1900 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1900 in Canada.

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Historical documents

Political cartoonist shows Canadian farmer's preference for Liberal over Conservative record[3]

After spreading fire destroys Ottawa power plant, House forced to adjourn as governments seek help from military and nearby cities[4]

Fire that destroyed much of Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, and part of Ottawa described[5]

Hartley Bay girl describes her time in Kitimat, B.C. boarding school[6]

Newspaper publishers' problems with costs and paper supply[7]

Cape Town thanks Imperial volunteer forces for their South African War service[8]

Saint John, New Brunswick program includes two women's military drill teams[9]

Whitefish, spuds and Klondikers: the news from Lesser Slave Lake, N.W.T.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Queen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 5 December 2022.
  2. Web site: GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS SINCE 1867 . 4 March 2024 . Parliament of Canada.
  3. J.W. Bengough, "Swap?," John Wilson Bengough collection, Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 29 December 2019 http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=e010958287_s1-v8http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=e010958287-v8
  4. https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC0805_02/504?r=0&s=1 "The Fire in Hull and Ottawa"
  5. https://archive.org/details/cihm_11661/page/n12 Report of the Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund
  6. Alice Bates (Nohsdahmtk), "A Home Girl's Letter" Na-Na-Kwa, or Dawn on the Northwest Coast, No. 10 (April 1900; unpaginated). Accessed 13 April 2020
  7. "The Newspaper Situation in Canada," The Canadian Printer and Publisher, Vol. IX, No. 5 (May 1900), pgs. 1-3. Accessed 22 December 2019 https://fishercollections.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/cpp%3ACPP190005 (turn to page 1)
  8. http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mop/displayimages/fullsize/Bettle,FE-F4-2.jpg "Thank You card, from the Citizens of Cape Town, Showing Table Bay, South Africa."
  9. http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mop/english/related.asp?id=1120 "Military Entertainment in Aid of the Funds of the New Brunswick Portions of the Canadian Contingents Now Taking Part in the War in South Africa."
  10. "Report from Lesser Slave Lake," Edmonton Bulletin (January 1, 1900). Accessed 22 December 2019 http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa010100a.htm (scroll down to "Edmonton Bulletin.")