Events from the year 1897 in Canada.

1897
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Canada

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Births

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Lester Bowles Pearson in 1944

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Historical documents

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Cree leader Almighty Voice pursued and killed by North-West Mounted Police in Saskatchewan[2]

Annual report of Indian agent for Kootenay Agency in British Columbia[3]

Anglican missionary conducts church services on his dogsled trip around northwest Alberta[4]

Kipling's poem "Our Lady of the Snows" acknowledges Canada's solidarity but independence in its relations with Britain (Note: "white man" used)[5]

Editorial praises founding of Victorian Order of Nurses[6]

Illustration of fully outfitted Klondike Gold Rush adventurer, with price of each garment and do/don't lists[7]

Lack of food and other boomtown problems discourage some Dawson City residents[8]

British railway labourers in western Canada treated as slaves before escaping[9]

"A love affair this summer" - Diary writer records declaration of love from another woman visiting Camp Viamede, Stony Lake, Ontario[10]

Newspaper map of bicycling routes in and around Victoria, B.C. includes hotels and hills[11]

Cycling map of Montreal distinguishes roads and "good roads"[12]

Photo: Metropolitan Bicycle Club[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Mae Harris Anson, "Last Stand of Almighty Voice" Sunday Record-Herald typescript. Accessed 20 December 2019
  3. ^ Department of Indian Affairs, Dominion of Canada Annual Report(...)for the Year Ended 30th June 1897, pgs. 82-4 Accessed 20 December 2019
  4. ^ Richard Young, "Circular letter describing a mission journey through the Athabasca Peace River country" Accessed 20 December 2019
  5. ^ Rudyard Kipling, "Our Lady of the Snows" (1897), The Kipling Society. Accessed 22 July 2021
  6. ^ "A Nursing Order--Lady Aberdeen's Latest" The (Chatham, N.B.) World (February 20, 1897). Accessed 20 December 2019
  7. ^ "Do Don't" New York Journal and Advertiser (August 22, 1897), pg. 42. Accessed 5 December 2021
  8. ^ Letters home from James Hamil and Rebecca Schuldenfrei Accessed 20 December 2019
  9. ^ Letter and newspaper enclosure (typescripts). Accessed 20 December 2019 http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&rec_nbr=1432309 (Note: pages are not in proper reading order)
  10. ^ "July 27 (1897). Tuesday." "XV; May Bragdon; March 1st, 1897," pg. 120, May Bragdon Diaries, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Accessed 6 March 2022
  11. ^ The Province Pub'g Co., "'The Province' Pocket Road Map of Victoria and Surroundings" (1897 ("Date derived from historical information on map")), University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 23 October 2022
  12. ^ "Bicycle Map of the Island of Montreal and Surrounding District" (1897), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 2 February 2023
  13. ^ "Metropolitan Bicycle Club" (June 12, 1897), Toronto Public Library. Accessed 15 June 2023