100th Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada - Proof Set (2009) Silver gopher or prairie dog homes

gopher or prairie dog homes

These guardians were created to represent the union and royal ancestry of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour

The wolverine is the largest member of the Mustelidae (weasel) family

and the colonists

A stylized portrait of the barn owl highlighting its unusual facial features with the moon and wooden beams in the background

100th Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada - Proof Set (2009) Silver gopher or prairie dog homesOn February 23, 1909, on a frozen lake in Nova Scotia, a silver winged "aerodrome" amazed onlookers as it flew 0. 8 km (0. 5 mi) to complete the first airplane flight in Canada. Designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association under Alexander Graham Bell, the Silver Dart flew 50 times before being destroyed during military trials; around the world the potential value of flight in war was fast being discovered. Indeed, the First World War was