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.
Length: 114 words
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.
Length: 118 words
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.
Length: 115 words
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.
Length: 107 words
The First World War
John Buchan
After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.
Length: 110 words
Discovery and Invention
Sir Sandford Fleming
What George Stephenson was to the railways of England, Sandford Fleming was to the railways of Canada.