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Timeline... 1910 - 1919


The World

1911: Iceland gives the vote to all women over 25.
1912: Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg on its first voyage.
1914: WW 1 – 1914 – 18: The Empress of Ireland sinks in the St. Lawrence River, killing more than 1000
1915: Battle of Ypres in Belgium – first major Canadian action.
1917: Russian Revolution and the beginning of Communist rule.

Canada

1910: Royal Canadian Navy established
1914: Oil dicovered in Turner Valley, Alberta
1917: Conscription Crisis




Manitoba

1916: Manitoba is the first province to give women the vote.
1919: Widespread drought. Winnipeg General Strike.



The Wawanesa Area

1910

First gas bowser to to provided fuel for cars installed.

1917

Chatauqua first played in Wawanesa.