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1. Did you know that Niagra Falls once stopped?! How could that have happened?
2. December 6 is the date upon which two tragic events occurred in Canada. What were they? (1917 and 1989)
3. Which airport that was used in WWII is closest to this school?
4. Find five locations in Canada which are said to be haunted. List them.
5. Find one heritage site in Saskatchewan.
6. Who is the Grey Cup named for? Explain who this person was.
7. When did our constitution officially become an act of Canadian Parliament? (year)
8. Our current Prime Minister is Stephen Harper. How many people have been our prime minister before him.
9. List one great Canadian and his or her accomplishment(s).
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Patsy 2
1. No. i never knew that. In march1848 the falls ran dry. A wind from Lake Erie caused ice to jam up the dam at the mouth of the falls causing the water flow to be reduced to a trickle.
Dylan 2
1. It ran dry because the Niagara river froze.
2. An ammunition ship exploded in halifax harbour. An enraged gunman roamed the corridors of a school in Montreal and killed 14 women.
3. The Assiniboia municipal airport.
4. The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Saskatchewan. Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan. Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
5. Wanuskewin Heritage park in Saskatoon.
6. It is named after Albert Grey, the Governor General of Cananda from 1904 until 1911.
7. 1982
8. As of Feb 2004, there have been 27.
9. Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One", was an amazing hockey player and made all Canadiens proud of what he did. He is someone who will always be known as a great Canadien.
Jacoby 2
1. Lake Erie had an ice jam.
2. 1917 an amunition ship exploded, 1989 Montreal massacre, a gunman killed 14 women.
3. Assiniboia Municipal Airport.
4. The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Government House, Regina, Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg.
5. Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
6. Earl Grey, he was governor general.
7. 1982.
8. 26.
9. Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all time.
Canadian Heritage Challenge
1. Lake Erie caused ice to jam and dam up at the mouth of the Niagara River causing the water flow over the Horseshoe Falls and American Falls to be reduced to nothing but a little trickle.
2.-The Halifax Explosion took place on December 6th, 1917.
-14 young woman where killed When a deranged mans hate at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
3. The old WWII airfield is located 6 miles north of Assiniboia.
4.
-Banff Spring Hotel, Banff, AB.
-St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis SK.
-Government House, Regina, SK.
-Miramichi, NB.
-Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, MB.
5. Keyhole Castle, Prince Albert.
6. Earl Grey. Earl Grey was the Governor General of Canada.
7. Year 1982
8. 21 previous prime ministers, before him.
9. Wayne Gretzky was the greatest hockey player of all time. He is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.
1. Lake Erie caused ice to jam and dam up at the mouth of the Niagara River causing flow to stop for a day.
2. -The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917.
-On December 6th, 1989, 14 young women lost their lives to a deranged man’s hate at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montréal.
3. WWII airfield that is located 6 miles North of Assiniboia.
4. -The Ceperley House in Burnaby, British Columbia
-Forbidden Plateau, near Courtenay-Comox-Cumberland in Strathcona Provincial Park
-The Hycroft Mansion, Vancouver, British Columbia
-Nicholas Street Gaol, in Ottawa, Ontario
-The Screaming Tunnel, Niagara Falls
5.Kluane/Wrangell - St.Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (Yukon and British Columbia)
6. The Earl Grey, Canada's then-Governor-General
7. 1983
8. There were 21 before him.
9. Kalan Porter: He won Canadian Idol in Season two. He is an accomplished violinist and also plays several other instruments. He also has voice talent in addition to his musicals abilities.
Toni 2
1. I guess you really do learn something new everyday. It appears that Niagara Falls stopped flowing for t thirty hours due to an ice jam on March 29, 1848
2. On December sixth 1917 Finland declares independance from Russia. Also on December sixth 1989 actor John Paine, (Miracle on 34th Street) died at the age of seventy seven.
3. Assiniboia Municipal Airport is the closest air port used in WWII. It was an Elementary Flying Training School. Mossbank used to be a bombing and gunnery school.
4. The top five haunted places in Canada are as follows
- Spaghetti Factory Gastown Vancouver, B.C.
-Banff Springs hotel, Banff, Alberta
-St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis Saskatchewan
-Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan
-Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
5. The Keyhole Castle in Prince Albert is a Saskatchewan Heritage Site
6. The Grey Cup is named After Earl Grey, who was an active governor general. The cup started off as a competition for music and the arts, and drama, and then was donated to the CFL.
