Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
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William Brydone Jack Observatory
The William Brydone Jack Observatory a small wooden observatory in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Designed by William Brydone Jack and first operational in 1851, it was the first astronomical observatory built in Canada. It comprises an octagonal tower with a conical roof and a one-story rectangular wing with a gable roof.
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Free Meeting House
The Free Meeting House was built in 1821, and is one of MonctonÕs oldest standing public buildings. It was constructed in the style of a New England Meeting House without steeple, bell or cornerstone. Its purpose was to serve as a home for all religious denominations until such time as individual groups could raise the money required to build their own churches.
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Old Government House
The stone Palladian-style official residence of the Lieutenant Governor; the location of a historic 1866 meeting between Governor Arthur Gordon and Premier Albert James Smith which paved the way for the colony's entry into Confederation
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Carleton Martello Tower
A martello tower located across the harbour from downtown Saint John, built to protect the city from an American land attack during the War of 1812; representative of the type of coastal defence used by the British during the Napoleonic era
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St. Andrews Blockhouse
The blockhouse was built as a coastal defense structure in the War of 1812 between the United States and the British Empire, but never saw action. Twelve similar structures were built, and only the St. Andrews blockhouse still stands. It was repaired in the 1990s following a fire. Guided tours are conducted during tourist season.
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Buffalo Pound Provincial Park
Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a Saskatchewan Provincial Park located in southern Saskatchewan about 25Êkm northeast of the city of Moose Jaw.
The park centres around Buffalo Pound Lake, a prairie lake formed from glaciation about 10,000 years ago.
Seasonal recreation activities include swimming (two public beaches and a pool), camping, fishing, mini-golf, biking, hiking, and access to the Trans-Canada Trail. The park also features a captive herd of bison, along with the Nicolle Flats Marsh where a variety of wildlife can be observed. There is also a trout pond, known as Buffalo Pond, which is stocked with rainbow trout,…0 votes -
Peter MacKinnon Building
The Peter MacKinnon Building is a National Historic Site of Canada which is part of the University of Saskatchewan (U of S).The U of S is the largest education institution in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The structure is an example of a university building in the classic Elizabethan E shape in Collegiate Gothic style which was designed by Brown and Vallance
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Keyhole Castle
The Keyhole Castle is located in the East Hill neighborhood of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Built as the residence for Samuel McLeod, a former business man, mayor of Prince Albert and federal politician. the home was built as the residence for him and his family. The architect was Erich Wohann of Minneapolis. In 1975, the building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. The building contains a ballroom on the top floor
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Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church is a Provincial Historic Site and a Provincial Heritage Property situated prominently on the banks of the Churchill River in the northern community of Stanley Mission. The property features a grand cathedral with a tall central nave and elaborate spire built in a Gothic Revival style that was constructed between 1854 and 1860.
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Humboldt Post Office
The historic Humboldt Post Office building is located at the corner of Main Street and 6th Avenue in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is 2 1/2 storeys with a 4 storey bell and clock tower. Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works, David Ewart, the building is the last surviving of a series of very similar buildings under a common theme on the prairies.[1] The building originally housed a post office, customs, and weights and measures office on the ground floor; customs and inland revenue offices and an office for the commanding officer of the Royal…
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Battleford Court House
Battleford Court House is the facility located in Battleford to provide a public forum used by the Saskatchewan legal system to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under its laws.
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Saskatchewan Legislative Building
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building was built between 1908 and 1912 in the Beaux Arts style to a design by Edward and William Sutherland Maxwell of Montreal. The Maxwells also supervised construction of the building by the Montreal company P. Lyall & Sons, who later built the Centre Block of the federal Parliament Building in Ottawa after the 1866 Parliament Building was destroyed by fire in 1916. Piles began to be drilled for the foundations during the autumn of 1908 and in 1909 the Governor General of Canada, the Earl Grey, laid the cornerstone. In 1912, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught,…
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St. John's Anglican Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, located at 816 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon.
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Winnipeg Beach Canadian Pacific Railway Water Tower
Of the many recreation and railway related structures erected by the CPR at Winnipeg Beach, only the steel water tower survives. It was designed and constructed in 1928 by the Vulcan Iron Works Ltd. of Winnipeg. Utilitarian in design and appearance, the 40-metre (130 ft) high tower supported a 90,000-litre (20,000 imp gal; 24,000 US gal) capacity tank and provided a source of pressurized water for the CPR steam locomotives and fire protection services for the resort's facilities. Non-operational since the resort closed, the structure is the best example of only five surviving riveted-steel water towers in Manitoba. As in…
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Riverside Park Manitoba
Riverside Park is a large recreation area on both sides of the Souris River near Highway 10 north of Minto. The triangular-shaped park includes a stone cairn, interpretive signage, playground and picnic sites set among mature trees along the south riverbank, open playing fields behind and an undeveloped green space on the opposite bank. The municipal designation applies to the approximately 23-hectare site.
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St. Boniface City Hall
Designed for the Town of St. Boniface by architect Victor Horwood and completed in 1906 by the William Grace Company at a cost of $60,000, the main floor contained offices for the Secretary-Treasurer, Town Clerk, School Board, and Mayor. Council chambers were on the second floor, with residences for the Chief of Police and his assistant on the third floor. The court room and eleven jail cells (two for women, nine for men) were located in the basement.
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Coal River Springs Territorial Park
With its extensive limestone terraces created by cool water springs and the rich diversity of life forms associated with year-round flowing water, Coal River Springs is a unique feature of territorial and national significance.
In 1990, a 16 square kilometre area in the southeast Yukon encompassing Coal River Springs was officially dedicated as the Yukon's second Territorial Park and first Ecological Reserve.Coal River Springs Territorial Park was created through the combined efforts of the Yukon Government, the Liard First Nation and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
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Jack London Interpretive Centre
Information, memorabilia, and replica of author Jack London's cabin
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Yukon Transportation Museum
Impact of different transportation methods on the Yukon's history, development, industry, and culture
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Discovery Claim (Claim 37903)
Site of discovery of gold in 1896; marks the beginning of the development of the Yukon
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