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.
byDuncan A. McArthur1885-1943
Canadian History
Hudson Bay
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.
byDuncan A. McArthur1885-1943
Canadian History
My Long Walk to Beaver Dams
A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain
in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.
byLaura Secord1775-1868
Canadian History
Defective Democracy
Lord Durham warned Westminster that colonial Canada must be run by elected MPs, not career bureaucrats.
byJohn George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham1792-1840
Modern History
The War of 1812
In the year that Napoleon’s quest for European Empire faltered at Moscow, President Madison of the USA came to his aid.
The First World War
John Buchan
After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.