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Everything you wanted to know about Canadian history

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What happened to the Franklin Expedition? The real mystery behind The Terror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century depiction of HMS Erebus in the ice, by François Etienne Musin. What exactly happened to the ship and its crew remains a mystery. (Picture by Alamy)

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The Franklin Expedition: what happened on the ill-fated Victorian voyage?

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How the world made us. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Coronavirus: a historical perspective. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector

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Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The origins of Halloween: tricks, treats and cobbled streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The secrets of Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Highlanders) going ashore, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. (Credit: Gilbert Alexander Milne/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-122765)

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“Free people everywhere should remember them”: the Canadians’ role in D-Day

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Alcock and Brown: the first aviators to fly across the Atlantic

The ruins of the Canadian port of Halifax in the wake of the explosion in December 1917. Almost 2,000 people were killed and 9,000 injured when two ships collided at the height of the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

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Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

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My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

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Q&AWhen was the first Christmas stamp issued?

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5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

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Q&AWhy didn't Canada join the colonies in the American Revolutionary War?

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20 important battles that shaped Britain

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When Washington burned. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hard labour: a woman tarring and flinting in Oxford Street, central London, 1919. (Getty Images) 

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The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

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