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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Mary Malcolmson]] organized the first Canadian Girl Guides Company to be officially registered in [[St. Catharines]], Ontario; their registration is dated January 1910. A park in St. Catharines was later named for Mary Malcolmson. Other Guide Companies were registered later in 1910: Toronto, [[Moose Jaw]] and Winnipeg. The First Toronto Company held the first-recorded Girl Guide Camp in Canada on the banks of the [[Credit River]] in June of [[1911]]. By [[1912]], the movement had spread to all parts of Canada, and had become so popular that on [[July 24]] [[1912]] [[Agnes Baden-Powell]] created Lady [[Mary Pellatt]] " | [[Mary Malcolmson]] organized the first Canadian Girl Guides Company to be officially registered in [[St. Catharines]], Ontario; their registration is dated January 1910. A park in St. Catharines was later named for Mary Malcolmson. Other Guide Companies were registered later in 1910: Toronto, [[Moose Jaw]] and Winnipeg. The First Toronto Company held the first-recorded Girl Guide Camp in Canada on the banks of the [[Credit River]] in June of [[1911]]. By [[1912]], the movement had spread to all parts of Canada, and had become so popular that on [[July 24]] [[1912]] [[Agnes Baden-Powell]] created Lady [[Mary Pellatt]] "Chief Commissioner of the Dominion of Canada Girl Guides". Many Guide events were held at her home, Casa Loma, in Toronto. It is now a tourist attraction with a special Girl Guide display. In 1917 the Canadian Government passed an Act of Parliament approving the Constitution of the Canadian Girl Guides Association as it was then known. | ||
In [[1918]] [[Newfoundland]]'s first Guide Company was formed, although the Province itself, did not become part of Canada until [[1949]]. | In [[1918]] [[Newfoundland]]'s first Guide Company was formed, although the Province itself, did not become part of Canada until [[1949]]. | ||
