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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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
Pages in category "Lists of oldest buildings and structures in Canada" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond, BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg, Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent decline saw the company go bankrupt by 2008; Bata Shoes – shoe retailer and manufacturer; Beaver Lumber – hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware; Big Lots Canada
Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in Hamilton, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several National Historic Persons are commemorated throughout the city in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation—a Site, Event, or ...
Considerably north of downtown and next to the original town cemetery, "[d]uring the 1930s the Robert Simpson Company operated a full-service department store on the first four floors of the building[until] 1946, when Simpson's purchased the R.H. Williams and Sons Department Store on Hamilton Street and 11th Avenue and moved the retail end of ...
Ganong Bros., Limited is a Canadian chocolate and confectionery company based in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Founded in 1873 by brothers James and Gilbert Ganong, it is the oldest company in its industry in Canada. [3] [4] The family-owned company is in its fifth generation of ownership. [5]