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John Cabot lands on Cape Breton Island
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Jacques Cartier claims Acadia for France
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French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds Québec
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La Vérendrye builds Fort Bourbon on the South Saskatchewan River
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Chipewyan Chief Matonabbee and Hudson’s Bay Company explorer Samuel Hearne reach the mouth of the Coppermine River
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Samuel Hearne establishes Cumberland House
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Captain George Vancouver surveys the coastline of Vancouver Island
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Agnes Macphail is elected the first female member of Parliament
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Richard Bedford Bennett becomes prime minister of Canada
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Saskatchewanian John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister of Canada
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