7. Canada was finally independant from Britain in 1982 when the british parliament passed the canada act.
Lewis 2
1. There was an ice jam produced by lake Erie.
2. 1917-A munnition ship exploded in Halifax harbour.
1989-A man in a Montreal school killed 14 women.
3. The Assiniboia airport.
4. -The Old Spaghetti Factory,Gastown,Vancover,BC
-Banff Springs Hotel
-St.Louis Ghost Train
-Government House,Regina,SK
-Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg,Manitoba
5. Wanuskewin Heritage Park
6. In 1909 the cup was donated by the Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey.
7. 1982
8. There were 21 before him.
9. Wayne Gretzky
1. It probably stopped because the water got dammed up by rocks and mud and sticks.
2.1917-a munitions explosion kills more than 1900 people and destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1989-The École Polytechnique Massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
3.Assiniboia Airport is the closest to our school. There also would have been Mossbank and Moosejaw base.
4.St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Saskatchewan
Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta
Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
St. Francis Xavier University, Mount St. Bernard College, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Old Montreal, Quebec
5.Wanuskewin Heritage Park
6.Earl Grey Governor General of Canada he donated it to Rugby players it later changed to football.
7.in 1982 is when it became in use.
8.there have been 21 prime ministers. 22 with Steven Harper.
9.Wayne Gretzky he played hockey he was good. :)
Corallee2
1. 1848. It stopped. Wind pushed the ice blocked the river source which stopped the waters from flowing. I can't believe it happened. I would have never guessed that niagra falls was stopped at one point.
2. A ship by Halifax was fully loaded with war time explosives. It accidently colided with a Norwegian ship. About 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, or building falling on them. That was a major acciendent on the captions part.
In a montreal school. A guy with a rifle wanted men to leave the class. He just started shooting yelling, "I want women" I can't believe people would do that.
3. RCAf station was the assiniboia airport for world war ll
Answers:
1) Niagra Falls was stopped completely for several months in 1969. The idea was to determine the festability of removing a large amount of loose rick from the base of the falls to enhance its' apperance. In the end the decision was that the expence was too great.
2) December 6th 1917:
The halifax explosion took place on December 6th 1917. It happened when the german ship Imo, and the french ship,The Mont Blanc, collided in the Halifax harbor. The Mont Blanc being filled with explosives, the Halifax explosion was the secong largest explosion in the world. About 1900 people were killed and many more were injured.
December 6th, 1989:
On December 6th, 1989, Marc Lepine entered the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and killed 14 female students before taking his own life. December 6th has become a national day of remembrance and action on violence against women.
3) The Assiniboia Airport was used durring WWll as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
4) Five haounted locations in Canada:
-The Old Spaghetti Factory,Vancouver, BC
-St. Louis Ghost train, St. Louis, SK
-Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, Toronto, ON
-Old Montreal, montreal, QB
-HI Ottawa Jail Hostel, Ottawa, ON
1. On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stop flowing. A South-West wind from Lake Erie made ice jam and block the Niagara River making the water flow over the falls to stop flowing. the next day it returned to normal.
2. The Halifax explosion and the Montreal Massacre
3. Assiniboia air port.
4.
Jay5 and catlin5
Talsa 5
1. In 1969 Niagara Falls stopped because the ice became lodged at the start of the river, blocking the flow of the water. After a few hours the water built up and became to powerful that it broke the ice, and started to flow again.
Sara p2
1.It ran dry because the Niagara river froze
2.December 6th 1917:
The halifax explosion took place on December 6th 1917. It happened when the german ship Imo, and the french ship,The Mont Blanc, collided in the Halifax harbor. The Mont Blanc being filled with explosives, the Halifax explosion was the secong largest explosion in the world. About 1900 people were killed and many more were injured.
December 6th, 1989:
On December 6th, 1989, Marc Lepine entered the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and killed 14 female students before taking his own life. December 6th has become a national day of remembrance and action on violence against women.
3.Assiniboia Airport is the closest to our school. There also would have been Mossbank and Moosejaw base.
4.The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Government House, Regina, Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg.
5.Wanuskewin Heritage Park
6. The Earl Grey, Canada's then-Governor-General
7. Year 1982
8. There were 21 before him
9.Wayne Gretzky was the greatest hockey player of all time. He is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.
