... Canada's road to confederation, which is why he was asked to be Canada's first Prime Minister. While he was Prime Minister, he built the Canadian Pacific Railway. He also opposed the Métis in the Red River Resistance, and the Northwest Rebellion, which led to the hanging of Louis Riel ... route that ran through the Yellowhead Pass, but in the end the CPR was not built through this route. 8) Hugh Allan was the only Canadian with the means to take on a transcontinental railway project. He had made his fortune in shipping, manufacturing, and railways in eastern Canada. He joined ... forc...

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... encountered. It was these trips that shaped his interest in nature. Like most Japanese-Canadians living on Canada's West coast, as a consequence of a war-time measure by the government, the Suzuki's were sent to an internment camp at Slocan, British Columbia in 1942. However his father was sent away to ... camp. He began grade 1 when he was 7 years old and he excelled through grade one, two, and three in one year. After the war his family moved to Leamington, Ontario. Once they had settled down David's interest in nature continued to grow. He turned his room into a little ... would di...

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