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NOTE to French-speaking citizens of Canada: This page is constructed in English only,
since the builder is a citizen of the United States, and English is the only language
that he speaks fluently, or even can pronounce properly. No offense intended.
The popular name is 'The Great White North'.
Canada celebrates Tartan Day on April 6th, Victoria Day on May 21st, Canada Day on July 1st, Canada Labour Day Canada operates on six times zones, two more than the adjacent U.S. mainland: the Pacific Time Zone includes the Yukon Territory & most of British Columbia;
the Mountain Time Zone includes Alberta, Northwest Territories, western Nunavut, and small portions of British Columbia;
the Central Time Zone includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, central Nunavut, and north-western Ontario;
the Eastern Time Zone includes the eastern 2/3 of Ontario, almost all of Québec, and northeastern Nunavut;
the Atlantic Time Zone includes Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the eastern tip of Québec;
the Newfoundland Time Zone includes the island of Newfoundland and a small adjacent portion of Labrador.
Official Government Links & Info
Canada covers 3.85 million square miles {9.98 million square kilometers}, essentially the northern half of the continent of North America.
The term 'Canada' showed up on maps from 1545; official Confederation took place in 1867 by action of Britain's Parliament; the transition away from 'Dominion' began in 1982.
The official motto of Canada is 'A Mari Usque Ad Mare' ("From Sea To Sea")
The Canadian national anthem is "O Canada" [1880 & 1908, made official 1980]
The new flag maple leaf of Canada was made official in 1965.
The maple leaf symbol dates to the early 18th Century; the maple leaf and the generic maple tree were made official emblems in 1996.
The Maple Leaf Tartan was declared an official national symbol of Canada in 2011.
The official animal of Canada is the beaver (1975).
The Canadian horse was declared Canada’s national breed in 1909 and declared an official national symbol in 2002.
There is no official flower for Canada; each province has its own official flower.
Symbolic birds of Canada are the Canada goose and the common loon; the gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis) has been nominated for official status (pending 2017).
Ice hockey is the national winter sport of Canada and lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada (1994).
on the First Monday of September, and Canada Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October.
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1608 July 3: Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the City of Québec in Canada.
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official website [merged 2013] of the Government of Canada {choose English or French}
official website for Canada Travel and Tourism
official website of Destination Canada
Canadian Tourism Commission official site
official Parks Canada website
Canada-wide Links
The Canadian Encyclopedia [est. 1985, online 2013]
main Canada entry at Wikipedia
browse travel books about Canada at Amazon
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada Hotels website
Canada FAQ website
Wild Canada travel site [est. 1999]
NewPages.com's Directory of Independent Bookstores for Canada
Rocky Mountaineer RailTours of Canada
Green Hotels Assn. for ecologically conscious lodging in USA, Canada & elsewhere
The Council of Canadians activist group [est. 1985] +
Fracking Dept.
Human Rights Internet (of Canada) [est. circa 1990]
Canadian Regional Organizing Committee for I.W.W. labor union
Canada411: Free People Search, Reverse Phone Lookup, Business Telephone Directory in English or French
Murder Out There (of Canada) weblog {last update 2009}
Coffee Assn. of Canada []
Arbuckle Coffee Co. [circa 2000] of Canada - 13 locations, appears to be defunct
Advanced Biofuels Canada
Arthur Conan Doyle Society of Canada [est. 1989] is based in British Columbia
Ghost Towns of US & Canada [w/music] website [est. 1998] last update 2013
Sierra Club Canada [est. 1969] +
Tar Sands Dept.
Antique & Classic Car Club of Canada [est. 1956]
Amazon Canada First Novel Award [est. 1976]
Postmedia Network, Inc. newspaper chain [est. 2010] based on Toronto
SuperChannel in Canada [est. 2007] cable & satellite television service
The Walrus Magazine
Canadian Free Press blog/forum at Disqus [est. 2007]
Canada Free Press [est. 2004]
Cinema of Canada Page at Magic Lantern
The Directors Guild of Canada [est. 1962] is based in Toronto
lobbyist Motion Picture Assn. of Canada
'Beer in Canada' entry at Wikipedia
Canadian Home Brewers online community & forum [est. 2000?]
