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Canadian Firsts
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- 1547 - The First Use of the Name "Canada"
- 1641 - The First Canadian Christmas Carol
- 1752 - John Bushell Publishes Canada's First Newspaper
- 1606 - Marc Lescarbot Produces Canada's First Play
- 1829 - Opening of the First Welland Canal
- 1836 - Canada's First Railway - The Champlain and St. Lawrence
- 1840 - Cunard's First Steamship Arrives in Halifax
- 1874 - Alexander Graham Bell First describes his idea for the telephone with his father in Brantford
- 1913 - Dingman Discovery Well Launches first Alberta Oil Boom
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