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Canada's First Christmas in 1535
On his second trip to the New World, explorer Jacques Cartier and his men spent the winter near Stadacona and celebrated Canada's first recorded Christmas. more...
Laura Secord's Rush to Save Canada
Dehydrated, exhausted and with feet cut and bleeding, Laura Secord pressed on to reach Lt. Fitzgibbon with the message that Upper Canada was about to be taken by America more...
Hébert, the First French Family
Packing up their three children, the Héberts sailed across the ocean to New France. With little to work with, the family made a good life caring for natives, settlers more...
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Butler’s Rangers Settle Canada
By: Sarah B. Hood
Ontario's bountiful Niagara Peninsula was cleared and settled largely by United Empire Loyalists on land that had formerly belonged to First Nations residents. more...
By: Brent Sedo
Review of book How the Scots Created Canada by author Paul Cowan, Dragon Hill Publishing Inc. (2006) 239 pp. more...
The buffalo were the mainstay of the Native people. With the coming of white settlers, the number of buffalo dwindled. more...
The Native people of Newfoundland, the Beothuks, were driven to extinction by the arrival of the European settlers. more...
Today most of us live in wood or brick homes with central heating and running water. In the early days in the New World, things were a bit different. more...
The Coureurs de Bois ventured into the unexplored Canadian wilderness seeking First Nations people who had furs to trade. more...
John Cabot explored the eastern coastline of Canada in 1497. He was searching for the Northwest Passage. more...
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