1. No I did not know that. I assume it ran out of water.
2. On Decmeber 6th 1917 there was a huge explosion in Halifax. It was caused by a French cargo ship colliding with a Norwegian ship. The French ship was loaded with wartime explosives. On December 6 1989 Marc Lepine killed 14 women in what is called the Montreal Massacre. He also injured 14 others on his rampage before killing himself. He was an anti-feminist.
3. The Assiniboia airport was used in World War II. It was a part of the British Commonwaelth Air Training Plan. It is located 11km north of Assiniboia.
4. - The Old Spaghetti Facotry,Gas Town, Vancouver
- Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta
- St.Louis Ghost Train, St.Louis, Saskatchewan
- Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
5. Fort Walsh is one of Saskatchewan's heratige sites.
6. The Grey Cup in named after former Canadian Govenor General Earl Grey. It is awarded each year to the top team in the CFL.
7. It happened in 1982.
8. Before Stephen Harper there have been 21 Prime Ministers.
9. Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One", is said to be the greatest hockey player of all time. He is truly a great Canadian.
1. I didn't know that Niagra Falls once stopped. They ran out of water.
2. On December 6 1917 there was an explosion in Halifax. That was caused by a french ship that collided with a Norwegian ship. On December 6 1989at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, Marc Lepine shoty and killed 14 women. He later shot himself.
3. The Assiniboia airport was used in the World War II. It was used to train different people how to fly. It's 11 minutes out of Assiniboia.
4. Five locations in Canada that are haunted are the
-Old Spaghetti Factory in Vancouver, British Columbia.
-Banff Springs hotel in Banff, Alberta.
-The St. Louis Ghost Train in St. Louis, Saskatchewan.
-The Government House in Regina, Saskatchewan.
-Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
5. Saskatchewan's First Nations Heritage is one heritage site. The site is www.sicc.sk.ca/heritage/
6. The Grey cup is named for Earl Grey. Earl Grey was donated by him to recognize the top team in Canada.
7. Our constitution officially became an act of Canadian in 1982.
8. There have been 21 previous Prime Ministers before Stephan Harper.
9. Sandra Schmirler: She won an Olympic and triple World Champion. Won the Canadian Championships.
Ryan 2
1. It ran dry because the Niagara river froze.
2. An ammunition ship exploded in halifax harbour. An enraged gunman roamed the corridors of a school in Montreal and killed 14 women.
3. The Assiniboia municipal airport.
4. The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Saskatchewan. Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan. Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
5. Wanuskewin Heritage park in Saskatoon.
6. It is named after Albert Grey, the Governor General of Cananda from 1904 until 1911.
7. 1982
8. As of Feb 2004, there have been 27.
9. Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One", was an amazing hockey player and made all Canadiens proud of what he did. He is someone who will always be known as a great Canadien.
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5) st. victor hyroglifics
6) it was donated by the Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey, in 1909, it was to be awarded to the Rugby Football Champion of Canada.
7) 1867
8)there has been 27 canadian prime ministers before steven harper
9)FREDRICK BANTING--His is known as the man who discovered insulin, bringing new hope to diabetics all over the world. He won the very first canadian Nobel Prize with his groundbreaking resurch in the early 1920s.
1.No. In 1848 wind from Lake Erie was blowing over and that made the water freeze up. All that came down for days ways jsut a trickle.
2. The National day of rememberence and action on violence against women in canada. This day marks the murders in 1989 of 14 young women. they died becuase the were women. In 1917 finland declared independant from russia.
3.Assiniboia
4. Spaghetti factory-Vancouver.BC
Banff Springs Hotel-Banff Alberta
St.Louis Ghost Train-St.louis Saskatchewan
Government House-Regina SK
For Garry Hotel-Winnipeg MB
5.Princa Albert-Keyhole Castle
6.Earl Grey-Governor General-1904-1911. He offerened ideas for social reform.
7.1982
8.Including our prime minister right now we've had 22
9. Shania Twain is a good singer. She has accomplished my things like showing you belly in counrty videos.
Andi-2
1. Niagara Falls stoped running because a South-West gale blowing off of Lake Erie caused an ice jam up at the mouth of the Niagara River, causing the water flow over the Horseshoe Falls and American Falls to just drip.
2. December 6th marks the tenth anniversary of the 14 women in Montreal. Also there was a national day of rememberance and action on violence against women.
3. Assiniboia airport was used in World War 2.
4. The five places that are said to be haunted in canada are the Banff Springs Hotel, Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown Vancouver, St.Louis Ghost Train in St.Louis Sask, Government House in Regina Saskatchewan, and Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg Manitoba.
