Articles related to "Canadian Biographies"

The Canadian Martyrs were eight Jesuit missionaries who tried to convert the First Nations to Christianity in the mid-17th Century.

A brief biography of Mordecai Richler and his children, Daniel, Noah, Jacob, Emma and Martha, all who have followed in their father's literary footsteps.

Finding seedlings in the brush, the farmers McIntosh replanted and propagated the trees near Dundela, Ontario circa 1813, to produce the favourite McIntosh Red apple.

Saint Antoine Daniel was one of the first Jesuit missionaries in Canada, working among the Hurons for twelve years before his death in 1648.

James Good's Foundry in Toronto produced the first steam locomotive made in Canada. The 'Toronto' pulled carriages on the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railroad

Packing up their three children, the Héberts sailed across the ocean to New France. With little to work with, the family made a good life caring for natives, settlers

Enthusiastic in his second career, John Macoun's extensive study of plant and animal life became the basis for today's Canadian Museum of Nature.

Travelling with the circus, Louis Cyr entertained audiences around the world with his massive muscles and ability to lift, pull, hoist and resist with physical strength.

Humble beginnings and lesser formal education did not stop Alexander Mackenzie from reaching the top post as the country's Prime Minister after Sir John A. Macdonald.

Though not an official member, Thomson was closely allied with the Canadian Group of Seven artists. His suspicious death in 1917 cut short a brilliant emerging career.

Realizing the need for proper, sanitary dental care, Barnabas Day organized a group to submit a bill to government, leading to the first regulations on dental profession

Marie-Anne Gaboury Lagemodier, said to be the first white woman resident in western Canada, survived horrendous journeys and life-threatening situations.

A courageous nun, Marie de l'Incarnation founded the Ursuline order in Canada.

The first vaccinations against disease in Canada credited to John Clinch of Newfoundland. Initial threads of vaccine were shipped to the coastal community from England.

American-born War of 1812 heroine Laura Secord is credited with the British victory in one of that war's most strategic battles.

He went from obscurity to heroism then mysteriously disappeared in Australia.

Completed in 1832 by the bare hands of men with only rough tools, the Rideau Canal is an engineering achievement of glory. Locks permitted travel uphill and downhill.

Looking to the heavens for guidance was common practice in history and in the present. People also looked up for time-setting, geodesics and stars at Dominion Observatory

Immigrant Angelina Napolitano killed her violent husband on Easter Sunday 1911.

The first town in alberta, the NWMP Fort Macleod was initially built on an island in the Old Man River, then moved up-river. The town sprung up around the police outpost

Oh Canada! was composed in 1880 in haste as a national song for an event, the lyrics written in French only. The poetic English lyrics were written twenty years later.

Sioux Medicine Man, Sitting Bull had lived four years in what would become southern Saskatchewan

Henry Hudson was one of the most prominent sailors and navigators of the 17th Century.

Believed to be the first European to see the St. Lawrence River, Jacques Cartier claimed what is now the Province of Quebec for France.

Born Giovanni Caboto, John Cabot was an Italian explorer and navigator, who is traditionally believed to be the first modern European to see what, is now called Canada.

Born into a family of master mariners, Samuel de Champlain is remembered today as the Father of New France and as one of Canada's most important explorers.

Timothy Eaton, a farm boy and storekeeper's apprentice in Ireland's County Antrim, became one of Canada's most successful merchants.

Married to a man over twice her age, Frances Simpson came to Canada by ship and to Manitoba's Red River by canoe. Her life in Canada was lonely and difficult.

An Irishman, McGee joined the political fray, gaining a reputation as one of Canada's best speakers. His enthusiasm earned him both praise and enemies.

Tom Thomson is well-known for his mysterious death in 1917, but beyond that legend was an artist who truly loved all seasons of his native Canadian landscape.