One hundred years of Canadian accomplishments in aviation.
Compiled by Michel Groleau
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July 21, 1836, a wood-burning steam locomotive chugged out of La Prairie, Quebec, pulling the first train on the first public railroad in Canada.
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Recalling Canada’s world-beating speedboat.
A descendant of a family who survived the sinking of the Empress of Ireland talks about a disaster that no one wanted to remember.