Environment and Climate Change Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.), introduced new legislation entitled “An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act.” The bill will enable the transfer of land use planning and development authorities from Parks Canada to the Municipality of Jasper, which will help rebuild the 30 per cent … Read more
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Louisbourg Lighthouse which stands at the same location as the first lighthouse in Canada – originally built in Cape Breton in 1734. To mark the centennial year of the current lighthouse and the recent refurbishment of the structure, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and … Read more
In Smoky Lake, Alta., a celebration was held at the Victoria District National Historic Site to unveil new Canadian Heritage Rivers System plaques to commemorate the official designation of the Alberta section of the North Saskatchewan River as a Canadian Heritage River. Flags of Treaty 6 and the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation in Alberta were also installed … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of Dr. Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) as a person of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
Sept. 2 marked the 10th anniversary of the locating of the wreck of HMS Erebus – one of the two vessels linked to the legendary 1845 Franklin Expedition. Guided with the help of Inuit oral history, the locating of the wreck of HMS Erebus in 2014 launched a series of underwater archaeological expeditions. This resulted in significant research missions at the … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of Blockhouse Point Lighthouse in Rocky Point, PEI, under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorated the national historic significance of Early Science in Canada’s North and the Hudson’s Bay Company with a special ceremony to unveil a plaque at the Parks Canada Visitor Centre in Churchill, Man. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
Liberal MP Brendan Hanley (Yukon,) and acting Yukon Minister of Highways and Public Works Richard Mostyn announced the transfer of the Former Territorial Courthouse National Historic Site and the Red Feather Saloon lands, in Dawson City, from Parks Canada to the Government of Yukon. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of Jos Montferrand as a person of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West, N.S.) commemorated the national historic significance of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia with a special ceremony to unveil a plaque at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. The full release is available online. Call 819-230-1557.
