
Petawawa, Ontario
Military demonstration of aircraft flight in 1909
Red Fife Wheat National Historic Event (NHE)
Keene, Ontario
Early maturing, high quality spring wheat discovered in 1842
First Banding of a Bird National Historic Event (NHE)
Toronto, Ontario
First banding of a wild bird, led to increased knowledge of migrations
Ice Boat Service National Historic Event (NHE)
Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island
Winter mail service across Northumberland Strait, 1827-1917
Survey of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence National Historic Event (NHE)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Captain Henry W. Bayfield produced first accurate charts, 1827-56
Food and Agriculture Organization National Historic Event (NHE)
Québec, Quebec
First of the new United Nations agencies, established in 1945
Transportation in the Yukon National Historic Event (NHE)
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Paddle-wheeler, railway and air travel networks
Frog Portage National Historic Event (NHE)
Churchill River, Saskatchewan
Important fur trade link between Saskatchewan and Churchill rivers
Temiscouata Portage National Historic Event (NHE)
Cabano, Quebec
Longest portage of inland route from Acadia to Québec
Marquis de Malauze (vessel) National Historic Event (NHE)
Ristigouche, Quebec
French ship scuttled in the Battle of Restigouche, 1760
Fifth Thule Expedition National Historic Event (NHE)
Danish Island, Nunavut
Danish expedition, 1921-24, identified Thule culture of 900-1450 AD
Whaling Industry in Eastern Arctic National Historic Event (NHE)
Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut
Provided whale oil and baleen to the European and American markets, 1820-1910; first brought many Inuit into regular contact with whites
Great Lakes Fisheries National Historic Event (NHE)
Port Dover, Ontario
Important 19th-century industry
White Pass & Yukon Route Railway National Historic Event (NHE)
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, completed Yukon rail access to West Coast
Postal Service in Nova Scotia National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Monthly packet ship service between Halifax and New York begun in 1755
Post War Immigration National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Following World War II, reception facilities at Pier 21 in Halifax received about 1.5 million immigrants from Europe
War Brides National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contributions of the some 48,000 war brides who came to Canada as a direct result of Canadian participation in World War II
Canadians and the Normandy Landing National Historic Event (NHE)
Bernières-sur-Mer,
Successful capture of Juno Beach by Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen during World War II
Battle of the Atlantic National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Navy, the Merchant Marine and the Royal Canadian Air Force were all essential to keeping open the supply lines to Britain during World War II
Breaching of the Gothic Line National Historic Event (NHE)
Rimini,
Most significant Canadian military achievement in the Italian campaign during World War II
Canadian Landing in Sicily National Historic Event (NHE)
Pachino, Sicily,
Represents Canadians' contribution to the beginning of the liberation of Europe during World War II
Shipbuilding at the Burrard Dry Dock Company National Historic Event (NHE)
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Outstanding among Canadian shipbuilding companies for its role in the development of shipbuilding on the West Coast
Canadian Raid on Dieppe National Historic Event (NHE)
Dieppe,
Operations on the coasts of German-occupied Europe during World War II
Survey of Prince Edward Island National Historic Event (NHE)
Holland Cove, Prince Edward Island
Survey of Prince Edward Island and coastal waters by Captain S. Holland, 1764-66
Establishment of the Halifax Zoological Garden National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
First zoo in America north of Mexico, established by Andrew Downs, 1847
Atlantic Charter National Historic Event (NHE)
Placentia-Ship Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Basis for United Nations Charter, issued in 1941
Landing of the Trans-Atlantic Submarine Cable National Historic Event (NHE)
Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador
Landmark engineering event in the history of nineteenth-century global telecommunications
Canadians in the Korean War National Historic Event (NHE)
Gapyong-Gun,
Contributed to the reestablishment of international peace and national security in the region
Shipbuilding in New Brunswick National Historic Event (NHE)
St. Martins, New Brunswick
Shipbuilding centre of importance in terms of the numbers of vessels built
Prince Edward Island Land Question National Historic Event (NHE)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Disputes between landholders and tenants - strikes, riots, arson (1767-1866)
Norwegian Training in Canada during the Second World War National Historic Event (NHE)
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Illustrates the importance of the Alliance of free nations with armed forces from occupied Europe against the Axis
Role of the Canadian Merchant Navy during the Second World War National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contributed to the final outcome of World War II by transporting materiel and military personnel throughout the world
Nineteenth Century Shipbuilding at Quebec National Historic Event (NHE)
Québec, Quebec
25 shipyards in Québec built some 50 ships per year in mid 19th-century
Good Shepherd Sisters of Québec National Historic Event (NHE)
Québec, Quebec
Pioneers among those who have worked with marginalized women, they engaged in charitable works that have endured for more than 150 years
The Development of Whitney Pier National Historic Event (NHE)
Sydney, Nova Scotia
It was the most distinctively multi-ethnic district in the Maritimes in the 20th century.
General Mining Association National Historic Event (NHE)
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Major 19th century coal producer in British North America
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion National Historic Event (NHE)
Toronto, Ontario
Volunteer force formed to oppose Fascists in Spanish Civil War, 1937-39
Maple Products National Historic Event (NHE)
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
World's leading producer and exporter of maple products since the early twentieth century; symbol of the end of the Canadian winter
Mi'kmaq on Malpeque Bay National Historic Event (NHE)
Lennox Island, Prince Edward Island
Traditional hunting, fishing and gathering for the Mi'kmaq
Noble and Wolf v. Alley National Historic Event (NHE)
London, Ontario
A prominent step in the legal struggle against discrimination and for human rights in the mid-20th century
The Enslavement of African People in Canada (c.1629–1834) National Historic Event (NHE)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Acknowledges the participation of Canada in the enslavement of Africans and its long-term negative repercussions
Pioneer Fox Farming National Historic Event (NHE)
Alberton, Prince Edward Island
Techniques and industry developed between 1880 and 1910
Siege of Quebec, 1759 National Historic Event (NHE)
Québec, Quebec
This campaign led to the creation of both British North America/Canada and the United States of America
St. John's Regatta National Historic Event (NHE)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada's oldest organized sporting event, held since 1826
Shore Crew of Newfoundland and Labrador National Historic Event (NHE)
Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
Represents the centrality of women in the Newfoundland household-based inshore and Labrador fisheries in all stages of the fish curing in many outport
Forest Industry in the Ottawa Valley National Historic Event (NHE)
Ottawa, Ontario
For more than a century the Ottawa Valley was one of the most important regions in Canada producing forest products; 1806-1850's
Founding of the École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal National Historic Event (NHE)
Montréal, Quebec
Contributed to French Canadians' rise to a position of strength in the Canadian economy
Fraser Canyon Transportation Corridor National Historic Event (NHE)
Spuzzum, British Columbia
Main route inland during gold rush of 1857-66
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