106 - Edythe M. Boulton - Winnipeg MB
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PeterNoG
N 49° 54.758 W 097° 07.228
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This Headstone of a Centenarian is in Section 8C at Elmwood Cemetery, 88 Hespeler Avenue in the West Elmwood area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMTG30
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 11/19/2016
Views: 3
Edythe M. Boulton was born in 1883 and died in 1989.
Some things that occurred during her lifetime:
1883 Nickel-copper ore is discovered at Murray Mine in Sudbury during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
1893 Algonquin Provincial Park is established as a wildlife sanctuary in Ontario
1903 The Frank Slide, the most destructive landslide in Canadian history, kills 70 in Frank, Alberta
1913 A November storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships
1923 Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
1933 Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.
1943 The 1st Canadian Infantry Division is part of the invasion of Sicily.
1953 The Stratford Festival of Canada opens
1963 Simon Fraser University is founded
1973 Work begins on the construction of the CN Tower
1983 Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 makes an emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba.
1989 Wayne Gretzky becomes the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League.
Location of Headstone: Elmwood Cemetery
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