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Pioneer Crafts

ByDonna Ward

  Loyalists who came by land to Quebec and Ontario brought their belongings in covered wagons. Click on the button below for printable craft instructions for a Covered Wagon Craft made with craft supplies around the house. Bonnets – In New France, women and girls wore coifs or caps all the time. Different caps were…

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Finding the Franklin Ships

ByDonna Ward

The search for the Northwest Passage was an obsession for explorers in the 19th century and may help Canada lay claim to Arctic sovereignty. The HMS Investigator settled on ice in the Arctic and her sixty-nine man crew were forced to abandon ship in 1854. The vessel was on its second mission to search for two other lost…

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BNA Act ~ Words That Shaped Canada

ByDonna Ward

Confederation? Constitution? How does it all work together? Trace the story of how Canada and its Parliament began. Related Books

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St. Patrick’s Day

ByDonna Ward

St. Patrick’s Day, the holiday commemorating Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, has long been a part of Canadian history. Enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day themed crafts and activities below!

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Black History Month

ByDonna Ward

Mathieu Da Costa may have been the first black freeman, acting as an interpreter, to visit Canada with de Mons & Champlain. People of African descent have had a part in shaping Canada’s identity. Some Loyalists who came during and after the American Revolution and settled in East Coast provinces, were black. Black History Month…

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Envoyons de l'avant Lyrics with Translation

Lyrics in French (Canadian dialect):

Quand on part des chanquiers
Mes chers amis tous le coeur gai
Pour aller voir tous nos parents
Mes chers amis le coeur content.
Envoyons d’l’avant nos gens
Envoyons d’l’avant!

Mais qu’nos amis nous voyent arriver
Y vont s’mettr’ à rire, à chanter.
Dimanche au soir à la veillée
Nous irons voir nos compagnées.

Dimanche au soir à la veillée
Nous irons voir nos compagnées.
Elles vont nous dire mais en entrant
V’là mon amant, j’ai l’coeur content!

Elles vont nous dire mais en entrant
V’là mon amant, j’ai l’coeur content!
Et au milieu de la veillée
Elles vont nous parler d’leus cavaliers.

Et au milieu de la veillée
Elles vont nous parler d’leurs cavaliers.
Elles vont nous dire mais en partant
As-tu fréquenté des amants?

Elles vont nous dire mais en partant
As-tu fréquenté des amants?
Qui a composé la chanson?
C’est Jos Blanchet le joli garçon!

English translation:
When we leave the chanquiers (woodworking locations)
My dear friends, all with hearts gay,
To see all our friends and family,
My dear friends, all with hearts gay,

Let’s go boys, let’s go!
Let’s go boys, let’s go!

When our friends will see us arrive,
They start laughing and singing,
Sunday night at the vigil,
We’ll go see our partners,

Sunday night at the vigil,
We’ll go see our partners,
They’ll tell us as we enter,
Here’s my lover, my heart is happy,

They’ll tell us as we enter,
Here’s my lover, my heart is happy,
And at the middle of the vigil,
They’ll tell us of their lovers,

And at the middle of the vigil,
They’ll tell us of their lovers,
And they’ll ask us as we leave,
Did you go see any mistresses?

And they’ll ask us as we leave,
Did you go see any mistresses?
Who wrote the song?
It was Jo Blanchet, the pretty boy

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