- 2026-10-08In 1768, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) arranged for two British astronomers to travel to Prince of Wales Fort to…
- 2026-10-08The skyscraper was a by-product of technological advances and increased urbanization of the late 19th century. Steel-frame construction, the elevator…
- 2026-10-08Largely self-taught, Seton made major contributions as a naturalist, ornithologist, conservationist, ethnologist and wildlife artist. His admiration for First Nations…
- 2026-10-08NEARBY STOOD THE SECOND FORT MAUREPAS, ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 1739 AND 1749 BY LA VERENDRYE AFTER THE ABANDONMENT OF THE ORIGINAL…
- 2026-10-08New Iceland represents a distinctive episode in the early settlement of the Canadian West. In 1875 and 1876, more than…
- 2026-10-08Canada's experimental farms system was established in 1886 by a federal government eager to introduce profitable new methods and products;…
- 2026-10-08This remarkable group of commercial buildings vividly illustrates Winnipeg's transformation between 1878 and 1913 from a modest pioneer settlement to…
- 2026-10-08Born at L'Assomption, Lower Canada, Father Ritchot arrived at St. Norbert as a missionary in 1862, serving there until his…
- 2026-10-08Following the new system of survey adopted in 1871 the Canadian Government inaugurated its homestead policy which in due time…
- 2026-10-08On December 3, 1878, the last spike was driven here to complete the first railway line built in the Canadian…