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... of the Cabots in what is now Canada , and a part of the country is well advanced in the third 1 Succeeded by the Earl of Minto in the autumn of 1898 . century of its actual occupation ; the formation of the THE DOMINION OF CANADA 9.
... of the Cabots in what is now Canada , and a part of the country is well advanced in the third 1 Succeeded by the Earl of Minto in the autumn of 1898 . century of its actual occupation ; the formation of the THE DOMINION OF CANADA 9.
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century of its actual occupation ; the formation of the Dominion only dates from 1867 , and was completed , as it now stands , by the entry of Prince Edward Island in 1873. Prior to Confederation , which was originated by Nova Scotia ...
century of its actual occupation ; the formation of the Dominion only dates from 1867 , and was completed , as it now stands , by the entry of Prince Edward Island in 1873. Prior to Confederation , which was originated by Nova Scotia ...
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... century the history of Quebec is the history of Canada . Champlain was a hero of the mediaval type . To chivalric courage and romantic enterprise he added intense religious enthusiasm . Winning the confidence of the Indians , he , with ...
... century the history of Quebec is the history of Canada . Champlain was a hero of the mediaval type . To chivalric courage and romantic enterprise he added intense religious enthusiasm . Winning the confidence of the Indians , he , with ...
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... century are foreign to the stolid , steady , typical French Canadian . That love of amusement , music , and painting , which is universal in France , finds but slight echo in the serious , hard - working Canadians of the educated ...
... century are foreign to the stolid , steady , typical French Canadian . That love of amusement , music , and painting , which is universal in France , finds but slight echo in the serious , hard - working Canadians of the educated ...
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... centuries and a half . Gaspar de Cortereal , a Portuguese , was the next visitor to these shores , in the year 1500 , and being driven back , like Cabot , by the ice in the north , he visited a country his description of which might ...
... centuries and a half . Gaspar de Cortereal , a Portuguese , was the next visitor to these shores , in the year 1500 , and being driven back , like Cabot , by the ice in the north , he visited a country his description of which might ...
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