Canada: A Yearly Journey

This year saw the births of King Clancy, Paul Martin Sr. and Harold Ballard, and the death of Oliver Mowat. It was also the year Turtle Mountain fell on the town of Frank. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the birth of Foster Hewitt, Myrtle Cook, Howie Morenz and Eddie Shore, Ontario went through an election and the Raymond Stampede began. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada continued its first steps into the 20th century this year. Mona Parsons, a hero of the Second World War was born, as was hockey legend Lionel Conacher, geologist George Dawson died and Marconi ushered in the age of radio. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada moved into the 20th century and it was a very important year. It saw the Battle of Paardeberg in the Boer War, the birth of future Governor General Roland Michener, an explosion at Welland Canal and the Great Hull Fire that destroyed much of Hull and Ottawa. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last year of the 19th century saw the birth of Chief Dan George and John Tootoosis, two of the most influential Indigenous men of the 20th century. The year was also the year of a terrible fire in Dawson City, the Boer War continued and Treaty 8 was signed. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year was dominated by the Klondike Gold Rush, which included two fires in Dawson City and a terrible avalanche in the Chilkoot Pass. Mary Pickford began her acting career this year and the Yukon Territory was created in Canada. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 1897 was a big one, with the Klondike becoming the focus of tens of thousands of gold seekers. It was also the year that Sir William Stephenson was born, and Lester B. Pearson was born. An election in Quebec helped define the next few decades of provincial politics, and various notable deaths occurred this year. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest news of this year were the three prime ministers who served in the space of six months, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Sir Charles Tupper and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The election this year brought about a monumental shift in Canadian politics that would last for the next century. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the birth of both Conn Smythe and future prime minister John Diefenbaker. There were also some notable passings, and the election of the first woman to serve in any political office in Canadian history. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw a huge landslide, the birth of Hell's Handmaiden and La Bolduc, the death of Canada's prime minister and our first Governor General, as well as the first Labour Day. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the birth of Canada's Musical Knight, several First World War flying aces, as well as the death of a former prime minister. It was also the year that Canada's first provincial park was created, and a famous explorer passed away. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year that saw St. John's burned to the ground in a tragic fire, 1892 was also the year when BC's premier suddenly died, Sir John Abbott resigned as prime minister and was replaced by Sir John Sparrow David Thompson. This was also the year that "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford was born, and former Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie died. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the death of Canada's prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, a terrible mining disaster, and the birth of several important Canadians including Wilder Penfield and Francis Pegahmagabow. It was also the year of a federal election, the last Conservative election win for 20 years. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a new decade dawned, the year saw the death of Chief Crowfoot, the birth of Maurice Duplessis, Agnes Macphail and Joe Malone, and four different provincial elections. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not much happened this year beyond a few deaths and births, the return of Gabriel Dumont to Batoche, the first Lac Ste Anne pilgrimage and the tragic Quebec City rock slide that killed 40 people. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a year with very few notable events. There were some notable births, including future Governor General Georges Vanier and Indigenous imposter and conservationist Grey Owl. This was also the year Chief Big Bear passed away. The last bison hunt took place this year in Canada, with only five bison killed. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year of a federal election, the birth of one of Canada's greatest goalies, a terrible mine disaster and much more! Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a tumultuous year for Canada, 1886 would be calmer. It would see the death of legendary chief Poundmaker, the complete destruction of Vancouver by fire and the birth of Tom Longboat, one of Canada's greatest athletes. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A watershed year in Canadian history. The year of the North West Resistance (which I will cover in a separate episode), it was also the year the CPR was finished, the Chinese Head Tax came into force, two hockey stars were born and Banff National Park was created. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A terrible rail disaster occurred this year, while a famous actor and a couple premiers were born. It was also the year that a notorious residential school opened and the first Eaton's catalogue went out to the public. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many things happened this year. There was the birth of the longest-serving premier in Manitoba history, a bitter Ontario election, the implementation of Standard Time and the founding of an important Western Canada newspaper. