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| Girouard, Sir Edouard Percy Cranwell (P), QC |
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Military engineer, constructed railways in Africa |
| Grenville Canal (E), QC |
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Constructed in 1819-33, enlarged in 1871-82, to connect Montréal and Ottawa |
| Halifax Gazette (E), NS |
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Began in 1752, first newspaper in British North America |
| Hill, James Jerome (P), ON |
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Red River Transportation Company (1856) and Great Northern Railway |
| Hudson's Bay Railway, Construction of (E) |
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Major political and railway engineering achievement in North America |
| Ice Boat Service (E), PE |
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Winter mail service across Northumberland Strait, 1827-1917 |
| Île-Verte Lighthouse (S), QC |
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1809 tower, first light on St. Lawrence |
| Intercolonial Railway (E), NB |
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First railway connecting central Canada and Maritimes, 1876 |
| Inuksuk (S), NU |
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Inuit complex of 100 stone landmarks |
| Invention of the telephone (E), ON |
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Bell experiments with telephone, site of first long-distance call in 1876 |
| Isgonish-French River Portage (E), NS |
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Important route from Gulf of St. Lawrence to Atlantic Coast |
| Kaministikwia and Pigeon River Routes (E), ON |
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Two main canoe routes from Lake Superior to the West |
| Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) (S), PE |
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Picturesque cobblestone 1904 railway station |
| Lachine Canal (S), QC |
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Non-operational; five locks, railway/road bridges |
| Lévis Railway Station (Intercolonial) (S), QC |
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Terminus of intercolonial railway from Halifax |
| Mackenzie, Sir William (P), ON |
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Railway entrepreneur, built the Canadian Northern Railway (1915) |
| Mann, Sir Donald (P) |
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Railway builder, helped develop the Canadian Northern Railway (1915) |
| Marconi (S), NS |
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Site of first wireless station in Canada |
| Marconi Wireless Station (S), NS |
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First regular public intercontinental service |
| Mattawa Route (E), ON |
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Key link in main voyageur canoe route to west of Canada |
| May,W.R."Wop"(P), AB |
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Pioneer of bush flying in Canada, awarded the Order of the British Empire (1935) |
| McAdam Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) (S), NB |
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Large 1900 château-style railway station |
| Merritt,William Hamilton (P), ON |
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Industrialist, politician, led construction of the Welland Canal |
| Methye Portage (E), SK |
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Only practical link from East to Athabasca region from 1778 to 1820 |
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern) (S), MB |
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Early Prairie branch line railway station, 1899 |
| Miscou Island Lighthouse (S), NB |
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Strategic Chaleur Bay octagonal colonial lighthouse |
| Missaguash-Baie-Verte Portage/Pre-contact Indian Portage (E), NB |
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Important route from Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Bay of Fundy |
| Neilson, John (P), QC |
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Journalist, reformer, member of the Assembly of Lower Canada (1818-33, 1841-44) |
| Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System (E), NT |
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Pioneer in radio communications over land as well as in the extreme conditions of the North |
| Oaks, Harold Anthony "Doc"(P), MB |
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Pioneer bush pilot, founded Patricia Airways (1926) |
| Okanagan Brigade Trail (E), BC |
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Fur trade route used between 1811 and 1848 |
| Oliver, Frank (P), AB |
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Pioneer western journalist, Minister of the Interior (1905-11) |