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This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1] Other rural communities which did not function strictly in this way but were still dominated by a single industry may also be called company towns and are featured in this list.
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. [ 1 ]
Canada's cities span the continent of North America from east to west, but many of them are located relatively close to the border with the United States. Cities are home to the majority of Canada's approximately 35.75 million inhabitants (as of 2015)—just over 80 percent of Canadians lived in urban areas in 2006. [1]
Companies portal; Canada portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 184 subcategories, out of 184 total. 0–9. Canadian companies established in 1811 (1 ...
In 1897, the two companies were incorporated in Quebec, with White and Hotter exiting the following year. In 1899, Graves and Miner formed the Granby Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co., [3] which bought the Fourth of July, Victoria, Aetna, and Phoenix claims. [4] The pair jointly owned the Old Ironsides, the Knob Hill, and other Boundary ...
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada: 1912: Frank Darling: Waterloo Post Office: 1911–1913 [11] D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor) [11] Waterloo Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) 1913 [11] Unknown architect [11] Kitchener 19 Regina Street North: 1913 [33 ...
Possibly the oldest extant building / site in Canada. The permanent garrison left in 1854 and it became Canada's first National Historic Site in 1917. de Gannes-Cosby House: 1693 1708 [94] Annapolis Royal: Possibly the oldest, privately owned, wooden house in Canada. Some additions to house up to the 20th century. Adams-Ritchie House: 1686 [95 ...
York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately 200 kilometres (120 miles) south-southeast of Churchill.