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Famous People of Canada
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Famous People of Canada
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Famous Canadian Inventors | Canadian Athletes | Famous Canadian Entertainers | LINKS
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Prime Ministers of Canada
History of Canada's Prime Ministers
Jean
Chrétien
The current prime minister of Canada is Jean Chrétien. He
has been Prime Minister since 1993. He was a lawyer before
he got into politics like most canadian politicians. He is
the most like Prime Minister Canada has ever had.
Trudeau
Pierre Elliot Trudeau was prime minister of Canada from 1968 to
1984.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Official Site of The RCMP
The History
of the RCMP
"Mounties"
Royal
Canadian Mounted Police Centennial Museum
RCMP
PRODUCTS!!!!!!
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or “mounties” were
formed in 1873 by the first prime minister. Their duty was to
keep law in order in the harsh conditions of the Northwest
Territories, but now they do many things for the Canadian
Government. They are customs officials, judges, mailmen for
out of reach settlements, although their many duty remains the
same, to keep law and order.
LATE 19th Cent...............................CURRENT
CANADIAN EXPLORERS
Comte
de Frontenac
Comte de Frontenac, another famous Canadian explorer, expanded
Canada down the Mississippi River. He stopped England from
taking over Quebec and defeated the Iroquois.
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel de Champlain is considered the father of Canada. He
was a French explorer and when he arrived in Canada he named it
New France. He is the founder of Quebec, the first
permanent settlement, in 1608. He also founded Ontario. He
was responsible for the peace treaties with most of the
Indians. He spent the rest of his life in Canada and when
he died there were only 150 settlers in Quebec.
Louis Jolliet was the first person to follow the Mississippi River all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico in 1672. He brought back to Canada information about where it went and what the conditions were like.
James Naismith invented basketball.
invented the telephone in Brantford, Ontario, in 1874.
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J.
Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile
.
DONOVAN BAILEY—FASTEST
MAN ON EARTH
Donovan
Bailey WWW SITE
100m 9.84 seconds
Recorded a top speed of 27.1 mph at the '96 Olympic Games
Ben Johnson was found guilty of taking performance enhancing
steroids following his 1988 Olympic 100m victory in Seoul, South
Korea
Wayne Gretzky
NHL all time leading scorer is Wayne Gretzky with 872 goals
Gordie Howe
2nd all time leading scorer is Gordie Howe with 801 goals
Mario Lemieux
Hockey player. scoring champion for four years 88-92
Anderson, Pamela
Aykroyd, Dan
Campbell, Neve
Candy, John
Carrey, Jim
Doohan, James (Scotty on "Star Trek")
Elliott, David James
Foley, David
Fox, Michael J.
Fraser, Brendan
Hartman, Phil
Hall, Monty (host of Let’s Make a Deal)
Henstridge, Natasha (SPECIES girl)
Jennings, Peter
MacDonald, Norm
Mandel, Howie
Moranis, Rick
Myers, Mike
Nielsen, Leslie
Perry, Matthew
Philips, Stone
Priestley, Jason
Reeves, Keanu
Shafer, Paul
Shatner, William
Short, Martin
Sutherland, Donald
Sutherland, Kiefer
Thicke, Alan
Trebek, Alex
Famous Canadians-actors, actresses, musicians, famous canadian inventions
FAMOUS CANADIANS: More than just lumberjacks and hockey players .
St. John the Apostle Catholic School's Famous Canadians Site
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