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1901
 
    
Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio message in Morse code 2100 miles, from Poldhu in Cornwall to St John's in Newfoundland       
1905
 
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Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation, completing the 'prairie provinces'      
1906
 
   
The Grain Growers' Grain Company is established, soon becoming an important element in Canada's grain market      
1906
 
    
Roald Amundsen and his crew are the first to achieve the Northwest Passage, in a journey lasting three years in a 70-ft fishing boat       
1909
 
   
Sea captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier unveils a plaque in the Arctic Archipelago, declaring that all the islands belong to Canada      
1911
 
    
Conservative leader Robert Laird Borden becomes prime minister of Canada, ending fifteen years of Liberal rule under Wilfrid Laurier       
1913
 
    
The Canadian Arctic Expedition, led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, sets off to the north       
1914
 
   
More than 1000 die when the liner Empress of Ireland sinks after a collision in the St Lawrence river      
1914
 
  
More than 30,000 troops in the Canadian Expeditionary Force sail to fight with Britain     
1916
 
    
Captain Peter Nissen, a Canadian mining engineer, designs the Nissen Hut for the Allied armies