Canadian History Highlights: 1885-1914 - E. Menzies - March 2011

North-West Rebellion

Mar 26, 1885

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

Nov 7, 1885

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

Nov 16, 1885

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

May 23, 1893

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

Jul 11, 1896

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)

Aug 1, 1896

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

Oct 30, 1899

Canada's first major overseas military campaign. Image: Flickr, Boer War Memorial, http://bit.ly/gQEvbK

Canadian Dr. James Naismith invents basketball

Dec 1, 1899

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

Aug 10, 1905

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

Jan 1, 1908

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

Oct 10, 1911

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

Jan 1, 1914

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

Jan 1, 1914

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

Aug 4, 1914

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