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* Canada – Beaver, Canadian Horse ( both official ); commonly upheld as symbols, though unofficial: Canada Lynx, Grizzly Bear, Loon, Canadian Goose, Cougar, Polar Bear, Grey Wolf, Orca Whale
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* 1968 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
* 1927 – Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, " Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?
* 1842 – The Webster – Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the Canada – United States border east of the Rocky Mountains.
* 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.
Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.
* 1979 – Several tornadoes strike the city of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities.
* 1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
* 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
* 1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ).
* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
* 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate defeats the British frigate off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname " Old Ironsides ".
* 1999 – In Alberta, Canada, 14-year-old Todd Cameron Smith fires upon three students, killing one and wounding another in the W. R. Myers High School shooting.
* 1885 – Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
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" The Un-Canadians ", an 2007 article in Beaver Magazine, includes Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Ezekiel Stone Wiggins, and Robert Monckton in a list of people in the history of Canada who were considered contemptible: " British North America Governor General Jeffrey Amherst supported plans of distributing smallpox-infested blankets to First Nations people.
Deborah Grey's 1989 by-election victory in Beaver River was seen as evidence that the newly formed Reform Party of Canada would be a serious political contender and that it posed a serious political threat for the ruling Progressive Conservatives.
* Stolairus Aviation of Kelowna, BC has developed STOL Kits for the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter to increase lift and reduce stall speeds.
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter and Auster types helped to explore Antarctica.
In 1994, filmmaker Pepita Ferrari directed the National Film Board of Canada documentary By Woman's Hand, chronicling the Beaver Hall Hill Group.
* See the silent films Beaver People ( 1928 ) and Beaver Family ( 1929 ), National Film Board of Canada
* 1851 23 April-The Province of Canada issues its first stamp, the Three-Penny Beaver, designed by Sandford Fleming.
King Philip's War joined the Powhatan wars of 1610 – 14, 1622 – 32 and 1644 – 46 in Virginia, the Pequot War of 1637 in Connecticut, the Dutch-Indian war of 1643 along the Hudson River and the Iroquois Beaver Wars of 1650 in a list of ongoing uprisings and conflicts between various Native American tribes and the French, Dutch, and English colonial settlements of Canada, New York, and New England.
The total population of Port Alberni and surrounding suburbs consisting of both Cherry and Beaver Creek districts is 26, 569 ( as of the 2004 census conducted by Statistics Canada ).
The Beaver Wars joined the Powhatan wars of 1610 – 14, 1622 – 32 and 1644 – 46 in Virginia, the Pequot War of 1637 in Connecticut, the Dutch-Indian War of 1643 along the Hudson River and King Philip's War in a list of ongoing uprisings and conflicts between various Native American tribes and the French, Dutch, and English colonial settlements of Canada, New York, and New England.
The American Army used the fort as a base to invade Upper Canada, but were repelled at the Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams.
* the Beaver Creek meteorite of 1893, which fell in British Columbia, Canada ( see Meteorite falls )
The Army Air Corps also operated Westland Lynx and Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters as well as de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft in its joint operations with the RAF's Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre ( Northern Ireland ); the Beaver was replaced by the Britten-Norman Islander late in 1988. Eurocopter similar to that used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland
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