Historical Figures
John McCrae
(Featured November 2003) Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was a Brigade Surgeon in charge of a field dressing station during one of the bloodiest battles of WWI. He was working in Belgium during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. Additional duties included operating guns and burial services, as required. After performing a service and burying [...]
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Trivia EH? Alexander Mackenzie
Born January 28, 1822 in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Was forced to quit school at the age of 13 but continued to educate himself throughout his life Fell through the ice on one of his winter treks across the ice from Wolfe Island to Kingston. Managed to get himself out and there after carried a pole [...]
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Alexander Mackenzie
(Featured August 2003) Alexander Mackenzie was the second Prime Minister and the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada. (Not to be confused with the Canadian explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820) He was born in Scotland where he was a trained stonemason. He left Scotland in 1842 when he followed his sweetheart and her family to [...]
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Sir John A Macdonald
Would you hire a nineteen year old lawyer? If you lived in Kingston, Ontario, in 1834, you could have hired John A Macdonald to represent your interests. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815 and immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents when he was five. He articled with a Kingston lawyer at fifteen [...]
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Trivia EH? Sarah Emma Edmonds
Sarah’s mother conspired to help Sarah run away in order to avoid a marriage her father was forcing upon her. She went with her mother’s friend to work selling hats in another town. She then moved to Moncton, New Brunswick. For some reason she decided to disappear – it’s believed her father found her in [...]
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Trivia EH? Jean Chrétien
Born January 11, 1934 in Shawinigan, Quebec as Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien Parents are Wellie & Marie. Father was a Liberal organizer and young Chretien helped hand out flyers and attended rallies Married to Aline Chaîné since 1957 He has three children (2 sons, 1 daughter) and four grandchildren. First French Canadian Finance Minister Has [...]
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Jean Chrétien
(Featured March 2003) Prime Minister Chrétien is a lawyer by trade, having acquired his degree from Laval University in Quebec. He initially practiced law with the firm of Chrétien, Landry, Deschênes, Trudel and Normand in Shawinigan. In 1963 Chrétien was elected for the first time to the House of Commons and held many positions within [...]
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Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who made three journeys to what would later become Canada. The first was in 1534 on behalf of Francois I, the King of France and was in search of a passage to Asia. He sailed into the Bais des Chaleurs and landed on the Gaspé Peninsula. He returned in [...]
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Trivia EH? Joseph Brant
Brant’s birth name was Theyendanega which means “He Places Two Bets.” Brant was born somewhere along the Ohio River while his parents were on a hunting excursion. Brant married the daughter of an Oneida Chief and they had 2 sons. His first wife died of tuberculosis 3 years marrying her. Two yrs later he married [...]
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Joseph Brant
Although Brant was born in the United States, his life had an impact on Canada that can be seen in the city of Brantford, which is named in his honour. In 1742, Theyendanega (Brant’s birth name) came into the world knowing he was a Mohawk Chief. Chief Brant attended Moor’s Charity School for Indians at [...]
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:D ty for project help!!!
wtf? 
No wonder she has chocolate named after her :O Amazing