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1881 in Canada

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1881
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Canada

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Events from the year 1881 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Events

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Full date unknown

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  • Manitoba's boundaries are extended north, east and west. Ontario disputes the eastward extension.

Births

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Historical documents

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John A. Macdonald expounds on CPR's troubled past and secure future in House of Commons speech [2]

British editorial labels CPR and Canada bad investments [3]

Wilfrid Laurier accuses Conservatives of "having sacrificed the public cause to personal cupidity" [4]

Governor General speaks on prospects of Northwest Territories [5]

Importance of steamboats to colonization along Saskatchewan River [6]

Ojibwa entertain Governor General at Rat Portage (Kenora), Ont. (Note: racial stereotypes) [7]

Chief Poundmaker tells Cree and Blackfoot legends to Governor General on tour [8]

Colourful Blackfoot riders meet Governor General (Note: "savage" and other stereotypes) [9]

Journalist describes beautiful Qu'Appelle Valley in gorgeous sunset [10]

Nova Scotia woman tries to find a maid for $4/month, and describes some of the work [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Canada; Parliament; House of Commons, Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada; 4th Parliament, 3rd Session (1881), pgs. 485-98. Accessed 4 October 2019 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/4/h4-4013-e.html
  3. ^ A Wrong Forecast of a False Prophet; Editorial from London "Truth," September 1st, 1881 ("From Press Clippings of A.B. Chaffee, Manager, International Railway Guide, Montreal, Que."). Accessed 5 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1014/1.html
  4. ^ Ulric Barthe, Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform; Collection of the Principal Speeches[...] (1890), pgs. 143-6. Accessed 5 October 2019 http://www.archive.org/stream/wilfridlaurieron00lauruoft#page/142/mode/2up/
  5. ^ Canada; Department of Agriculture, The Canadian North-West: Speech Delivered at Winnipeg [by] Governor General[...] (1881). Accessed 5 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/959.html
  6. ^ "Wreck of the Saskatchewan Steamer," from Edmonton Bulletin (November 5, 1881). Accessed 4 October 2019 http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/documents/thewest/sasksteamerwreak.htm
  7. ^ William H. Williams, Manitoba and the North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains[...] (1882), pgs. 32-3. Accessed 4 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1020/39.html
  8. ^ William H. Williams, Manitoba and the North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains[...] (1882), pg. 105 and after. Accessed 4 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1020/112.html
  9. ^ William H. Williams, Manitoba and the North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains[...] (1882), pgs. 118-19. Accessed 4 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1020/125.html
  10. ^ William H. Williams, Manitoba and the North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains[...] (1882), pg. 66. Accessed 5 October 2019 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1020/73.html
  11. ^ Letter of Eliza Cunningham to her mother, Catherine McQueen, April 19, 1881, Dartmouth, The McQueen Family Papers, Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives. Accessed 5 October 2019 http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/acva/en/mcqueen/letters/search/text.php?pt=1&d=575