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  • 2026-10-08
    On May 24, 1881, one of Canada's worst marine disasters occurred on the Thames River near this site. The "Victoria",…
  • 2026-10-08
    This is the childhood home of Maggie Clark, subject of the famous ballad "When You and I Were Young". Its…
  • 2026-10-08
    The oldest private club building in Ontario, 107 Wellington Street West was designed for the Toronto Club in 1888-89 by…
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    This noted Canadian artist was born in this city and about 1875, had a studio on Richmond Street in the…
  • 2026-10-08
    The Alcan military Highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Big Delta, Alaska, was opened here at Soldier's Summit on…
  • 2026-10-08
    This former station was a key part of the 2700 km Dawson-Ashcroft telegraph line, among the longest and most remote…
  • 2026-10-08
    Father William Judge is remembered as the "Saint of Dawson." An American Jesuit missionary, he went to Alaska in 1890…
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    Named by John Franklin in 1826, this island in 1890 became the principal base for American whalers in the western…
  • 2026-10-08
    "Skookum" Jim, a Tagish of the Dakhlawèdí clan and the Wolf moiety, found a nugget on Rabbit (Bonanza) Creek in…
  • 2026-10-08
    Chief Jim Boss, of the Ta'an Kwäch'än First Nation, was one of the first Yukon Aboriginal leaders to recognize the…