Troy Burtch's Great Canadian Beer Blog [est. 2007]
A Few Important People of Canada
official website of the Governor General of Canada
official website of the Prime Ministers of Canada
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
Margaret Atwood
Oscar-winning impressionist animator Frédéric Back [b. 1924] of Canada
credits at IMDb •
entry at Wikipedia
publishing baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook [1879–1964]
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Dr. Eric Berne [1910-70] was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada
browse books at Amazon •
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
 | "A Montreal Childhood" memoir [2010] by Eric Berne; Epilogue by Terry Berne, Afterword by Claude Steiner Kindle Edition from Editorial Jeder [9/2016] for $7.30 CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [7/2010] for $18.20 Editorial Jeder Spanish-language edition 8½x5½ pb [12/2013] for $16.00 |
Dr. Berne's professional books and other details of T/A are on the
Transactional Analysis Page at the Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment website
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historian & TV journalist Pierre Berton [1920-2004] of Canada
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Joseph-Armand Bombardier [1907–1964] – invented the snowmobile
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Samuel Bronfman [1889–1971] – founder of Seagram's
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. [1929–2013] – longtime head of Seagram's
Edgar Miles Bronfman, Jr. was born in New York City, which remains his base
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George Washington Carmack [1860-1922], co-discoverer of gold in the Klondike (1896)
James Johnson’s biography of George Carmack,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack
Shaaw Tláa 'Kate' Carmack [1857-1920], co-discoverer of gold in the Klondike (1896)
Tagish First Nation member, second common-law wife of George Carmack (her sister was the first)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Carmack
 | "Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and The Klondike Race For Gold" [2016] by Deb Vanasse Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2016] for $9.99 Univ Alaska Press 9x6 pb [4/2016] for $13.72 |
Robertson Davies
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Hollywood director Edward Dmytryk [1908-99] was born in Grand Forks, BC, Canada
actress Marie Dressler [1869–1934]
singer-actress Deanna Durbin [1921–2013]
director Allan Dwan [1885–1981]
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humorist & travel writer Will Ferguson lives in Calgary, Alberta
browse books •
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
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Canadian-born inventor Reginald A. Fessenden [1866-1932]
broadcast the first known transmission of the human voice over the radio on 23 December 1900,
and on 24 December 1906 broadcast the first pre-recorded music over the radio
watch 9/2011 "The Invention of Radio" tv movie in 2 parts online at YouTube:
part 1 [12:56] •
part 2 [11:00]
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Hal Foster [1892–1982] – artist for Tarzan comic strip and creator of Prince Valiant
economist John Kenneth Galbraith [1908–2006]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry
Chief Dan George – Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard)
mystery author Ian Hamilton of Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Ernest Hemingway [1899-1961]
worked for the Toronto Star newspaper from 1920 to 1924
 | "Hemingway: The Toronto Years, 1920-24" [1994] by William Burrill Doubleday Canada pb [8/96] out of print/used Doubleday Canada 8x5 hardcover [11/94] out of print/used |
actor Walter Thomas Huston [1883-1950] was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
{and was father of filmmaker John Huston [1906-87]}
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ABC news anchor Peter Jennings [1938–2005]
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the Rizzutos, the powerful Montreal crime family
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'Klondike Kate' Katherine Ryan [1869-1932]
Katherine Ryan entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Real Klondike Kate" biography [1990] by T. Ann Brennan Goose Lane Editions 9x6 pb [6/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Canadians: Klondike Kate" TV documentary [Great North/History TV 1999?] the YouTube poster describes the 'other' Klondike Kate, this is about Katherine Ryan (with info on fraud 'Kitty' Rockwell Matson); subtitled "Impossible Dream: The Northern Odyssey of Katherine Ryan" Hosted by Patrick Watson; narrated by Richard Newman • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available bare episode credits at IMDb • series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia watch full episode [3/2015 upload; 48:26] online at YouTube |
the fake 'Klondike Kate' Kathleen Eloise 'Kitty' Rockwell Matson [1873-1957]
Saloon dancer and actress 'Kitty' Rockwell met and partnered with Alexander Pantages [1867-1936] in the Klondike and in 1907 caused a national scandal by suing him
for breach of promise; by then she was calling herself 'Klondike Kate' and claiming tales from the life of Katherine Ryan ('identity theft' is not such a new phenomenon); these tales were shopped around Hollywood for years and eventually became the very fictional film "Klondike Kate" in 1943.
