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  • 2026-10-08
    A distinguished Canadian educator, Kathleen Russell was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She graduated in 1918 from the Toronto General…
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    Edward Johnson, one of the world's leading operatic tenors, was born in Guelph and lived for many years in a…
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    One of the oldest structures in the area, this interesting house was the first Canadian residence of Susan Mein Sibbald…
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    Canada's first licensed woman pilot, Eilleen Vollick was born in Wiarton and came to Hamilton about 1911. She was fascinated…
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    Built in 1834 by Capt. John Harris, R.N., treasurer of the London District, this is London's oldest remaining house. With…
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    A pioneering operation in the development of nuclear energy, the Eldorado refinery was established in 1933 by Gilbert LaBine, a…
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    In the 1840s, Bytown (Ottawa) was a growing timber-trade village with a substantial French-Canadian population but no Catholic schools and…
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    In 1873 a small group of Swiss immigrants arrived in the Parry Sound District and formed the basis for a…
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    The wife of the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was born at Whitchurch, Herefordshire, England. Orphaned at…
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    One of the earliest Canadian female medical missionaries, Elizabeth Rabb Beatty was born near Caintown and moved to Lansdowne where…