Assiniboine Park and Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Minister McKenna celebrates Canada Day with new Canadian citizens at Rideau Canal National Historic Site
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Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, celebrated Canada Day with Canada’s newest citizens at a citizenship ceremony held at the Rideau Canal National Historic Site’s Hartwells Lockstation.
Pimachiowin Aki
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Known as Pimachiowin Aki (“the Land that Gives Life”), this internationally recognized network of protected areas is situated in the North American Boreal Shield and spans an area of 29,040 km2. For millennia, the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Indigenous people of this region, have lived intimately with this place in the boreal forest.
The Government of Canada celebrates Pimachiowin Aki as Canada’s first mixed cultural and natural World Heritage site
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Today, Pimachiowin Aki, a 29,040 square kilometre expanse of boreal forest spanning the Manitoba–Ontario border, has been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, took the opportunity to celebrate this treasured place as the nineteenth member of Canada’s family of World Heritage sites, and to congratulate those involved in its nomination.
Celebrate Canada Day at Signal Hill National Historic Site with the annual Sunrise Ceremony
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Parks Canada will kick off Canada’s birthday celebrations with a special sunrise event at Signal Hill National Historic Site.
Government of Canada to recognize the National Historic Significance of Assiniboine Park and Zoo
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Assiniboine Park and Zoo National Historic Event
PROVINCE HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE CONSERVATION PROJECT – PHASE TWO
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PROVINCE HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE CONSERVATION PROJECT – PHASE TWO
Parks Canada begins next phase of Province House conservation project
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Parks Canada begins next phase of Province House conservation project
Government of Canada commemorates Newfoundland explorer James Patrick Howley as a Person of National Historic Significance
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Today, Nick Whalen, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, commemorated the national historic significance of James Patrick Howley and unveiled a special plaque. The announcement was made on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna.
James Patrick Howley (1847-1918)
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James Patrick Howley was an accomplished geologist, author, and curator, who greatly advanced cultural and scientific understanding of his native Newfoundland. As a scientist and surveyor, Howley had a lengthy career with the Geological and Topographical Survey of Newfoundland that spanned more than 40 years.