Portal:Ontario/Did you know?

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... that Canadian businessman Lloyd Pollock brought Junior A-level hockey to Windsor, Ontario?

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...that a section of the Rideau Canal passing through central Ottawa is officially the world's largest skating rink?

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...that Ontario has the highest GDP out of all the provinces in Canada?

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...that Highway 401 is the busiest highway in North America?

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... that artefacts discovered at the Donaldson archaeological site in Ontario include a child's necklace made with bear teeth?

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... that Doug McMurdy was the inaugural winner of the Red Tilson Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League each season?

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... that nearly every person in Val Gagné, Ontario, died in the 1916 Matheson Fire, and the settlement was renamed to honour the heroic efforts of the parish priest?

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... that Hilda Ranscombe captained a team that won ten consecutive Ladies Ontario Hockey Association championships?

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... that in 1987, Royal Society of Canada fellow Kathryn Brush was one of the first women to be hired for a full-time position in art history at the University of Western Ontario?