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the birth of two great Canadian painters and one of our greatest prime ministers. Big Bear would sign a treaty, John Ware came to Canada and the country would go through a federal election. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw a terrible disaster with a steamship near London, a Quebec election, the departure of Sitting Bull from Canada and a territorial dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the beginning of the CPR, the assassination of a Father of Confederation, a legendary and terrible Canadian crime and the federal career of Edward Blake. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year of a major Ontario election, the settlement of Poundmaker on the reserve that is now named for him, and the birth of a bevy of noted politicians. It was also the year that Swift Runner became known as the Alberta Cannibal. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the Lt. Governor of Quebec oust a premier, triggering an election. The first modern election in Canadian history was held as Sir John A. Macdonald returned to power, and Bible Bill Aberhart was born. Along with those events, it was also the year a Vaudeville legend, Eva Tanguay, was born in Quebec. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the signing of Treaty 6, covering all of southern Alberta. It was also the year that Sitting Bull and his Sioux began to settle in Canada after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Other events of the year included the establishment of the University of Manitoba, the Great Fire of Saint John and the birth of one of Canada's greatest artists, Tom Thomson. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year when Harriet Brooks was born, it was also the year that the Sioux began to come into Canada with Sitting Bull, Fort Macleod became the North West Mounted Police headquarters and Treaty 6 was signed. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hitting the mid-point of the 1870s, Canada started work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, negotiations on Treaty 5 began and Ontario would go through an election with Oliver Mowat winning the first of many. It was also the birth year for a future Governor General, and it saw the passing of a notable pioneer woman. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Sublime Lime: https://www.sublimelime.ca/canadaehx Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was a big year for Canada's history. Alexander Graham Bell told his father about his telephone invention in Brantford, the NWMP began their legendary March West, and Treaty 4 was signed. On top of that, there was a federal election and the year saw the birth of two prime ministers, Arthur Meighen and William Lyon Mackenzie King. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Sublime Lime: https://www.sublimelime.ca/canadaehx Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 1873 saw the admission of Prince Edward Island into Confederation, the signing of Treaty 3 and one of the worst scandals in Canadian history, the Pacific Scandal. This would see the resignation of Sir John A. Macdonald and the rise of Alexander Mackenzie, our second Prime Minister. It was also the year of the Cypress Hills Massacre and the creation of the North West Mounted Police. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Sublime Lime: https://www.sublimelime.ca/canadaehx Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 1872 was a quiet one by most accounts but still an important year in the history of Canada. It was the year that work on Treaty 3 had begun, and an ad was put out for a new police force to serve in the North West Territory. It was also the start of a Liberal dynasty in Ontario, and the federal election would be held with a scandal from it looming on the horizon to burst forth the following year. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Sublime Lime: https://www.sublimelime.ca/canadaehx Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1871, the federal government signed Treaties 1 and 2 with the Indigenous, taking over much of southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan. This was also the year that BC joined Confederation. While Canada lost a great artist, Paul Kane, this year, it gained a new great artist, Emily Carr. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Vote for Canadian History Ehx at Canada Podcasting Awards: https://canpodawards.ca/vote/cultural/ Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the admission of Manitoba into Confederation and the birth of a future Prime Minister. It was also the year of the last-known Indigenous battle on Canadian soil, the birth of a legendary boxer and the start of the Lost Lemon Mine legend. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year was a watershed year in Canadian history that saw the addition of Rupert's Land to Confederation, leading directly to the Red River Resistance that would stretch into 1870. It also saw the birth of Maude Abbott, the last public hangings in Canadian history and the birth of Eaton's, an iconic Canadian brand. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year saw the formation of the Republic of Manitobah (which didn't last long), the assassination of Darcy McGee, a Father of Confederation, the birth of three of the Famous Five & the origin of the name Pincher Creek! Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin our journey through every year in Canadian history with, naturally, 1867. This year would see several provincial elections, a federal election, the first Canadian-built automobile and the founding of the oldest sports organization in Canada. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 30, the first episode of Canada: A Yearly Journey launches. I will be covering every year in Canadian history, from 1867 to today. Join me as we journey through Canada's history to look at the events, births, deaths and more through the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices