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Workers in British Columbia Telephone take over all of the provinces telephone exchanges for five days and run them under workers' control. [120] 1982: 17 April: The enactment of the Constitution Act, 1982, by royal proclamation. Canada achieves total independence from Great Britain through Patriation of its Constitution.
Very little verified information is known about early treasure-related activities on Oak Island; thus, the following accounts are word of mouth stories reportedly going back to the late eighteenth century. [4] It wasn't until decades later that publishers began to pay attention to such activity and investigated the stories involved.
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Plaques affixed to cairns were initially used to mark National Historic Sites, such as this one at Glengarry Landing in Ontario. National Historic Sites are organized according to five broad themes: Peopling the Land, Governing Canada, Developing Economies, Building Social and Community Life, and Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life. [40]
The idea of national treasure, like national epics and national anthems, is part of the language of romantic nationalism, which arose in the late 18th century and 19th centuries. Nationalism is an ideology that supports the nation as the fundamental unit of human social life, which includes shared language, values, and culture. Thus national ...
A noted early Ontario home, representative of the design and construction techniques from the period; portions date to the 1780s when Loyalist Peter Ferguson settled on the site, but the main structure was built in 1805 as a manse for Reverend John Bethune, the first Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada and was later the residence of explorer ...
A National Landmark is a type of protected area in Canada. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Government of Canada envisioned establishing a system of National Landmarks in order to protect natural features considered to be "outstanding, exceptional, unique, or rare" in Canada. Such features would typically be isolated entities of scientific interest.
There are 58 National Historic Sites designated in the province, eight of which are administered by Parks Canada. [1] [2] This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names for these sites.