Can you name the facts about Canadian history from A to Z? by treblat

Letter	Answer	Hint
A		Lucy Maud Montgomery's globally-popular 1908 novel set in Prince Edward Island
B		Physician who invented mobile blood transfusion service during Spanish Civil War; hero to Chinese Communists
C		Robotic arm used on the Space Shuttle that was designed and built in Canada
D		Provincial leader of the first democratic-socialist gov't in North America; 'Father of Medicare'; voted 'Greatest Canadian'
E		10th century Norse explorer who founded first European settlement in the Americas at L'anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
F		Late-17th century Governor General of New France; namesake of Quebec City landmark
G		Early-20th century school of painters best known for their iconic landscapes
H		16th century Iroquoian village visited by Jacques Cartier, on modern site of Montreal
I		Famous poem written during First World War by John McCrae to commemorate war dead
J		Code name for Normandy beach taken by Canadian forces on D-Day
K		Afghan province in which Canadian troops were deployed for most of the Canadian military involvement in Afghanistan
L		18th century French fortress and strategic port on Cape Breton Island
M		Government policy adopted in 1970s to champion and protect ethnic differences

Letter	Answer	Hint
N		Original name of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, founded in 1873 by Sir John A. Macdonald
O		Term for Alberta's bitumen petroleum deposits; significant factor in Canada's recent economic and environmental history
P		Quebecois leader of the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion
Q		Period in 1960s marking rapid secularisation and creation of the welfare-state in Quebec
R		Waterway linking Ottawa with Kingston; built after War of 1812 as a precaution for a future US invasion of Canada
S		Cold War crisis resolved by Lester Pearson's creation of the UN Peacekeeping force
T		Charismatic late-20th century PM; briefly dated Barbra Steisand
U		Pro-monarchy American colonists who resettled in Ontario and the Maritimes in the wake of the Revolutionary War
V		Canoe-paddling fur traders of the colonial era
W		Major 1919 strike in Western city; influenced Canadian labour movement
X		Site of the world's largest pre-nuclear (1917) explosion, spelled backwards
Y		Pre-1834 name for Toronto
Z		Genericised trademark for ice resurfacer; boon for indoor ice hockey

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