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Building of the Canso Causeway National Historic Event (NHE) Port Hastings, Nova Scotia United Cape Breton physically, economically, and symbolically to the rest of Canada
Soulanges Canal National Historic Event (NHE) Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec Built in 1892-99 to replace the old Beauharnois Canal of 1842-45
Immigration of Home Children National Historic Event (NHE) Stratford, Ontario Reflection of attitudes toward childhood, critical role child labour played in pre-welfare state, influenced social policy
First Cheese Factory National Historic Event (NHE) Ingersoll, Ontario Cooperative factory system, 1864, beginning of modern dairy industry
First Steamship on Lake Ontario National Historic Event (NHE) Bath, Ontario The Frontenac, launched 1816, faster travel between Kingston and Toronto
Dawson Road National Historic Event (NHE) Ste. Anne, Manitoba Land and water route from Lake Superior to Red River, completed 1871
Dominion Lands Survey System National Historic Event (NHE) Headingly, Manitoba 1871 system determined settlement patterns of western Canada
First Railway in Western Canada National Historic Event (NHE) Dominion city, Manitoba From St. Boniface to United States border, built 1877-78
104th Regiment National Historic Event (NHE) Fredericton, New Brunswick War of 1812, marches 1100 kms. from Fredericton to Kingston and Fort George in 1813
Return of the Acadians National Historic Event (NHE) Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage, New Brunswick Arrival of Alexis Landry after 1755, beginning of resettlement
Monseigneur Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier in Acadia National Historic Event (NHE) Grand Falls, New Brunswick Visit of Monseigneur Jean-Baptiste de la Criox de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier to Acadia in 1686-87
Newfoundland's Entry into Confederation National Historic Event (NHE) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Led by Joseph R. Smallwood, Newfoundland became 10th province in 1949
Sack of Lunenburg National Historic Event (NHE) Lunenburg, Nova Scotia American privateers looted the town in 1782
Arrival of Foreign Protestants in Nova Scotia (1749-1756) National Historic Event (NHE) Halifax, Nova Scotia Earliest German-speaking emigrant group to form stable, lasting communities in what is now Canada
Founding of Fort Alexander National Historic Event (NHE) Pine Falls, Manitoba Established by La Vérendrye, 1739-49
Bank Fishery National Historic Event (NHE) Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Commemorates offshore fisheries of Atlantic Provinces
Dawson to Ashcroft Telegraph Line National Historic Event (NHE) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory One of the longest and most remote telegraph lines completed over land
Bush Pilots of Canada National Historic Event (NHE) Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Vital role in charting and developing the Canadian North
Île-aux-Coudres National Historic Event (NHE) Île-aux-Coudres, Quebec Named by Jacques Cartier, who celebrated mass here in 1535
Removal of Ripple Rock National Historic Event (NHE) Campbell River, British Columbia Culmination of 17 years of a difficult and unique engineering project that initially appeared to be almost insurmountable
Wabana Iron Ore Mines National Historic Event (NHE) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Bell Island mines were major source of iron ore, 1895-1966
Territorial Grain Growers Association National Historic Event (NHE) Indian Head, Saskatchewan First successful farm organization in western Canada, 1902
Henry House National Historic Event (NHE) Jasper National Park of Canada, Alberta Site of North West Company post, 1811-30s
Missaguash - Baie Verte Portage / Pre-contact Indian Portage National Historic Event (NHE) Baie-Verte, New Brunswick Important route from Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Bay of Fundy
Pro Patria National Historic Event (NHE) Amherstburg, Ontario Seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine; War of 1812