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In This Issue / June-July 2009

 
June-July 2009
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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 ...

Podcasts Go Behind the Scenes

Long-lost Shipwrecks

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

Great Lakes Graveyards
Marine historian Maurice D. Smith tells us why the Great Lakes have been so dangerous to mariners throughout history.

From Our Readers

Flip Through The Beaver Album

A Flip Through The Beaver Album
This issue's Album showed you the exterior shot of A.E. Gamble's bakery in downtown Toronto. You can only see its interior here in More Sweet Summer Treats.

Canadian Roots

Canadian Roots

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From the Beaver Vault

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