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The Centre Block Fire of 1916

8 August 2010

Photo Credit: Centre Block c. 1895, Library and Archives Canada/C-003760

Do you recognise this building? If you thought it looked like the Centre Block building on Parliament Hill, but that Gothic tower was throwing you off a bit, you’d still be correct. This is what the Centre Block looked like in the 1890s. This building would be destroyed by fire in 1916 at the height of the First World War. (more…)

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