5. Wanuskewin Heritage park in Saskatoon.
6. It was named after Albert Grey. He was the Governor General Canada from 1904-1911.
7.Our constitution officially became an act of Canadian Parliament in 1982.
8. There have been 26 Prime Ministers before Stephen Harper.
9. Maurice "The Rocket" Richard is a great Canadian. He ser the souls of his people ablaze, earning him a role beyond a hockey player, he is a national icon.
Brandon 2
1) Yes it did stop running on March 29, 1848. a wind caused the ice to dam up at the mouth of the Niagra River.
2) An ammuntition ship exploded in Halifax Harbour on Dec 6, 1917. The other event that happened was an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of a montreal school and killed 14 woman.
3)The Assiniboia municipal airport
4)Gibraltar Poit Lighthouse on Toronto Islands, "Screaming Tunnel," by Niagra Falls, The By Town Museum in Ottawa Ontario, Peterborough lift Lock, and Mc Burney Park."
5)Fort walsh in Cypress Hills.
6)Albert Grey, The governor general of Canada 1904 to 1911.
7)1982.
8)There has been 27 since 2004.
9)Terry Fox-he ran from St. John's to Thunder bay Ontario to try to raise money for cancer. His Journey changed many people's lives forever.
nick 2
1. Yes, on March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls ran dry. A South-West gale blowing off of Lake Erie caused ice to jam and dam up at the mouth of the Niagara River. On the morning of March 30, 1848, the river flow returned to its normal rate.
2. One event was an ammunition ship exploded in Halifax Harbor. And another was enraged gunman, in 1989, roamed the corridors of a school in Montreal and killed fourteen women.
3. The Assiniboia Airport.
4. The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Saskatchewan. Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan. Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba is all haunted places.
5. A heritage site in Saskatchewan is Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon.
6. It is named after Albert Grey, the Governor General of Canada from 1904 until 1911.
7. Our constitution officially became an act of Canadian Parliament in 1982.
8. As of February 2004, there have been twenty-seven prime ministers.
9. Born in England, he immigrated to Canada as a young man and in 1821 built Lower Canada's first distillery. He also established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada, and introduced steam power into Montreal industry.
Brit2
1. The niagra falls froze in 1911
2.On December 6th 1917, a munition ship exploded in Halifax harbour. On December 6th 1989 fourteen women were murdered at the L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
3.The Assiniboia Airport wa used in WWII.
4.The Ceperley House,Burnaby, British Columbia- Near Deer Lake, the Forbidden Plateau, near Courtenay-Comox-Cumberland in Strathcona Provincial Park. Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, the Hycroft Mansion, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Nicholas Street Goal, in Ottawa, Ontario.
5.Avonlea's Prairie Pioneers.
6.In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada.
7.The Constitution Act became official in 1982.
8.There have been twenty-six Prime Ministers before Stephen Harper.
9.Frederick Banting- is known as the man who discovered insuin, bringing new hope to diabetics.
1. freezing
2. halifax explosion, montreal massacre at Ecole polytechnique
3. 15 wing-moose jaw
4. Mackenzie Inn, Watson's Mill, Fort George, Morton Brewery, Dead Man Bay.
5. Sukanen Ship museum.
6. Earl Grey was the Governor General of Canada
7. 1982
8. 21.
9. Tommy Douglas, was a baptist minister who lead the CCF, was the seventh prime minister, and introduced universal public medicare to canada.
nick 2
1. Yes, on March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls ran dry. A South-West gale blowing off of Lake Erie caused ice to jam and dam up at the mouth of the Niagara River. On the morning of March 30, 1848, the river flow returned to its normal rate.
2. One event was an ammunition ship exploded in Halifax Harbor. And another was enraged gunman, in 1989, roamed the corridors of a school in Montreal and killed fourteen women.
3. The Assiniboia Airport.
4. The Old Spaghetti Factory, Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. St. Louis Ghost Train, St. Louis, Saskatchewan. Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan. Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba is all haunted places.
5. A heritage site in Saskatchewan is Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon.
6. It is named after Albert Grey, the Governor General of Canada from 1904 until 1911.
7. Our constitution officially became an act of Canadian Parliament in 1982.
8. As of February 2004, there have been twenty-seven prime ministers.
9. Born in England, he immigrated to Canada as a young man and in 1821 built Lower Canada's first distillery. He also established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada, and introduced steam power into Montreal industry.
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