Fleury Mesplet Revolutionary Founder of “The Montreal Gazette”
Born Joseph Fleury de Mesplet in France, learned the printing craft in Lyon, worked in London and Philadelphia, established "The Montreal Gazette".
Perhaps because of...
Joshua Slocum’s Seafaring Triumph and Mysterious Death
Captain Joshua Slocum was a native of Nova Scotia, whose inhabitants have a reputation for being a hardy breed, and they didn't come much...
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 SS Mont Blanc Explosion in Halifax Harbor
The collision of the SS Imo and the SS Mont Blanc, heavily laden with wartime chemicals, set off an explosion that devastated the entire...
The Massacre at Lachine: The Attack and its Aftermath
Early on the morning of 5 August 1689, the fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River launched their...
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....
How the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was built
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was the dream of Sir John A. Macdonald as he envisioned a Canada that would stretch from the Atlantic...
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...
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...
Battle of Paardeberg Drift, Canadians in the Second Boer War
Battling against the British Empire, the Boers of South Africa refused to live under the rule of the British Imperial government. The Boers were...