In London, on the last day of 1857, Queen Victoria chose a new capital for Canada. Five cities had fought fiercely for the honour and economic benefits. Four—Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Quebec City—had at one time or another served as a capital in what was then called Canada East (Quebec) and Canada West (Ontario). […]
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Victoria insulted, Canada agitated
An America magazine has called Queen Victoria and her family “dull, coarse and illiterate.” This is “a gross and indecent attack on Her Majesty” by Harper’s magazine, protests the Nova Scotia Yarmouth Herald, December 16, 1857. It adds that Harper’s has been “expelled from several colonial libraries and reading rooms.” The incident arose from […]