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 * ... that the sawmill in Aumond, Quebec, built in 1862, also provided electricity and remained in operation until 1989?
 * ...that Cecilia Krieger, who translated the work of Sierpiński into English, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics in Canada?
 * ...that the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area in Ontario is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world?
 * ...that the global stratotype for the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary is a cliff at Fortune Head, southeastern Newfoundland?
 * ...that after taxiing past the smoldering wreckage of Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, BOAC flight 911 also crashed, with 188 total lives lost in less than a day?