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TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
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Alcock Brown Transatlantic Flight (E), NF
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First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, Newfoundland to Ireland
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Alexander Graham Bell (S), NS
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Commemorates famous inventor
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Algoma Central Engine House (S), ON
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First in Canada to have internal turntable, 1912
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Ayling and Reid Flight (E), ON
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First flight from mainland of Canada to England, 1934
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Backhouse Grist Mill (S), ON
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One of the oldest and best-preserved small water-powered establishments
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Baldwin, Frederick Walker "Casey"(P), NS
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Engineer, worked with A.G. Bell, designed aircraft and hydrofoil
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Beauharnois Power Development (S), QC
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Economically and technologically important, 1929-32
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Beechey Island Sites (S), NU
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Related to 19th-century Arctic exploration
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Bell Homestead (S), ON
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Location of important events in Alexander Graham Bell's life
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Bluenose (E), NS
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Famous Canadian schooner, has become national symbol
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Bouchette, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph (P), QC
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Surveyor General of Lower Canada (1804-41), author and mapmaker
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Brooks Aqueduct (S), AB
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Landmark irrigation project built by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1912-14
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Building of the St. Clair Tunnel (E), ON
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First underwater tunnel in North America, 1889-91
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By, Lieutenant-Colonel John (P), ON
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Military engineer, built the Rideau Canal (1826-32), Ottawa to Kingston
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Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge (S), ON
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Early use of concrete in bridge construction
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Cap des Rosiers Lighthouse (S), QC
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Tallest lighthouse in Canada, 112 feet, built in 1858
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Cape Breton Newfoundland Cable (E), NS
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Vital section of first transatlantic cable completed in 1856
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Cape Pine Lighthouse (S), NF
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Early circular cast-iron tower, 1851
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Cliff Site (S), ON
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Site of first French claim to region (De Casson and De Galinée), 1670
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Covered Bridges (E)
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Wood structures built in Eastern Canada
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Davie Shipyard (S), QC
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Historic Canadian shipyard, established in 1829
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De Havilland "Beaver"(E), ON
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Single engine high-wing aircraft developed for bush flying in 1946
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Design and Construction of the Victoria Tubular Bridge (E), QC
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Engineering achievement in the construction of the world's then largest bridge, introduction of steam-powered construction equipment
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Deville, Édouard Gaston (P), BC
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Surveyor General of Canada (1885), introduced technique of photogrammetry
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Direct Drive Waterpower (E)
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Importance of hydraulic power in Canadian history
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First Aeroplane Flying in Canada (E), NS
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Flight of the Silver Dart in 1909, first in the British Empire
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First Air Crossing of the Canadian Rockies (E), AB
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Captain E. C. Hoy flew from Vancouver to Lethbridge in 1919
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First Crossing of North America (E), BC
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Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific in 1793
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First Eastward Crossing of the Northwest Passage (E), SK
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1940-42 Arctic voyage of the St. Roch from Vancouver to Sydney, Nova Scotia
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First Marine Compound Engine (E), NB
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Powered the vessel Reindeer, launched in 1845
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First Steam Fog Horn (E), NB
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Invented by Robert Foulis in 1854, installed on Partridge Island in 1859
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First Submarine Telegraph Cable (E), PE
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First major submarine cable in North America, 1852
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Fleming, Sir Sandford (P), ON
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Railway survey and construction engineer, advocate of Standard Time
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Fort Fork (S), AB
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Starting point of Mackenzie's route to Pacific, 1793
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Frobisher Site (S), NU
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Martin Frobisher habitation and iron smelting, 1576-1578
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