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Celebrating Canada Day

In honour of Canada's 139th birthday, CBC Digital Archives presents some of our favourite clips from coast to coast to coast.

Northwest Territories

The Yukon

Nunavut

 
Caribou comeback

 
Night clubbing under the midnight sun

 
Voting done differently

 Caribou comeback

In a story of hunters and highways, one of the most exploited caribou herds in North America makes a remarkable recovery. (Radio; runs 16:45)

 Night clubbing under the midnight sun

In a test of endurance, golfers play round the clock in Yellowknife. (Radio; runs 2:28)

 Voting done differently

Alternative voting practices are necessary in a territory twice the size of Ontario. (Radio; runs 2:04)

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

 
Tracking the sasquatch

 
A grand western whoop-up

 
The dirty '30s

 Tracking the sasquatch

Rene Dahinden seeks the elusive giant man-ape of the North American wilderness. (TV; runs 15:00)

 A grand western whoop-up

Calf ropers, beauty queens and monkeys on horseback usher in the Stampede. (TV; runs 3:10)

 The dirty '30s

CBC remembers the Depression-era drought and plays a song about Saskatchewan during those times. (Radio; runs 5:16)

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

 
Rockin' on the Red River

 
Behind the scenes

 
Vive la poutine!

 Rockin' on the Red River

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings perform at a concert for Manitobans affected by the 1997 flood. (TV; runs 5:01)

 Behind the scenes

An intimate look backstage at the Stratford Festival. (TV; runs 11:00)

 Vive la poutine!

Tucking into French Quebec's homegrown fast food. (TV; runs 8:46)

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

 
Growing up Acadian

 
Nova Scotia's own Treasure Island

 
'Inventor' of the lobster supper

 Growing up Acadian

Author Antonine Maillet recalls her childhood in New Brunswick in the 1930s and 1940s. (Radio; runs 15:36)

 Nova Scotia's own Treasure Island

Tantalizing rumours of untold riches have kept fortune-seekers digging on Oak Island since 1795. (Radio; runs 11:55)

 'Inventor' of the lobster supper

A PEI priest claims to be the mastermind behind the lobster dinner. (TV; runs 2:31)

Newfoundland and Labrador

 
Dictionary of Newfoundland English

   
 Dictionary of Newfoundland English

Newfoundland's first dictionary of its unique version of English is published today. (TV; runs 2:28)

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