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This is the Province house of Prince Edwards Island, where Confederation
was born in 1864 at the PEI Conference.
Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, also one
of the father of Confederation.
The Fathers of Confederation, at
the Quebec conference in 1864. The original picture painted by Robert Harris was lost in the Parliament building fire in 1916.
Two young immigrants from Eupore, coming to Canada in hope for
a better life.
In the 1890s the Doukhobors were imprisoned for there beliefs for
not fighting for the Czar. Since Canada had been advertising free land in Canada, the Doukhobors seen they perfect chance
start a better life.
Dutch Mennonites in Russian, such as this women, relocated
to Canada around 1870, when Russia was going through downturns. The Russian came to Canada for the promise of free land.
Prime Minister Sir Wilfird Laurier speach on Seperate Schooling for the French and English in Manitoba
in 1893.
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