High prices for signs of Canada’s past
A unique globe believed to be the first to depict two major features of Canada’s North sold at Sotheby’s in London for over 200,000 British Pounds, or about eight times ...
Popular Quebec history now in English
French-language historian Jacques Lacoursière’s brief history of Quebec is available for the first time in English. He and his English co-author were interviewed ...
Long-lost Shipwrecks
Jacques Marc, of the Underwater Archeology Society of B.C., describes the difficulties involved in searching the ocean for a long-lost shipwreck.
Great Lakes Graveyards
Marine historian Maurice D. Smith tells us why the Great Lakes have been so dangerous to mariners throughout history.
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