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St. Lawrence Seaway Prime Minister St. Laurent, on the far right,
with Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, and Ontario Premier Leslie Front, digging, at the
breaking ground ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway, August, 1955. ID #20996 |
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St. Lawrence Seaway The official opening of the St. Lawrence
Seaway, April, 1959, with two Canadian Coast Guard vessels leading a ship through the St.
Lambert Locks at the Montreal entry. ID #20997 |
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Expo 67 Expo 67, with the Canadian pavilion along the St.
Lawrence River. ID #21026 |
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Expo '67
ID #21982 |
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Jean Drapeau Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal, 1954-1986 (with
a three-year gap), giving his autograph to an Expo 67 visitor. ID #21027 |
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Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Sauvé, Canada's first woman
Governor-General, first entered parliament as a Liberal in 1972, became the first woman Speaker
of Parliament, 1980-1983, and in 1984 was named Governor-General. ID #21054 |
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Jean Paul Lemieux A philatelic sheet of Canadian postage stamps
depicting 12 works of art by the famed Canadian painter, Jean Paul Lemieux, each an
interpretation of Canada's provinces and territories. ID #23044 |
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Constitution 1982 A commemorative Canadian postage stamp
issued in 1982 to celebrate the patriation of the Canadian Constitution from Great
Britain. ID #23040 |
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Constitution Act of 1982 Queen Elizabeth II signing the official
proclamation of the Constitution Act of 1982 outside the parliament buildings in April, with
Prime Minister Trudeau beside her. ID #21074 |
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CN Tower and SkyDome The Toronto SkyDome and CN Tower.
ID #21748 |
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Military and Naval Establishments Playing checkers at the
Historic Military and Naval Establishments at Penetanguishene on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron,
Ontario, which comprises 15 reconstructed buildings with furnishings of the
period (1817-1856).
ID #23145 |
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