In the years following the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, the Canadian territory experienced rapid expansion. Faced with the growing threat of alcohol traffickers and bandits ruling the American West, the establishment of a police force quickly became necessary to ensure order and security in the vast expanse of the prairies and regions North. This is how the North-West Mounted Police was created in 1873, responsible for ensuring impartial justice. Essential players in the protection of Indigenous people and newcomers, the story of these soldiers in red tunics is inseparable from the emergence of boom towns sparked by the gold rush and the construction of the railway.

• ISBN: 9782896112470
• Author: Robert Livesey
• 90 pages
• Ages: 8-12

The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 was above all a war of clans where neighbors and families clashed with each other. At the end of the conflict, more than 70,000 former inhabitants of the 13 colonies left or lost their homes by fleeing north to Canada. They are the loyalists. They too claim democracy and independence, but by a peaceful evolution and while remaining faithful to Great Britain. Loyalists will transform the wilderness of Canada and shape the future personality of the Canadian people, putting all their faith in law, order and loyalty.

• ISBN: 9782896110711
• Author: Robert Livesey
• 90 pages
• Ages: 8-12