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French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.