Title search results
Showing 161 - 180 of 48106 items
Now you know Canada: 150 years of fascinating facts (Now You Know Ser. #21)
By Doug Lennox. 2017
Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday is this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history,…
famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you'll learn the answers to questions like: Where did the word "Canuck" come from? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings? What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic? Who was the first Black woman elected to Canada's Parliament? What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics? How did the Halifax Explosion occur? Bestseller. 2017.O little town: remembering life in a prairie village
By Harlo L Jones. 1995
Combining youthful innocence and wonder with adult awareness and insight, Harlo Jones chronicles the life of Dinsmore, Saskatchewan in the…
1920s and 1930s. Recalling the people, even the family dogs, who lived there, he talks about how the town worked, for example its electrical system, and also the institutions of a prairie town -- social, religious, educational, and commercial. 1995.Nucleus: the history of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
By Robert Bothwell. 1988
Bothwell traces the history of both AECL and nuclear technology in Canada. Beginning with the early experiments in the 1930s…
in Europe, he describes the research and development of nuclear power in Canada, as well as Canadians' changing perceptions of and support for nuclear technology. 1988.Nova Scotia: shaped by the sea : a living history
By Lesley Choyce. 1996
An informal history of Nova Scotia, starting from its geology dating back more than 500 million years ago, and ending…
in the present. Choyce follows the arrival of different cultures, the wars fought over Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia's attachment to the sea. c1996.Brève histoire des Canadiens français
By Yves Frenette. 1998
L'histoire des Canadiens français, du 16e siècle à nos jours, leurs particularités, leurs luttes, les relations avec les Canadiens anglais,…
etc. Un petit essai qui devrait plaire à ceux qui connaissent peu ou mal l'histoire du Québec ou du Canada. L'auteur est professeur d'histoire au Collège Glendon de l'Université York.Des pompiers, de l'accent français et autres lieux communs (Collection Papiers collés)
By Serge Bouchard, Bernard Arcand. 1998
À quoi servent les étoiles que, la nuit, nous voyons au ciel? Pourquoi l'accent français nous impressionne-t-il et nous agace-t-il…
à la fois? Le vrai métier des pompiers est-il d'éteindre les feux ou de tuer le temps à attendre dans les casernes? 1998.Le Québec: un pays, une culture
By Françoise Tétu de Labsade. 1990
Le Québec a trois cent cinquante ans d'histoire. On peut dire qu'il a désormais une culture unique et identifiable comme…
telle. Ce livre, le premier en son genre, dégage une par une les couches historiques, sociales et artistiques qui se sont superposées pour former peu à peu la culture québécoise. 1990.Marie Gérin-Lajoie: De Mere En Fille, La Cause Des Femmes
By Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon. 1985
Marie Gérin-Lajoie est sans doute l'une des plus belles figures du 20e siècle québécois. Première bachelière canadienne-française, elle a été…
une militante exemplaire dans la cause de l'éducation des femmes et une véritable pionnière dans le domaine du service social. 1985.C'était le printemps (Vie rurale traditionnelle dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent. #[1].)
By Jean Provencher, Johanne Blanchet. 1980
S'intéressant aussi bien aux réalités de la nature qu'aux activités quotidiennes des hommes, les auteurs composent le début d'une véritable…
fresque de la société rurale québécoise d'autrefois. Trois autres volumes en préparation seront consacrés à l'été, à l'automne et à l'hiver. 1980.North River: the story of B.C.'s North Thompson Valley and Yellowhead Highway
By Muriel Poulton Dunford. 2000
A resident of the North Thompson Valley for 50 years, the author uses a lifetime of observation and nearly a…
decade of research in her account of the history of the region from the pre-contact First Nations culture to the present. This is the story of the fur-traders, surveyors, homesteaders and fortune-seekers who passed through the area and of the few who stayed to call the valley home. 2000.None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
By Irving Martin Abella, Harold Martin Troper. 1982
In the years 1933 to 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looking for a place of refuge from Nazi…
persecution, Canada shut its door. This book traces the origins and results of Canada's immigration policy towards Jews. 1982.Natashquan-- le goût du large
By Pierre Frenette, Bernard Landry. 2005
" Le goût de rappeler les mers anciennes, les pêcheurs de morue et les chasseurs de loup-marin. Le goût de…
raconter l'histoire de ces familles d'exilés acadiens réfugiées au pays de Jack Monoloy. Le goût de hisser les voiles avec ces hommes et ces femmes qui ont vécu, peiné et fêté dans la pauvreté et l'éloignement... " -- 4e de couv.Niagara's Freedom Trail: a guide to African-Canadian history on the Niagara Peninsula
By Owen A Thomas. 1996
Thomas presents a guide to the history of the Underground Railroad in the Niagara region of Ontario, and discusses the…
events and major figures involved in the Underground Railroad. This book can also be used as a guide-book to plan excursions to the sites mentioned. 1996.Niagara: a history of the falls
By Pierre Berton. 1992
Berton tells the story of Niagara Falls, from its geologic beginnings to its role in cultures up to the present.…
Along the way, he describes the legend and lore it has created, like the daredevils who went over the Falls in barrels and the engineers who tamed its power for electricity. 1992.Namely Vancouver: the hidden history of Vancouver place names
By Jennifer O'Rourke, Tom Snyders. 2001
Traces the origins and history of how places are named in Vancouver and its neighbouring communities. Includes streets, neighbourhoods, waterways,…
mountains, boroughs and buildings. For example: Gastown, Commercial Drive, Leg-in-Boot Square, Lulu Island, Kanaka Creek and more. 2001.Like fields, fences, and old stone walls, roads can seem so much a part of the fabric of a landscape…
that we need reminding that many of them were made intentionally. In New Brunswick, road-building was a great labour performed without fuss by often reluctant workers drawn from a remarkably small population. Against heavy odds, New Brunswick by 1930 had roads and a highway system that, in terms of quality and coverage, was the envy of many larger provinces. 2012.A story of British Columbia logging and the people who logged. The author reminisces about his experiences as a logger,…
beginning in 1918. It also includes his recollections and discussions with more than twenty people who were involved in forestry in British Columbia. 1988.Muddling through: the remarkable story of the Barr Colonists
By Lynne Bowen. 1992
Bowen recounts the adventures of the 2,000 middle-class British citizens who followed the charismatic but inept Anglican minister Isaac Barr…
to settle 200 miles from Saskatoon in 1903. Most were unprepared for the harsh Prairie climate. 1992.Moose Jaw: people, places, history
By John Larsen, Maurice Richard Libby. 2001
A look at the history of Moose Jaw and its people. Every chapter includes short memoirs about various aspects of…
life in Moose Jaw, such as growing up there, or the history of Crescent Park. 2001.More English than the English: a very social history of Victoria
By Terry Reksten. 1986
This history of Victoria, British Columbia, covers the period from 1834 through World War II and concentrates on its commercial,…
maritime and social development. Anecdotal rather than formal, this book includes information on 61 sites or points of interest. c1986.