Located at the mouth of the Hay River on the traditional lands of the South Slavey Dene, the Hay River Missions reflect an important period in relations between Dene and newcomers in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
Today, Ms. Lisa Prosper, Northwest Territories Member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, commemorated the national historic significance of the Hay River Missions on the Hay River Reserve in the Northwest Territories.
The Honourable Mark Eyking, Member of Parliament for Sydney – Victoria, today commemorated the national historic significance of Mabel Hubbard Bell, along with the Bells’ summer home, Cape Breton landmark Beinn Bhreagh Hall.
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell was a leader in her adopted community of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and the active partner of her husband, inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism and Chief Government Whip, will make an announcement regarding an infrastructure investment in Chambly Canal National Historic Site.
The Honourable Mark Eyking, Member of Parliament for Sydney – Victoria, will take part in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate Mabel G. Hubbard Bell and Beinn Bhreagh Hall as a person and place of national historic significance, respectively.
Representatives from Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada will take part in a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the Hay River Missions National Historic Site.