Everything about Discovery Day totally explained
Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries.
The Bahamas
In the Bahamas Discovery Day is a public holiday on
October 12, celebrating the Discovery of the
New World with his initial landfall on the Island of
San Salvador in
The Bahamas by
Christopher Columbus in 1492.
If Discovery Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, it's observed the following Monday. Schools, Banks, Public Offices and most shops are closed on Discovery Day.
Canada
In
Yukon, Discovery Day is a public holiday on the third Monday in August commemorating the anniversary of the discovery of gold in
1896, which started the
Klondike Gold Rush.
In
Newfoundland and Labrador, it's on June 24 and commemorates
John Cabot's discovery in
1497.
Hispaniola
The date in 1492 that
Christopher Columbus landed on the
Dominican Republic,
December 5, is also called Discovery Day. It is celebrated all throughout the island of
Hispaniola (
Haiti and
Dominican Republic).
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