Canada category: 4109 books
by Dennis Rizzo
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Local author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation destination. Its history is deeply tied to its water. Situated in the narrows where Lake Simcoe flows...
The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860
An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1996
This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron....
by Steve Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Most Blue Jays fans have taken in a game or two at Rogers Centre, remember where they were when Joe Carter hit his World Series–winning home run in 1993, and took in every moment of the Jays' historic 2015 postseason run. But only real fans know who spent two decades as the team's BJ Birdy mascot,...
by Robert Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
They gained their maturity in an age of monumental and unprecedented change – from horse-and-buggy, Model TFord, and crank telephone, to moonwalks, space shuttles, and the Internet. They are better educated, more affluent, more vigorous, and longer-lived than any generation before them, yet obstinately...
A New Westminster Album
Glimpses of the City As It Was
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2005
From prospectors to politicians, promoters to profiteers, New Westminster's known them all. It is Western Canada's oldest city, aptly named by Queen Victoria as the first capital of the new colony of British Columbia. On the mighty Fraser River, it has survived gold rushes, loss of capital status,...
Erland Lee Museum
Inside Hamilton's Museums
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2016
Inside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Erland Lee Museum, which stands as an excellent example of Ontario Gothic Revival architecture and serves...
Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology
Inside Hamilton's Museums
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Inside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, which displays the wondrous twin waterworks engines that supplied...
Craft Capitalism
Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2007
Many studies have concluded that the effects of early industrialization on traditional craftsworkers were largely negative. Robert B. Kristofferson demonstrates, however, that in at least one area this was not the case. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation...
Beyond the Nation?
Immigrants' Local Lives in Transnational Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Beyond the Nation? explores the lives of German-Canadian immigrants between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries — from the Moravian missionaries who came to Labrador in the 1770s to the German refugees who arrived in Canada after the Second World War. Internationally renowned historians of migration...
by Rob Godfrey
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
The 2CV Alaska Challenge was not only the first time a 2CV had been driven up to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska, it was also the first time that charity fundraising had been attempted entirely via the internet, and also the first time that an ongoing travelogue had been posted as 'almost live' reportage...
Gambatte
Generations of Perseverance and Politics, A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
“Gambatte” means do your best and never give up, and that spirit is at the heart of David Tsubouchi’s life story. This memoir of the former Ontario cabinet minister begins as his family strives for acceptance amid the imprisonment of Canadians of Japanese descent and the confiscation of their...
100 Canadian Heroines
Famous and Forgotten Faces
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
In 100 Canadian Heroines you'll meet remarkable women in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures. Discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we're remembering them. Or not!
100 More Canadian Heroines
Famous and Forgotten Faces
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
In this second installment of the bestselling Canadian Heroines series, author Merna Forster brings together 100 more incredible stories of great characters and wonderful images. Meet famous and forgotten women in fields such as science, sport, politics, war and peace, and arts and entertainment,...
Breakthrough!
Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
Canadians are behind a variety of cutting-edge products, life-saving medicines, innovative machines, and fascinating ideas. Although our inventions have typically been created with little fanfare, financing, or expectation of return, they have often gone on to play important roles in day-to-day life....