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TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING cont'd |
| Galt Irrigation Canal (S), AB |
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First major irrigation project in Canada |
| Gzowski, Sir Casimir Stanislaus (P) |
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Engineer, railway builder, first chairman of Niagara Parks Commission |
| Halifax Dockyard (S), NS |
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Oldest dockyard in North America still in use, 1758 |
| Hamilton and Scourge (S), ON |
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American gunships capsized and sunk in 1813; War of 1812 |
| Hamilton Waterworks (S), ON |
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Intact early waterworks in elegant Italianate structure, 1857-59, by Thomas C. Keefer |
| Hartland Covered Bridge (S), NB |
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Longest extant covered bridge in the world |
| Hawthorne Cottage (S), NF |
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Picturesque cottage, home of Captain Bob Bartlett, 1875-1946 |
| HMCS Haida (S), ON |
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Last of World War II Tribal-class destroyers |
| HMCS Sackville (S), NS |
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Only surviving Flower-class corvette, Battle of the Atlantic, World War II |
| Holland, Samuel Johannes (P), QC |
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Surveyor, military engineer, Surveyor General of Quebec (1764-91) |
| Howe, Clarence Decatur (P), ON |
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Important Liberal cabinet minister, began Atomic Energy of Canada |
| Hydro-electric Power Development in Canada (E) |
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Major source of energy for industrial and domestic use |
| Invention of the Telephone (E), ON |
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Bell experiments with telephone, site of first long-distance call in 1876 |
| Joffre Roundhouse (Canadian National) (S), QC |
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Only extant full-circle type in Canada, built in 1880 |
| John Street Roundhouse (Canadian Pacific) (S), ON |
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Large 1929 roundhouse for trains using Union Station |
| Keefer, Thomas Coltrin (P), ON |
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Hydraulics engineer, railway promoter, built the Hamilton Waterworks |
| Kootenay Mining Region (S), BC |
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Major mining and refining region |
| Lachine Canal (S), QC |
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Non-operational; five locks, railway/road bridges |
| Magrath, Charles Alexander (P), AB |
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Engineer and surveyor, first mayor of Lethbridge |
| Marco Polo (Vessel) (E), NB |
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World-famous clipper ship, built in 1851 in Saint John, wrecked in 1883 |
| 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 |
| McCurdy, John A. D. (P), NS |
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First person to fly an airplane in the British Empire (Silver Dart, 1909) |
| McKay, Donald (P), NS |
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World-renowned designer and builder of clipper ships (Flying Cloud) |
| Noorduyn Aviation Company "Norseman"(E), QC |
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Designed in 1935, high-wing aircraft designed for bush flying |
| Ogilvie,William (P),YT |
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Surveyor, author, Commissioner of Yukon Territory (1898-1901) |
| Parry's Rock Wintering Site (S), NT |
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Wintering site of William Parry's expedition to the Northwest Passage, 1819 |
| Peterborough Lift Lock (S), ON |
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World's highest hydraulic lift lock, 1896-1904 |
| Powerscourt Covered Bridge (S), QC |
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McCallum inflexible arched truss, built in 1861; Percy Bridge |
| Québec Bridge (S), QC |
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Longest clear-span cantilever bridge in the world, first to make extensive use of nickel steel and the k-truss |
| Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric Plant (S), ON |
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First large hydro project in world, built in 1917-21 |
| Railway Rolling Stock (E), QC |
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Representative carriages of the Canadian Railway Historical Association |
| Red Bay (S), NF |
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16th-century Basque whaling industry complex |
| Rideau Canal (S), ON |
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Operational canal, 202-km route, 45 locks |
| Rogers Pass (S), BC |
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Canadian Pacific Railway route through Selkirk mountains |
| S.S. Keno (S),YT |
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1922 wooden steamboat, 140 ft ( 30 ft, three decks |
| S.S. Klondike (S),YT |
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Largest and last Yukon commercial steamboat |
| S.S. Moyie (S), BC |
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Restored riverboat launched in 1898 |
| Sault Ste. Marie Canal (S), ON |
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Non-operational; first electrically-powered lock, 1888-94 |
| Signal Hill (S), NF |
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Commemorates defence of St. John's; includes the Cabot Tower |
| Smiths Falls Bascule Bridge (S), ON |
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Oldest surviving structure of its type, 1912-13 |
| St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam (S), MB |
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Largest of its type in world, built in 1907-10 |
| St. Peters Canal (S), NS |
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Operational canal; structures dating from 19th century |
| St. Roch (S), BC |
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First vessel to navigate Northern Passage west to east |
| Survey of Prince Edward Island (E), PE |
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Survey of Prince Edward Island and coastal waters by Captain Holland, 1764-66 |
| Survey of the Great Lakes (E), ON |
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Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay, 1814-16; lakes Huron, Erie and Superior, 1817-25 |
| Survey of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence (E), PE |
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Captain Henry W. Bayfield produced first accurate charts, 1827-56 |
| System of Tide Gates (Aboiteaux) (E), NB |
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Unique invention used by Acadians for more than three centuries to facilitate the cultivation of marshlands |
| Toronto Island Airport Terminal Building (S), ON |
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Rare early terminal for civilian air travel, 1938-39 |
| Transatlantic Flights (E), NF |
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Harbour Grace airfield used by pioneer transatlantic aviators, 1919-37 |
| Transatlantic Wireless (E), NS |
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First west to east transatlantic message, to England in 1902 |
| Trutch, Sir Joseph William (P), BC |
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Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1871-76), noted civil engineer |
| Turnbull,Wallace Rupert (P), NB |
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Aeronautical engineer, built first wind tunnel in Canada |
| Turner Valley Gas Plant (S), AB |
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Early gas plant, central to the history of petroleum extraction technology |
| Turner Valley Oilfield (S), AB |
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First major oil field in Alberta, 1914-47 |
| Turnor, Philip (P), ON |
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Hudson's Bay Company surveyor, explored the Athabasca (1790-92) |
| W. D. Lawrence (Vessel) (E), NS |
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Canada's largest square-rigger, 2,459 tons, built in 1872-74 |
| Wheeler, Arthur Oliver (P), AB |
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Important topographical surveyor, supporter of National Park Movement, co-founder of Alpine Club |