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| Davie Shipyard (S), QC |
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Historic Canadian shipyard, established in 1829 |
| Dawson Historical Complex (S),YT |
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Important collection of buildings from the Klondike Gold Rush |
| Discovery and Development of the McIntosh Apple (E), ON |
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Ideally suited for Canada's northern climate, has become accepted world wide |
| Discovery Claim (Claim 37903) (S),YT |
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Site of discovery of gold in 1896, marks the beginning of the development of Yukon Territory |
| Display Building II (S), MB |
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Sole survivor of buildings constructed for Dominion Exhibition, held annually, 1879-1912 |
| Dredge No.4 (S),YT |
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Symbolizes importance of dredging operations (1899-1966) to the evolution of gold mining in the Klondike |
| Dunsmuir, Robert (P),BC |
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Discovered coal near Nanaimo (1869), began commercial empire |
| Eddy, Ezra Butler (P), QC |
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Manufacturer of matches, wood products and pulp and paper |
| Electrical Development Company Generating Station and Powerhouse (S), ON |
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Important early power project in elegant Beaux-Arts building |
| Exploitation of the Nova Scotia Coal Fields (E), NS |
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Important industry leading to the transformation of the Maritime economy of the late 19th and 20th centuries |
| First Butter Factory in Canada (E), QC |
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Established in 1873, followed by dairy schools to develop the industry |
| First Cheese Factory (E), ON |
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Cooperative factory system, 1864, beginning of modern dairy industry |
| First Dairy School in Canada (S), QC |
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Founded in 1882 by Edward André Barnard |
| First Oil Well in Western Canada (S), AB |
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First commercially productive oil well in West |
| First Oil Wells in Canada (S), ON |
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Start of one of Canada's key industries, 1858 |
| First Paper Mill in Canada/Argenteuil Paper Mill (E), QC |
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Argenteuil paper manufactory established in 1805 |
| Fishing Industry on the East Coast (E), NF |
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Most important industry in development of Atlantic provinces |
| Fishing Industry on the West Coast (E), BC |
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Commercial fishing began in the 1830s, salted salmon for the Hudson's Bay Company |
| Fleur De Lys Soapstone Quarries (S), NF |
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Resource extraction by Dorset Culture |
| Forbes Textile Mill (S), ON |
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Woolen mill industrial complex, built in 1863 |
| Forest Industry in British Columbia (E), BC |
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First export sawmill in British Columbia, built in 1860 |
| Forest Industry in New Brunswick (E), NB |
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Timber for shipbuilding, pulp and paper in the 20th century |
| Forest Industry in the Ottawa Valley (E), ON |
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White pine for British Navy in Napoleonic Wars, square timber, pulp |
| Forestry Farm Park and Zoo (S), SK |
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Important federal contribution to prairie forestation |
| Forges du Saint-Maurice (S), QC |
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Remains of Canada's first industrial village |
| Fraser, Archibald (P), NB |
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Lumber industry magnate, pioneer in pulp and paper manufacture in New Brunswick |
| French Shore (E), NF |
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Fishing and occupancy disputed between French and English, 1713-1904 |
| Frobisher Site (S), NU |
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Martin Frobisher habitation and iron smelting, 1576-78 |
| Galt Irrigation Canal (S), AB |
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First major irrigation project in Canada |
| General Mining Association (E), NS |
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Major coal producer in British North America, 1827-65 |
| Gillies Grove and House (S), ON |
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Old-growth white pine forest and country house |
| Gold Room at Bear Creek (S),YT |
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Part of large gold-refining complex, 1905-16 |
| Gooderham and Worts Distillery (S), ON |
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Significant mid 19th-century industrial complex |
| Gouinlock Buildings/Early Exhibition Buildings (S), ON |
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Largest extant group of early 20th-century exhibition buildings |
| Grande-Grave (S), QC |
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19th-century buildings represent inshore East Coast fishing |
| Grassy Island (S), NS |
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Centre of English fishery in 18th century |
| Great Lakes Fisheries (E), ON |
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Important 19th-century industry |
| Gulf of Georgia Cannery (S), BC |
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Outstanding West Coast fish processing complex |
| Halifax Dockyard (S), NS |
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Oldest dockyard in North America still in use, 1758 |
| Heintzman, Theodore August (P), ON |
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Founder of prominent piano manufacturing firm |
| Hendry, John (P), BC |
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Lumber magnate, formed British Columbia mills |
| Herschel Island (E),YT |
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Canadian sovereignty in the Western Arctic; inter-cultural contact at Herschel Island; whaling industry in Western Arctic |
| Hull Timber Slide (E), ON |
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Major technological innovation |
| Hull,William Roper (P), AB |
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Cattleman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, land developer |
| Hydro-electric Power Development in Canada (E) |
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Major source of energy for industrial and domestic use |