History of Canada

From the hints provided, identify key events and figures in the history of Canada.
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This French explorer was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier
This Iroquoian village was located on the site of present-day Montréal.
Hochelaga
They established a settlement at L'Anse-aux-Meadows, Newfoundland, circa 1000 A.D.
Vikings
Beginning in the 1960s, this province underwent a transformation known as the "Quiet Revolution".
Québec
This national transportation link was completed in 1885.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Created in 1999, it's Canada's newest northern territory.
Nunavut
This ethnic population is descended from indigenous peoples and European settlers.
Métis
Scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered this life-saving drug in the early 1920s.
Insulin
This conflict was officially ended with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814.
War of 1812
Employed by the Hudson's Bay and North West companies, these traders were renowned for their physical strength and endurance.
Voyageurs
Ambassador Ken Taylor co-ordinated the escape of U.S. hostages from this country in 1979.
Iran
Crowfoot, Poundmaker, and Big Bear were all 19th-century _____?
Native chiefs
This battlefield outside the walls of Québec City saw French forces under the command of the Marquis de Montcalm fall to British troops led by General James Wolfe in 1759.
Plains of Abraham
Alarmed by burgeoning costs, Louis XV joked about seeing the towers of this colonial stronghold from his palace at Versailles.
Fortress of Louisbourg
In 1896, he was elected Canada's first French-speaking Prime Minister.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
First appearing on a Portuguese map in 1519, this city is now the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador.
St. John's
"Gold fever" lured 100,000 prospectors to this region of the Yukon Territory between 1896 and 1899.
The Klondike
Canadian troops stormed this landing site in Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944.
Juno Beach
In 1917, this city was largely destroyed by what was then the world's largest man-made explosion.
Halifax
This traditional gift-giving feast of the Haida people was banned for more than 50 years.
Potlatch
In 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman to travel here.
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Apr 4, 2018
Nice quiz. Please accept Vikings or Norse alone. I would also suggest accepting just "Chief" for the question about Crowfoot et al.