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It was estimated that between 45,000 and 50,000 people filed past Laurier’s bier during the 36 hours he laid in the Commons chamber.

It took quite a long time to decide on a design, but the single red maple leaf has been flying across the nation ever since.

The last horse races to ever be held on the Ottawa River took place nearly 100 years ago to this day.

"Ottawa’s most progressive store" eventually gave way to Zellers and then Winners.

At the last official presentation of Ottawa debutantes, five young girls were presented to Governor General Vincent Massey, in the context of gala charity dinner and ball hosted by La Ligue de la Jeunesse Feminine.

Ottawans didn't know exactly what to call it at first. For a time, skiing was called skilobning in North America.

It took a death and many years for paper mill workers to finally get what they had been asking for in the early 1900s.

Although Canada became its own country in 1867, it took about 80 years before its citizens were recognized as more than just British subjects.

Despite the cold and a light snow falling, 20,000 people filled the streets around Ottawa’s Union Station to catch a glimpse of Churchill.

In addition to recognizing Canadian womanhood, in all their activities, including as pioneers, war nurses and mothers, the building was to be the headquarters of national Canadian women’s organizations.