Portal:Canada/Did You Know/37

...that Henry Pering Pellew Crease was appointed British Columbia's first Attorney General by Governor (and ex-HBC Chief Factor) Sir James Douglas?
...that the Comer Strait in the Canadian Arctic, and the Gallinula comeri, the flightless moorhen of Gough Island, were both named after whaling Captain George Comer?
...that Montreal Canadiens forward Maurice "Rocket" Richard was named the three best players of a National Hockey League playoff match, earning himself all three stars?
...that Don Starkell and his son Dana paddled from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Belem, Brazil by canoe, a trip covering more than 12,000 miles (19,308 km)?
...that the Olson Hotel in Ainsworth, British Columbia had a two-story outhouse?