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Trivia EH? Sir Sandford Fleming

October 24, 2009 By Pat Williams

  • Fleming was born in 1827 in Scotland. Emigrated to Canada in 1845.
  • Designed the first Canadian postage stamp, known as the Three-Penny Beaver issued in 1851.
  • Was Chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway while being built coast-to-coast. He oversaw the surveys of the prairies and Rocky Mountains.
  • While retired, Fleming devised a telegraph communications system for the British Empire.
  • Sandford Fleming became Sir Sandford Fleming in 1897, when he was knighted.
  • Greenwich England is 0 hour where all time zones start
  • Canada has 7 time zones, the USA, 4. The Soviet Union has the most at 9 time zones.

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