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Volunteer regiment of Elora, Ontario, May 1862. By 1870, the active militia numbered over 30 000 to defend against threats from the United States.
© Public Domain
Credit: Courtesy of the Ontario Archives
The Charlottetown Conference, 1864
© Public Domain
Credit: G. P. Roberts/Library and Archives Canada, C-000733
The Fathers of Confederation at the London Conference, 1866
© Rogers Cantel. Reproduced by the kind permission of Rogers Communications Inc.
Source: Library and Archives Canada/C-006799
Study time at Native residential school, (Fort) Resolution, NWT
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, PA-042133
North West Mounted Police town station on 4th Avenue, Dawson, Yukon Territory
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, C-022074
