Portal:Canada/Did You Know/37


 * ...that Henry Pering Pellew Crease was appointed British Columbia's first Attorney General by Governor (and ex-HBC Chief Factor) Sir James Douglas?
 * ...that the Comer Strait in the Canadian Arctic, and the Gallinula comeri, the flightless moorhen of Gough Island, were both named after whaling Captain George Comer?
 * ...that Montreal Canadiens forward Maurice "Rocket" Richard was named the three best players of a National Hockey League playoff match, earning himself all three stars?
 * ...that Don Starkell and his son Dana paddled from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Belem, Brazil by canoe, a trip covering more than 12,000 miles (19,308 km)?
 * ...that the Olson Hotel in Ainsworth, British Columbia had a two-story outhouse?