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== Wiki Loves Monuments : And the winner is... ==

[[File:Chapelle des Indiens, Tadoussac, Québec.jpg|thumb|Tadoussac Chapel was built between 1747 and 1750 (it is also the oldest wooden church in North America) - Quebec. Tadoussac Chapel WAS built entre 1747 and 1750 (it est aussi The Oldest wooden church in North America) - Quebec.]]

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[[File:Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo,_Bois_Blanc_Island,_Detroit_River_(HS85-10-28621).jpg|thumb|The dancing pavilion at the Boblo Island Amusement Park, Ontario (1914). Financed by Henry Ford, this was the world's second largest dance hall at the time, holding up to 5,000 dancers. The music was provided by one of the world's largest orchestrions (pictured on the right): a 16 foot tall, 14 foot wide, self-playing orchestra with 419 pipes and percussion section.]]


The dancing pavilion at the Boblo Island Amusement Park, Ontario (1914). Financed by Henry Ford, this was the world's second largest dance hall at the time, holding up to 5,000 dancers. The music was provided by one of the world's largest orchestrions (pictured on the right): a 16 foot tall, 14 foot wide, self-playing orchestra with 419 pipes and percussion section.⏎
July 1st is Canada Day, and Wikimedia UK and the British Library are today announcing the release of 2,000 historic photographs of Canada.

Since September 2012, we've been working to digitise a collection of historic Canadian photographs and release them onto Wikimedia Commons and into the public domain. The collection itself was acquired between 1895 and 1924 and consists of photographs supplied to support copyright deposits by Canadian photographers between those years. This came about through an ar(contracted; show full)
*To make use of, encourage the use of, and instruct people in the use of free and open source information resources; either electronic or printed for the advancement of education.
*To encourage the development and release of these materials in the languages of Canada including but not limited to English, French, and the First Nations' languages.

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