Hudson Bay, trappers, animal killing, trade, self-destruction of society
In Berry Lopez‘s Arctic Dreams, it is reported that from 1769 to 1868, the Hudson Bay Company sold 4 million beaver pelts, a million foxes and a million lynxes, and ...
The Algonquin Logging Museum. Take a step back in time
Take a step back in time and learn about this very colourful aspect of Algonquin’s cultural history. The Algonquin Logging Museum brings to life the story of logging from the ...
Grey Owl wanted to protect the forests and animals of Canada
Grey Owl / Wa-sha-quon-asin (1888 – 1938) was the most famous Canadian Indian in the world in the 1930s. He wanted to protect the forests and animals of Canada. But ...
Over 120 years old Post Office Museum, Manitoulin Island
“The Postal Museum is located near the Old Mill Heritage Centre and is the former Spring Bay Pioneer Post Office, which was relocated to Kagawong on Manitoulin Island in October ...
Trillium. The iconic flower of Ontario with magic number
Trillium is TRI LILLIUM. They have three broad leaves, three petals, three small green sepals, three-sectioned seedpod. All are found in the understory of rich, deciduous, or mixed forests. The ...
What wildflowers are in Canadian provincial and territorial symbols?
The various Canadian provinces have native Canadian flora in their emblems. The provincial floral symbols account for the flora of an area. A total of 13 extraordinary plants. Nova Scotia ...
Monumental Flora Graeca is one of the most remarkable illustrated floras ever to see
Book Flora Graeca is one of the most remarkable illustrated floras ever to see the light of day. The authors, botanist John Sibthorp and illustrator Ferdinad Bauer, were beginning to ...
Mirko Hanak was a brilliant illustrator of natural subjects
Hanak was famous for his distinctive illustrations with natural themes, portraying life of plants and animals with broad watercolor strokes mixed with beautifully balanced finer brushwork on rice paper, all ...
West Montrose Covered Bridge, also Kissing Bridge is one of the oldest covered bridges in Canada
Montrose Covered Bridge was built in 1880–1881 mostly of oak and white pine by John Bear. He had previously built barns, the total cost to the Township of Woolwich was ...
Ernest Thompson Seton and his appeals for peace. An anti-war speech pointing to the coming totalitarianism
This is a partial transcription from “Ernest Thompson Seton: A Scout Appeals for Peace,” broadcast on Radio Praha by the journalist David Vaughan in 2015. It is documentation of an ...