The Oak Island Money Pit
The Oak Island Money Pit located in Nova Scotia, Canada is a site where buried treasure is rumoured to lie. It's also a site...
Iberville’s Further Exploits at Hudson Bay: 1697
On 17 May 1689, England and France ended several years of uneasy peace by officially declaring war. Securing control of Hudson Bay - and...
Hudson’s Bay Company’s Ship ‘The Nonsuch’ with Zachariah Gillam
James Bay is in sight! Land ho! The 1668 expedition to Canada's north by explorers Groseilliers and Radisson was a success. It led to...
Settling the Alaska Boundary Dispute in 1903
The Alaskan-Yukon boundaries were respected until the Klondike Gold Rush began. Arguments and tribunals ensued, the British sided with US and Canada lost.
The shores...
“Albertosaurus” Dinosaur Fossil Found in Alberta in 1884
Scouting for coal and other resources and the best routes for new railways, geologists explored the Red Deer River valley in southern Alberta in...
First Newspaper in Early Ontario “Upper Canada Gazette”
The first newspaper in the province, the "Upper Canada Gazette" established in 1793 to disseminate government information, is a valuable historical record.
When Upper Canada...
Armed Yacht HMCS Raccoon Torpedoed in September 1942
An escort guarding Convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence River, HMCS Raccoon was attacked and sunk by a lurking U-boat. Four merchant ships were...
Ontario Haunting: The Ghost of the Burlington Canal
For almost two centuries, the Burlington Canal has played a vital role in marine transportation and commerce on the Great Lakes. Initially constructed in...
The Scandal of the Ross Rifle
Canadian soldiers went into battle in World War I armed with a weapon that had major defects but whose maker was a friend of...
William Osler Taught the Art of Bedside Medicine to New Doctors
The skills of touching, viewing or speaking with a live patient were not required modules in medical student training in early Canada. A licence...