Articles related to "Upper Canada"



Court Finds Law Society of Upper Canada Infringed Copyright
Court find Law Society of Upper Canada Infringed Copyright
• copyright • court decision • law society of upper canada • cancopy

Laura Secord
Laura Secord's efforts durring the War of 1812 (when we beat the US) is among Canada's proud culture and is known to most Canadians.
• canada • upper canada • laura secord • war of 1812 • all that stuff

Laura Secord's Rush to Save Canada
Dehydrated, exhausted and with feet cut and bleeding, Laura Secord pressed on to reach Lt. Fitzgibbon with the message that Upper Canada was about to be taken by America
• laura secord • lieutenant james fitzgibbon • upper canada • war of 1812 • james secord

Confederation
Happy Birthday Canada! It's Canada Day (July 1st) this week and Canada turns 133 years old! Here's how Canada came to be on July 1st, 1867.
• canada day • confederation • conference • pei • charlottetown

Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day to all my readers who reside in Canada. Yes, July 1st is Canada's birthday. A happy 4th of July to all my friends and readers in the United States.
• canada day • happy canada day • canadas birthday • canadian celebrations • confederation

Hopping Along Ontario's Ale Trail: Day Two
The Beer Traveller spends his second day along Ontario's Ale Trail in Guelph, where he visits craft breweries old and new...and learns a bit of beer trivia.
• sleeman • guelph • ontario • ale trail • steam

The Burning Down Of The Parliament Buildings In Montreal
What would have happened to Montreal if the Parliament Buildings that were located in Montreal in 1849 were not burned down?
• montreal • parliament • elgin • tories • monarchy

The Road to Ottawa
You may think that Ottawa has always been the capital of Canada, but that's not all that true. It is true that the nation in which we live in has always had Ottawa but before 1867, the capital moved around the nation.
• canada • ottawa • york • kingston • capital

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN CANADA
In 1793, the Upper Canada Act Against Slavery was passed. The Act inspiried by Governor J.G. Simcoe made Upper Canada the first British Colony to legislate against slavery.
• harriett tubman • underground railroad • railroad • underground • underground railroad monument

Toronto, the Good
On March 7, 1834 a town named York was incorporated as a city and renamed Toronto.
• toronto • york • rouille • history • cn tower

CANADA DAY
This article provides facts on the origins of Canada's name, the origin of Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) as well as a Canada Day cake recipe and how to make a Canada Day fan. For my American friends the recipe can be converted to the Stars and Stripes.
• canada • canada day • mary alward • origins • kanata

Celebrating Canada's140th Birthday
Canada celebrates its 140th birthday on July 1st. But the birth of Confederation in 1867 was not a smooth and painless process. One province fought the BNA Act passage
• canada day • celebrating canada's 140th birthday • confederation was pushed through without election • sir john a. macdonald "sweetened up the terms of t • john a. macdonald was knighted by queen victoria

Dr. Alexander Milton Ross
Under the guise of nature research, Dr. Ross visited plantations where black slaves lived. He helped many make an escape to the Underground Railroad and freedom
• dr alexander milton ross • alexander ross • underground railroad • black history month • alexander ross slavery abolitionist

ELIZA FIELD JONES (1804 - 1890)
Eliza Field was born in London, England in 1804. Spoiled and pampered, she never dreamed that she would marry and move to Upper Canada, where she would aid her husband in translating the Bible and helping the Native people in the area.
• mary alward • biographies • eliza field • eliza field jones • peter jones

Haunted Mackenzie House Toronto
The ghost of William Lyon Mackenzie, who was the leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion, a newspaper editor and Toronto's first mayor, is reputed to haunt his former home.
• haunted mackenzie house toronto • home famous canadian politician william lyon macke • ghost william lyon mackenzie leader upper canada r • great-grandfather william lyon mackenzie king 10th • 82 bond street toronto georgian-style house built

Louis-Joseph Papineau and Maison Papineau
One of the most important and influential French Canadian nationalists was Louis-Joseph Papineau. Today you can walk to the residence of the Papineau family and imagine what it was like to live in Vieux Montreal in the 1800s.
• papineau • vieux montreal • old montreal • col. campbell • 1837 rebellion

The 'Toronto No. 2' Locomotive
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
• toronto no 2 steam engine • toronto no 2 locomotive • first locomotive built in canada • james good's foundry • toronto locomotive works

NOTABLE FIGURES IN CANADIAN BLACK HISTORY
Many people, both Black and White contributed to Canadian Black History. I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to some of them.
• mary alward • mary • alward • black history event • black


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