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Canadian History | Craft | Learn About Canada

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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Canadian Submarines Blog
Remembrance

Canadian Submarines

ByDonna Ward

Take a look inside the HMCS Victoria (in service) with Canadian Navy Lieutenant Ned Feltham. See the Royal Canadian Navy participating in multinational maritime warfare exercises (RIMPAC) near Hawaii in 2012 and see inside the HMCS Onondaga submarine museum in Rimouski, Quebec.

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1914-18 ~ Last Battle of Werner Voss Blog3
Biographies

1914-18 ~ Last Battle of Werner Voss

ByDonna Ward

Werner Voss (April 13, 1897 – September 23, 1917) Lieutenant Voss was a World War I German flying ace, and friend of the famous Red Baron. He was a brilliant and aggressive flyer, with a gift for mechanical engineering, often tinkering with his plane. On September 23, 1917, he fought an epic, single-handed dogfight against several Allied…

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Nova Scotia Blog1
Canadian Historic Sites

Cape Breton Island

ByDonna Ward

Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.  The 10,311 km2 island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia’s total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the 1,385 m long rock-fill…

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Fred Fisher
Biographies

1915~The Gallantry of Fred Fisher, VC

ByDonna Ward

Lance-Coporal Fred Fisher was enjoying a break in the little Belgium village of St. Julien, a short way from the front lines, when he heard the call to action. A German division was digging in just north of St. Julien. The 10th Battery Canadian Field Artillery (CFA) needed to retreat from a dangerous position. They…

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Finding the Franklin Ships Blog 2
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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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Learn About Canada

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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The Lairet River and Birth of Canada
Canadian Historic Sites

The Lairet River and Birth of Canada

ByDonna Ward

Jacques Cartier needed a safe place to winter his two large ships, Grande Hermine and Petite Hermine, in the winter of 1535-1536. He found a harbour which he named Sainte-Croix, where the Saint-Charles and Lairet rivers met near Stadacona, the Iroquoian Village. One hundred years later, this became the site of the first settlement of…

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1940-45~The Intrepid Tommy Prince
Biographies

1940-45~The Intrepid Tommy Prince

ByDonna Ward

Tommy Prince, descendant of Peguis, the Saulteaux Chief, became an expert in reconnaissance in WW II. Tommy Prince also served in the Korean War and was the most decorated Canadian Aboriginal. When Prince was recommended for the Silver Star, an American army decoration for gallantry in action, his citation was glowing. So accurate was the…

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Learn About Canada

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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