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2 unusual facts about John Palliser


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On his return home from his second tour in 1847 (Black 47 of the Irish Famine), aboard the Cambria, he attracted the attention of the explorer John Palliser who "was not a little surprised, on entering the state-cabin, to hear the most unnatural shrill little pipe exclaiming, “Waiter! bwing me a Welsh wabbit”.

Palliser, Calgary

Named after John Palliser, an early explorer and geographer of western Canada, the neighbourhood was established in 1967.



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