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Canadian History Crossword Puzzle

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A Canadian-themed puzzle, with an emphasis on important historical events and people.
Author: guitargoddess - Diff: Harder

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      1. Site of a 1917 shipwreck and explosion
      8. Canadian division fought on this beach at Normandy
      10. Italian sportswear company
      11. Prime Minister responsible for the Manitoba School Act (surname)
      12. An American technological school (abbrev)
      13. Not sweet
      16. Chemical symbol for Bohrium
      17. Former name of Toronto
      19. Famous Pierre Trudeau quote: "Just ____" (2 words)
      21. Writer Montgomery, who created "Anne of Green Gables" (given names, initials)
      23. ___ Peaks, a shield volcano in Alaska
      26. French for 'pink'
      28. Young European women sent to Canada to marry furtraders and settle the new land (3 words, in French)
      31. Royal Canadian Air Force (abbrev)
      32. Used to find your way (abbrev)
      33. World fair held in Montreal in 1967 (abbrev)
      34. International Student Exchange Program (abbrev)
      35. The number of provinces in Canada
      36. Fencing weapons
      38. To revise and proofread
      40. Music device (hyphenated)
      41. Goes great with turkey dinner
      42. Winnipeg had a 'general' one in 1919
      44. New Zealand rugby union player Ma'a ___
      46. An abbrevation for Tele-Quebec
      48. I am, he ___
      49. Rattled
      50. Population expelled by the British during La Grande Dérangement (French spelling, plural)
      54. A nickname for Mr. Eaton, perhaps
      56. A woodland creature; Bambi was one
      57. Major issue debated in 1917, and ultimately decided upon by PM Borden
      58. Take without permission
      59. Bird worth one dollar

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      1. Hello, informally
      2. A short-form male name
      3. Famous for making chocolates, and for allegedly warning the British of an American attack (2 words)
      4. Group involved in the "October Crisis" (abbrev)
      5. A make of Cadillac
      6. Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart and Geddy Lee, collectively
      7. 1917 battle dubbed "Canada's Coming of Age" (2 words)
      8. A nickname for a son, maybe (abbrev)
      9. Was called Bytown until 1855
      10. Famous for saying "Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland" (2 words)
      12. He's on the fifty-dollar bill (initials)
      14. University of Waterloo (abbrev)
      15. Canadian for "huh?"
      16. Inventor of the telephone, who spent the last years of his life in Canada (surname)
      18. Sounds a lion makes
      20. Tim Hortons product
      22. Name for the 'half-breed' offspring of French men and First Nations women
      24. An abbrevation for Canada's largest city
      25. Gretzky's number
      27. Suggested retail price (abbrev)
      29. There is one of these named after Champlain, an early explorer
      30. The Ontario region, prior to 1867, ______ Canada
      35. The original digital video recorder
      37. In 1929, a British high court declared Canadian women to be _______ under the law
      39. Canadian actor Aykroyd (first name, short form)
      41. Actress ___ Lollobrigida
      42. Where you receive an education
      43. Historical time period
      45. Country that Canada faced in the 1972 Summit Series (abbrev)
      47. Quebec had this kind of revolution
      51. A military rank (abbrev)
      52. Ben Mulroney hosts "Canadian ____"
      53. An enemy from "The Legend of Zelda"
      55. What Canada was during Prohibition, or not wet
      57. Internet exstention for Canada