Historycanada

The earliest discovery of Canada was of the Norse seafarer also known as Vikings. In AD 985 Norse seamen sailed from Iceland to Greenland. They were blown westward, far outside their route and saw a coastline that was  Labrador. Labrador is a region in Canada. In year 1000 the Norwegian explorer, Leif Eriksson, discovered Canada. According to the legend, he was the first of many Norse explorers to the reach the east coast of the continent. The colony (Canada) was identified with what the Vikings described as Vinland, but in 1963 it was known as Newfoundland. The story of the white man did not actually start until an Italian-English man alone rediscovered the country. His name was John Cabot. In 1534 Jacques Cartier took Canada for France. In 1670 The English Hudson's Bay Fur Company was founded. Hudson's Bay Fur Company is a corporation in Canada. It is also one of the oldest corporations in the world. The very luxurious fur and fish farming was the reason for the growing conflict between France and England. This conflict was resolved by losing Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and Nova Scotia to England in 1713.

"Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois word "Kanata" meaning "village". Sir. John Alexander Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure in the formation of the Canadian confederation. He was the second longest prime minister of all time. He died 6 June, 1891 in Ottawa, Ontario. Back