The Massacre at Lachine: Prelude
On the night of 4 August 1689, an army of fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors crouched on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River....
The Search for the Northwest Passage, Arctic Shipping Route
Part of the mythology of Canada still, the search for the northwest passage began when European explorers sought shorter trade routes to...
Gold Rush in Atlin, British Columbia
In 1898, two young miners found placer gold on Pine Creek in northern BC. The gold rush was on, and the town of Atlin...
S.S. City of Medicine Hat
The province of Saskatchewan is located in the middle of the Canadian prairies and is best known for its vast expanses of land. Commonly...
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...
Happyland: The Birth of the Pacific National Exhibition
August 15, 1910. The cover of the five-cent copy of The Vancouver Daily Province featured a cartoon titled All Aboard for the Exhibition. In...
Dr. John Rae Became Surveyor and Explorer in Canada’s Arctic
In four arduous trips, Rae and crews mapped Canada's north. Finding the link to Northwest Passage, he also learned the fate of missing Franklin...
Major-General Sam Steele of Canada’s North West Mounted Police
Courageous, Samuel Benfield Steele was a Canadian hero, keeping order in the Klondike Gold Rush and leading soldiers in war. He was knighted in...
Iberville at Hudson Bay: 1686 – 1687
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville displayed characteristic ruthlessness and daring in capturing and retaining three of the Hudson's Bay Company's trading posts.
The Hudson's Bay Company...
Champlain’s Last Campaign
On 1 September 1615 Samuel de Champlain, explorer and deputy viceroy of New France, left the Huron village of Cahiague in the company of...