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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KR8_georgina-fane-pope_-.html
English: . Born in Charlottetown, Georgina Pope chose nursing as a career. After training and working in the United States, she was selected in 1899 to superintend Canada's military nurses in the South African War. She was the first Canadian to receive the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KS2_l-eglise-de-saint-andre-the-church-of-saint-andre_-.html
Français: . Cette 'église, construite entre 1805 et 1811 pour remplacer une chapelle datant de 1791, rappelle les églises du Régime français érigées selon le plan récollet. Elle comprend une nef sans transept se…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KSV_le-siege-de-quebec-1759-the-siege-of-quebec-1759_-.html
Français: . Le siège de Québec se déroule du 26 juin au 18 septembre 1759, durant la guerre de Sept Ans. Le 13 septembre, les troupes britanniques sous le major-général James Wolfe vainquent une force composée de milita…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KT2_jean-charles-chapais_-.html
Français: . Né à Rivière-Ouelle, Chapais s'établit à Saint-Denis, où il devint un marchand prospère et un politicien influent. Il promut activement le développement économique et culturel de sa région natale. Reconn…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KT4_l-immigration-des-filles-du-roi-en-nouvelle-france-immigration-of-the-filles-du-roi-to-new-france_-.html
Français: . De 1663 à 1673, quelque huit cents filles du roi immigrent en Nouvelle-France dans le but de s'y marier et d'y fonder une famille. Ces Françaises, pour la plupart des orphelins sans le sou, voient leur passage et leur établissement fi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KU6_united-empire-loyalists_-.html
English: . The United Empire Loyalists played a prominent role in the development of this country. In particular, the officers and men of the Royal Highland Emigrants, the King's Royal Regiment of New York, the Loyal Rangers and the King's Rangers, display…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KUQ_john-macoun_-.html
English: . This field naturalist and botanist was the first to survey, document, and categorize Canadian flora in a systematic manner. After Confederation, he travelled west for the Canadian Pacific Railway with surveying parties and controversially conclu…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KVO_enos-collins_-.html
English: . An ambitious seaman from Liverpool, N.S., and sometime privateer, Enos Collins was reputed to be the richest man in British North America when he died. His fortune, amassed through shrewd investments in mercantile, financial and other entreprene…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KW5_halifax-city-hall-hotel-de-ville-d-halifax_-.html
English: . The Halifax City Hall, erected between 1887 and 1890, is the largest and one of the oldest municipal buildings in Nova Scotia. Designed by a local architect, Edward Elliot, its elegant facade features an attractive and eclectic blend of decorati…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KWF_st-pauls-church-eglise-st-pauls_-.html
English: . Completed in 1750, St. Paul's was the first church outside Great Britain to be designated as an Anglican cathedral. Between 1787 and 1864 it served as the cathedral church of the See of Nova Scotia. For 96 years St. Paul's was also the official …