On June 18, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, to begin a six-week tour of Canada. They flew home on August 2.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip wave to Yukon residents during their tour of Canada.

The Queen greets chiefs of several tribes at an Indian village in Calgary, Alberta.

The Queen and the Prince toured Lake Louise, Alberta, July11, and rested there for a quiet weekend at a fishing camp.

Major General George P. Vanier (left) accompanied the royal couple on a review at Quebec City.

The Queen and the Prince ride in the royal landau to a welcoming ceremony on Parliament Hill at Ottawa.

On August 1, the Queen approved the appointment of Major General George Philias Vanier to succeed retiring Vincent Massey as Governor-General of Canada. Vanier became the first French-Canadian to be named to the post.

Paul Sauve was sworn in to succeed the late Maurice Duplessis as Premier of Quebec on September 11.

Major General George Vanier was installed as Governor-General on September 15.

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker greets new Governor-General Vanier.

A shot of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker turned a chandelier into a halo, perhaps symbolical of his party's triumph in by-election municipal polls.

Secretary for External Affairs Howard Green (left) flew to Camp David, Maryland, with U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter to discuss U.S.-Canadian defense problems.

Conductor Bruno Walter (left) and daughter, Mrs. Lotte Lindt, visited Vancouver, British Columbia's Mayor Tom Alsbury during the 1959 Music Festival.

To symbolize his province's freedom from debt, British Columbia Premier W.A.C. Bennett shot a flaming arrow into a barge containing $85 million in canceled British Columbia bonds.

An estimated 500,000 persons attended the Quebec Provincial Exhibition held in Quebec City, September 4-13.

SEE ALSO
1959
Queen Elizabeth II
John Diefenbaker

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