1

Pontiac’s War

By Duncan A. McArthur

Following the disastrous Seven Years’ War, France agreed to quit Canada and leave it to the British, which was not at all what the local tribesmen wanted.

2

Hudson Bay

By Duncan A. McArthur

Canada’s Hudson Bay has been a cause of war and an engine of prosperity, but long before that it was the scene of cold treachery.

3

My Long Walk to Beaver Dams

By Laura Secord

A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.

4

Defective Democracy

By John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Lord Durham warned Westminster that colonial Canada must be run by elected MPs, not career bureaucrats.

5

The War of 1812

By Clay Lane

In the year that Napoleon’s quest for European Empire faltered at Moscow, President Madison of the USA came to his aid.

6

John Buchan

By Clay Lane

After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.