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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Fort la Corne
Site near where Louis de la Corne built Fort St. Louis in 1753, the furthest western point of New France; subsequently the site of several fur trade posts, including a post established in 1846 by the Hudson's Bay Company and named after Corne
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Fort Battleford
An early North West Mounted Police post, representative of the role of the police force in the 1876 to 1885 period and specifically of the role played by the force during the North-West Rebellion
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Fort Esprance
An archaeological site believed to contain the remains of two late 18th- and early 19th-century fur trade forts; the earliest and most permanent of the North West CompanyÕs posts related to the Assiniboine River fur trade
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Fort Livingstone
An archaeological site at the location of the former capital of the Northwest Territories (1876-1877) and which once housed the first North West Mounted Police barracks in Western Canada
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Fort Pelly
An archaeological site on the site of the HudsonÕs Bay Company fur trade post located at the elbow of the Assiniboine River near the Swan River; the headquarters of the company's Swan River District for almost 50 years
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Fort Qu'Appelle
Originally a major Hudson's Bay Company provision post for the southern Prairies surrounded by a log palisade; now located at the townÕs northern edge, with one remaining one original building that serves as a museum
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Fort Walsh
A fort which served as headquarters of the North West Mounted Police from 1878 to 1882
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Gray Burial Site
One of oldest burial sites on the Prairies
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Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary
On the recommendation of Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, this sanctuary located at the northern end of Last Mountain Lake was set aside in 1887 for the protection of wildfowl, the first such reserve on the continent
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Moose Jaw Court House
A brick court house with Beaux-Arts design, Neoclassical detailing and Bedford stone trim; symbolic of the new provincial justice system of Saskatchewan of 1908, and the only court house in the province designed by Pearson and Darling
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Motherwell Homestead
A 3.59-hectare (8.9-acre) farmstead with a two-storey, stone farmhouse; noted for its associations with William Richard Motherwell and illustrative of a prairie homestead from the Western Canada settlement period
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Next of Kin Memorial Avenue
A 0.7-kilometre (0.43 mi)-long lane beginning at a pair of stone pedestals, flanked on either side by a single row of mature elm trees and commemorative bronze plaques, and ending in a paved circle surrounding a stone memorial cairn; an excellent example of the "Roads of Remembrance" phenomenon which developed to honour the dead of the First World War
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Old Government House / Saint-Charles Scholasticate
The site of the first Government House of the (then) Northwest Territories; the house was destroyed by fire in 2003
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Gravelbourg Ecclesiastical Buildings
A Cathedral, BishopÕs residence and convent; symbolic of the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to colonize Western Canada with French Canadians
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Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific)
A two-storey, Chteau-style railway station; commemorates the Canadian Pacific Railway and the smaller stations built by the line during its prosperous years
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Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm
A 17-hectare (42-acre) farmstead established by farmer, agronomist and pioneering seed breeder Seager Wheeler; representative of a typical prairiefarm of the 1898-1940 era, and reflective of Seager's work during that era
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Steele Narrows
The site of the last engagement of the North-West Rebellion; a cavalry troop led by Sam Steele overtook a party of Cree led by Wandering Spiritand Big Bear
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The Beaver Boardwalk
The Beaver Boardwalk gives people access to explore a wetlands habitat, an ecosystem that is not often easily accessible. The boardwalk allows easy viewing of a large variety of wildlife that calls the wetlands home. Visitors can expect to see waterfowl, songbirds, amphibians, aquatic insects, muskrats and the main attraction, a family of wild beavers. The Boardwalk is located in the town of Hinton. It is free and accessible year round, it connects to an extensive hiking and biking trail system.
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Swift Creek and Rearguard Falls
Swift Creek and Rearguard Falls mark the upper limit of the Chinook salmon run on the Fraser River. The Salmon travel 1,280 km to reach their spawning grounds. After leaving the Pacific Ocean they arrive mid August and can be seen at these locations for a couple of weeks. It is a short hike to Rearguard Falls where you can watch these amazing fish try to overcome their last obstacle. The Valemount Visitor Center on Swift Creek offers interpretive talks in August when the salmon are running.
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