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From France to Canada to Dominion Day

Dominion Day had been a federal holiday that celebrated the enactment of The British North American Act which united four of Britain’s colonies – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada (which became Ontario and Quebec), into a single country within the British Empire, and named that country The Dominion of Canada.

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The 10 Canadian Heroes 8230 nbsp On the first Monday in August ten men are celebrated in Ontario because they have left indelible footprints on the sands of Canada 8217 s time In July and August we will remember these heroes These Canadian heroes are worth remembering And...

New Edinburgh amp Rideau Hall The Creativity amp Resourcefulness of McKay The experience Thomas McKay gained when he first partnered with another skilled Scottish stonemason 8211 John Redpath to build The Lachine Canal in the 1820s contributed to his success in getting the contract to build the Ottawa...

It is almost inconceivable that such a man should have found no biographer so far wrote Francis J Audet in 1932 The extraordinary success of his ventures is a striking proof of what may be done in Canada by an enterprising man who applies himself diligently to...

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