Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
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St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Basilica
St. Dunstan's is the centre of the Roman Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island and the mother church of the diocese; it was elevated to the status of Basilica in 1929; a noted example of the High Victorian Gothic Revival style in Canada
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Dundas Terrace
A wooden three-and-a-half-storey apartment building; a noted example of the Queen Anne Revival style in Canadian apartment building architecture
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Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers
Jean Pierre Roma established a fishing and trading post on this site in 1732, which was destroyed by New Englanders in 1745 after the Siege of Louisbourg; symbolic of the French presence on Ile Saint-Jean (later named Prince Edward Island)
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Shaw's Hotel
A two-and-a-half-storey main lodge, with two large barns and twenty-five cottages sitting on a 8-hectare (20-acre) site; operating as a tourist resort for more than 150 years, the site is evocative of the early years of tourism in Canada
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Strathgartney Homestead
A 13-hectare (32-acre) remnant of the 200-hectare (490-acre) estate of Robert Bruce Stewart, a nineteenth-century landowner; illustrative of the land tenure system that dominated Prince Edward Island until the passage of the Land Purchase Act of 1875
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Alberton Court House
A simple wooden hall evocative of a pioneer church, now used as the local museum; representative of the six circuit courthouses, all built according to a standard plan after the passage of Prince Edward Island's County Courts Act in 1873
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Heritage Hall of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
A three-storey educational building prominently situated on the brow of the Bow River valley, constructed in the Collegiate Gothic style, representative of the growth of post-secondary educational institutions in Canada in the early twentieth century
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Wetaskiwin Court House
A court house symbolic of the rapid growth of the justice system in Alberta, typifying court house design during this formative period in the growth of western Canada
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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
A noted example of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada; the design reflects the strong links between Ireland and Newfoundland, as well as the influence of Victorian design on colonial churches
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St. Mary's (Kerrisdale) Church & Hall
The church and the parish hall are both designated as heritage buildings.
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Evangelistic Tabernacle
Please see Mount Pleasent Presbyterian Church
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Coroner's Court
This building was originally the facility for the city coroner and was later used by the city analyst. It was turned into a museum for the Vancouver Police Department as a project marking the city's centennial in 1986.
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St. Paul's Anglican Episcopal Church
This Gothic Revival church is built in Vancouver's West End.
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Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand
The Alexandra Park Bandstand is situated in a triangular-shaped park bordered by Beach Avenue, Burnaby Street and Bidwell Street in Vancouver's West End, overlooking English Bay.
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Christ Church Cathedral
Style is English Romanesque
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St. James Anglican Church
An art deco variant on Byzantine church design.
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Tulk House Rosemary (Order of the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle)
This Tudor Revival manor was built for whiskey baron & lawyer, Edward Tulk, who name the house after his daughter, Rosemary.
It was also home to the Lieutenant Governor of B.C., John William Fordham Johnson. From 1947, the house was owned by the Order of the convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle until 1996, where it was used as a retreat.0 votes -
St. Andrew's Wesley Church
This a Gothic Revival style church. The church was constructed after the union of the Methodist & Presbyterian churches, to form the United Church of Canada.
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Aberthau House (Rear House)
This Tudor Revival was built for James S. Rear, General Manager, of American Life Insurance.
Later bought by Col. Victor Spencer who called it Aberthau (Welsh for: place filled with light).
Presently, it is a cultural and recreational center run by the Vancouver Park Board.0 votes -
Holy Rosary Cathedral
The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Among other notable events, it was the setting for the civic funeral of popular English Bay lifeguard Joe Fortes. The style is French Gothic, and very different from the castellated Anglican, United Church and Baptist churches on Burrard.
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