Waiting in Colonel By’s office, sixteen year old Sean O’Dare was mesmerized by the wondrously-carved matched pistols in a box on the desk. Colonel By took a long time to arrive, held up on Rideau Canal business most likely, for he was in charge of the huge project of building a canal from Bytown (now […]
Canadian History
Appreciating our Veterans
Today is Remembrance Day, a time for remembering those who fought for freedom throughout the world for learning about them. Since we are of Dutch descent, our family focuses on thanking the Canadian soldiers who freed my parents, my in-laws and the rest of the Dutch people. These veterans are getting older every year, but we did meet […]
Field Trip: Upper Canada Village
Nestled on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Upper Canada Village represents a busy community in the 1860’s. We visit it every few years with a whole group of homeschoolers, and each year something else stands out. One year it was the ripe pears falling from the trees, one year it was being handed […]
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence by Esther Holder Averill
We’re studying Canadian history next year and I’m slowly gathering a booklist. Many of the best books are old, out of print, and difficult to get even by interlibrary loan. So I’m very grateful to Mama Squirrel of Dewey’s Treehouse for discovering an ebook version of Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence by Esther Holden Averill. […]