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North-West Rebellion
Métis uprising led by Louis Riel. Image: Flickr, Winnipeg Station (1885), http://bit.ly/fMftfu Discovery Education Canada Video - Louis Riel<a href='http://bit.ly/eE0B6L' > -
Last Spike of Canadian Pacific Railway
Last spike of trans-Canada railway in British Columbia. Ambitious CPR railway project completed. Image: Flickr, CPR Station Midway,http://bit.ly/eD7AaN -
Métis Leader, Louis Riel, executed
Métis leader, Louis Riel, is executed in Manitoba for his role in the Red River and North-West Rebellions. Image: Flickr, Louis Riel, http://bit.ly/ijWJGo -
Algonquin Park established
Algonquin Park officially designated by government as a "national park" (later a "provincial park"). Image: Flickr, Flood Lake, Northern Ontario, http://bit.ly/dT2VqK -
Sir Wilfrid Laurier elected as Prime Minister of Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's 7th Prime Minister and first francophone to hold this position. Source: Flickr, Sir Wilfrid Laurier</a>, http://bit.ly/hqPpxw</a> -
Beginning of Yukon Goldrush (Klondike)
Gold discovered along the Klondike River in the Yukon. A frenzy of hopeful prospectors travel West! Image: Flickr, White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, http://bit.ly/fALx9W Discovery Education Canada Video - "Klondike Fever: Gold Discovered in Yukon Territory" -
Canada enters Boer War in South Africa
Canada's first major overseas military campaign. Image: Flickr, Boer War Memorial, http://bit.ly/gQEvbK -
Canadian Dr. James Naismith invents basketball
Canadian professor Dr. James Naismith develops a game called "basketball" at what is now Springfield College, Massachusetts. Image: Flickr, Basketball Hoop, http://bit.ly/ihDxvO -
Saskatchewan and Alberta become provinces
Saskatchewan and Alberta become Canadian provinces and part of a increasingly united Canada. Image: Flickr, Little Shack on the Prarie, http://bit.ly/emnVRC -
L.M. Montgomery`s Anne of Green Gables published
Prince Edward Island writer, L.M. Montgomery publishes her iconic "Anne of Green Gables" novel for young readers. Image: Flickr, Green Gables, http://bit.ly/fSPxqI Discovery Education Canada Video - History Lands: Green Gables House, PEI -
Sir Robert Borden becomes PM of Canada
Nova-Scotian born Sir Robert Borden becomes Canada's 8th Prime Minister. He introduced income tax to Canada. Image: Flickr, Borden, http://bit.ly/dYbg2w -
Sources Cited - Part 2
Images - continued
Flickr, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, http://bit.ly/hqPpxw
Flickr, Little Shack on the Praire, http://bit.ly/fPgIxf
Flickr, Winnipeg Station (1885), http://bit.ly/fMftfu
Flickr, Up Before Dawn Again, http://bit.ly/eseZ4g Videos
Discovery Education Canada - Louis Riel - http://bit.ly/eE0B6L
Discovery Education Canada - Klondike Fever: Gold Discovered in Yukon Territory - http://bit.ly/fQCLvZ
Discovery Education Canada - History Lands, Green Gables House, PEI - http://bit.ly/hRogSp -
Sources Cited - Part 1
Images
Flickr, Louis Riel, http://bit.ly/hRogSp
Flickr, CPR Station Midway, http://bit.ly/eD7AaN
Flickr, White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, http://bit.ly/fALx9W
Flickr, Basketball Hoop,http://bit.ly/ihDxvO
Flickr, Boer War Memorial, http://bit.ly/gQEvbK
Flickr, Remembrance Day - John McCrae in Flanders Fields,
http://bit.ly/hkcqP3
Flickr, Borden, http://bit.ly/dYbg2w
Flickr, Green Gables, http://bit.ly/fSPxqI
Flickr, Flood Lake, Northern Ontario, http://bit.ly/dT2VqK -
World War I Begins - Canada enters war
As a dominion of the British Empire, Canada automatically enters World War 1, when the United Kingdom declares war on Germany on August 4, 1914.
Around 65,000 Canadian soldiers die in the line of duty during World War 1. Image: Remembrance Day - John McCrae in Flanders Fields, http://bit.ly/hkcqP3
