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  2. St. Francis Raid - Wikipedia

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    The St. Francis Raid was an attack in the French and Indian War by Robert Rogers on St. Francis, near the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River in what was then the French province of Canada, on October 4, 1759. Rogers and about 140 men entered the village, which was reportedly occupied primarily by women, children, and the elderly, early ...

  3. Marineland of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Marineland (official name Marineland of Canada Inc.) is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is operating on a reduced scale while it is slated for redevelopment. No amusement rides are operating and it is claimed that all land animals have been transferred from the facility.

  4. Raid on Deerfield - Wikipedia

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    The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion: or, The Captivity and Deliverance of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield. New York: Kraus. OCLC 2643638. 1969 reprint of a 1908 edition of Williams's narrative; Fournier, Marcel (1992). De la Nouvelle Angleterre à la Nouvelle France - L'histoire des captifs anglo-américains au Canada entre 1675 et 1760 ...

  5. Susannah Willard Johnson - Wikipedia

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    A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson (only known extant work) Susannah Willard Johnson (February 20, 1729/30 – November 27, 1810) was an Anglo-American woman who was captured with her family during an Abenaki Indian raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire , in August 1754, just after the outbreak of the French and Indian War .

  6. Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act - Wikipedia

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    The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (French: Loi visant à mettre fin à la captivité des baleines et des dauphins) is an act of the Parliament of Canada. Passed into law in 2019, the Act bans the capture and keeping in captivity of cetaceans (the biological taxon comprising whales, dolphins, and porpoises).

  7. Elizabeth Hanson (captive of Native Americans) - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Meader Hanson (September 17, 1684—c.1737) was a colonial Anglo-American woman from Dover, New Hampshire, who survived Native American Abenaki capture and captivity in the year 1725 alongside four of her children. [1] Five months after capture, a French family ransomed Elizabeth and her two children in Canada.

  8. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Political map of Canada showing its 10 provinces and 3 territories [190] Canada is a federation composed of 10 federated states, called provinces, ...

  9. Claude-Mathias Phaneuf - Wikipedia

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    A map of the land concession to Claude-Mathias Phaneuf parcel. Late in 1704, Matthias arrived in Sault-au-Recollet and was admitted to the mission at Fort Lorette by François Vachon de Belmont. [6] At the mission, boys were educated by Sulpician missionaries while the girls were educated by the sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame.