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 Pierre
Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville spent
ten years trying to win Canada for France before
founding the first permanent settlement in
Mississippi and what is now Mobile, Alabama. |
 Pierre
Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye
set out on an expedition to find a great western
sea in 1731. Although his 12-year quest failed to
find such a sea, it did succeed in exploring and
mapping a vast stretch of what is now western
Canada, and to discover the Missouri River. |
 Sir John
Alexander Macdonald was the first
Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada. During
his long public career, Canada grew from a group
of colonies into a self-governing, united
dominion extending across North America. |
 Canada: Facts
and Figures Total Area
3,851,809 sq mi. Population 33,212,696. Capital
Ottawa. Dominion of Canada Established
July 1, 1867. |
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