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Friends and family knew the end was coming; the enigmatic, political warrior had been fading for some time.

The anniversary, which officially became Canada Day in 1982, was originally known as Dominion Day.

For more than fifty years, the family-run Green Valley Restaurant was a landmark on the Prescott Highway, later known as Prince of Wales Drive.

With the Great Depression still holding a powerful grip over the North American economy, the promise of quick money attracted thousands.

On arriving in Ottawa the evening before the official opening of the Congress, the statue was paraded through the streets of Lowertown led by the band of Lasalle Academy, followed by cadets of Notre Dame College.

Today, thousands of Ottawa residents, young and old, play tennis in clubs as well as on neighbourhood courts run by community members.

The most famous and prestigious thoroughbred horse race in Canada is the Queen’s Plate, open to Canadian-bred, three-year-old horses.

Within a short span of years, electric lights replaced gas lamps in homes, in businesses and on city streets in the major cities of North America.

By the 1880s, ice harvesting on the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau Rivers was big business, employing hundreds of people.

Over its life of more than 100 years, the Victoria Memorial Museum building has undergone two major renovations.