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Victoria Day Weekend. May Long Weekend. May Two Four Weekend. Whatever we call it, to all in Wasaga Beach, it marks the un-official start of Summer and hopefully a very successful season! It is the day used to celebrate both the current monarch of Canada, and Queen Victoria, a tradition that can be traced back to settlers in then Upper Canada saluting the Queen in 1854. Alexandrina Victoria was born in London, England on May 24, 1819. She took the throne in 1837 and ruled for almost 64 years. She is the great-greatgrandmother of current British queen, Elizabeth II, and the great-great-great-grandmother of princes William and Harry, second and third in the line of succession for the British throne, respectively. Victoria oversaw a period in history when Britain became a great world power. Artistic endeavours, industrial developments and the creation of the British Empire were seen under Victoria's rule, a period now referred to as the Victorian Era. Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert, in 1840. Albert became not only her companion but a political adviser. The pair produced nine children, many of who would marry into other European royal families. Victoria and Albert are sometimes called the Grandmother and Grandfather of Europe. Albert died of typhoid fever in 1861 at the age of 42. Victoria was heart-broken and went into a deep period of mourning, retreating from public life and wearing black for the remainder of her life. She wore white only once, to her diamond jubilee, celebrating her 60 years on the throne. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1901 at the age of 81. She had an intense dislike of black funerals and London was bedecked with purple and white for the sombre occasion. She was interred with her consort and husband Albert, in Windsor Castle. Victoria oversaw vast changes to England and the world during her time as queen. During her time as ruler, Victoria was the subject of seven assassination attempts and is known as Britain's first modern queen, turning over power to the government and intervening less in the political process. Under Victoria the British royal family became more symbolic than a political force. For Canadians she is the queen that started Canada on its road to independence. She gave permission to four British provinces in North America to form a confederation in 1867, creating the Dominion of Canada. This established a federal government in Canada with a House of Commons, a senate, and a justice system. The documents approved by Victoria remained in use until Canada ratified its own constitution in 1982. Victoria Day Weekend has great importance to all in Wasaga Beach, although few of us know the basis for the holiday or about the grand woman who granted us a nation!
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