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Northern Knowledge

harknessd — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:50:09 +0000

In the summer of 1913, after leaving Nome, Alaska, Canadian explorers mapped most of Arctic Canada. The First Canadian Arctic Expedition ranks as one of the boldest undertakings in the history of exploration. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit Northern People, Northern Knowledge, produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

Training For Freedom

harknessd — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:25 +0000

In 1939, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan came to life to school air and ground crew personnel at bases during World War II in Manitoba. The “Plan” changed the future for all Canadians. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit Training For Freedom, produced by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

For Valour

harknessd — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:34:34 +0000

Imagine yourself flying in a bomber at 20,000 feet in total darkness only to have your aircraft strafed and rendered inoperable by enemy fire. Individual acts of great courage occur frequently during war, but often go unseen and unrecorded. Those that are remembered often stand out as examples for all to admire and respect. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit For Valour, produced by the Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

The Last Spike

harknessd — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:10:27 +0000

In November, 1885, a group of men gather in a forest clearing just west of Revelstoke, British Columbia to witness the hammering in of the last spike of a young country’s coast-to-coast railway. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit Getting Here from There, produced by the Revelstoke Museum and Archives and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

The R-100 Airship

harknessd — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:09:45 +0000

In August, 1930, nearly 100,000 people gathered in St. Hubert, Quebec to see the R-100 dirigible, fresh from its maiden cross-Atlantic voyage. Many are hysterical with excitement. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit The R-100 Airship, produced by the Société historique du Marigot and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

The Bralorne Time Traveller

harknessd — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:08:28 +0000

A bridge in central British Columbia reopens in 1941, and is captured in a black & white snapshot that nearly 70 years later opens up a flood of controversy on the Internet. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit Their Past Lives Here, produced by the Bralorne Museum and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

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The Last Beluga Fisherman

harknessd — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:07:23 +0000

It’s 1928, and Beluga whales are being hunted down in the St. Lawrence River, blamed for the decline of cod and salmon stocks. Their mass slaughter ended in the 1950s reducing their numbers from the tens of thousands to an endangered population that still hasn’t recovered. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit The Last Beluga Fisherman, produced by the Museum of Living Memory and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.

The Weyburn Mental Hospital

harknessd — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:06:36 +0000

During the 1920s, Saskatchewan’s Weyburn Mental Hospital grew into a community of more than 3,000 patients and staff. Back then, the treatment of mental illness was still in its infancy. To know more about this story, visit the exhibit Weyburn Mental Hospital, produced by the Soo Line Historical Museum and virtualmuseum.ca. Leave us your comments below, and tell us why this History Matters to you.