Here be dragons.
If this happened in the 1960’s how is it that I almost seem to remember it. Maybe it’s something else similar that I’m thinking of. Anyway, it was interesting finding this remnant of Canadian history tonight. This was for sale on ebay. I couldn’t afford it.
My Mother forwarded this in email today. It seems to be about a real person. I found a biography about Irena Sender.
… Read the restTHE LADY PLUMBER
You wonder what criteria is used to select people for the peace prize. Read the story below and we then understand how pathetic and superficial our world has become.
Irena Sender Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98) Warsaw, PolandDuring WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
Television isn’t obsolete yet, but I wonder if the future will still have so many television sets. It is so odd that people still buy huge screens for television while looking at tiny phone screens most of the day.
I tried finding a TV in the smaller size, the size that would fit the space I have on my shelf.… Read the rest
I have heard about the fire in old Toronto. So long ago (before I was born) that I forget the year. But, this postcard says it was 1904, and this is where the fire started. None of those old buildings will still be standing. The others which survived in 1904 are mostly gone too. The don’t make them like that any more, is certainly true.… Read the rest
The following is cut and pasted from information at the UBC site. A little prehistory, as much as we seem to know so far. Funny how the present time is relearning the past.
… Read the rest9000 B.C.
Native peoples are living along the Eramosa River near what is now Guelph, Ontario.5200 B.C.
The Sto:lo people are living alongside the Fraser River near what is now Mission, B.C.
Sorry to see the site only somewhat preserved with the Web Archives Text is there but images are hit and miss. Maybe a lot of the images were from the Toronto Reference Library, or can be found there. John Shragge is deceased so there aren’t going to be updates and it looks like the domain was left to expire.
The Beaver is now archived online, from 1920 to the present. I found this in October 1920. Very likely the art has outlived the artist. Would this even be published in a magazine now? Hunting a polar bear as they go extinct.
… Read the restA Brief History of Canada
Pre-History to 1599
Early Exploration
Introduction
In the beginning, North America and Canada did not exist… at least in the minds of Europeans. They knew of Cathay and of the rich trade possibilities there, but the ocean to the west was a barrier which seemed too vast to cross. When overland trade routes became blocked and the voyage around Africa was found to be long and dangerous, the European nations began to look westward for a shorter journey.