Kathleen Rockwell entry at Wikipedia
"The Life of Kate Rockwell Matson" [circa 1940] by William A. Pierce
 | "Klondike Kate, 1873-1957: The Life & Legend of Kitty Rockwell, The Queen of The Yukon" [1962] by Ellis Lucia Hastings House hardcover [1962] out of print/used |
 | "Mush On and Smile: Klondike Kate, Queen of The Yukon" [2002] by Val Dumond & Babe Lehrer — 'fictionalized story' with many photos Muddy Puddle Press 9x6 pb [8/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Sugar, Spice, and Stone: A Novel About Klondike Kate" [2012] by Val Dumond Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2012] for $4.99 {sic} Muddy Puddle Press 9x6 pb [6/2012] for $14.95 |
 | "Klondike Kate, Queen of The Gold Rush" [Columbia Pictures Dec 1943] false tagline: suggested by the life of Kate Rockwell Matson, the original 'Klondike Kate' • The main plot is about a male saloon owner (not in the Gold Rush Klondike but in Totem Pole, Alaska) who is falsely accused of murdering a rival, with Kate as his partner and girlfriend • Directed by William Castle; screenplay by M. Coates Webster & Houston Branch; starring Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell, Constance Worth, Sheldon Leonard, Lester Allen, George Cleveland, George McKay, Dan Seymour, Roma Aldrich Sony Pictures Ent. newly-remastered b&w DVD [5/2014] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
actor Raymond Massey [1896–1983]
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson [1853-1921]
Hollywood studio head Louis B. Mayer (1885–1957)
animator Norman McLaren [1914-87]
credits at IMDb •
entry at Wikipedia
communications theorist Marshall McLuhan [1911-80]
Aimee Semple McPherson [1890-1944] – founder of the Foursquare Church
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mystery author Margaret Ellis Sturm Millar [1915-94] was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
browse books •
IMDb listing [1960-86] •
Wikipedia
and was married to mystery author Ross Macdonald [1915-83]
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author L.M. {Lucy Maud} Montgomery [1874-1942]
is most famous for the "Anne of Green Gables" Novels & Stories
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Nobel Laureate short story writer Alice Munro [b. 1931] of Canada
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Hollywood actor-filmmaker Mike Myers was born in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario;
he is most famous for the characters Wayne Campbell and Austin Powers, and as the voice of Shrek.
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "Canada" bestseller [2016] by Mike Myers His passport is British, but his heart remains in Canada, where he was born & raised; book is described as a 'funny and thoughtful analysis of what makes Canada Canada, Canadians Canadians, and what being Canadian has always meant to him'. Kindle Edition from Doubleday Canada/Random House [10/2016] for $12.99 Doubleday Canada 9¼x7¼ hardcover [10/2016] for $29.09 |
James Naismith [1861–1939] – invented basketball
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Frank Ogden [1920-2012], Canada's leading futurist
official website {not working 7/2017} • no entry on Wikipedia (2017)
obituary from the Vancouver Sun
 | "The Last Book You'll Ever Read: And Other Lessons From The Future" [1993] MacFarlane Walter & Ross 10x6½ hardcover & CD-ROM [6/93] out of print/used |
 | "Ogdenisms: The Frank Ogden Quote Book" [1994] Selected by John Robert Colombo Hounslow Press pb [1994] out of print/SOLD OUT! |
 | "Navigating In Cyberspace: Roadmaps To The New Millennium" [1995] Macfarlane, Walter & Ross 9½x6¼ hardcover & CD-ROM [10/95] out of print/used |
 | "Shamanic Graffiti: 100,000 Years of Drugs, 100 Years of Prohibition - Towards An Integral Psychedelic Theory" [2016] by Marcus Rummery & Frank Ogden
Kindle Edition from Trine Day [12/2016] for $12.99 Trine Day 9x6 pb [12/2016] for $13.83 |
author Frank L. Packard [1877-1942] was born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Sam Panopoulos [1934-2017]
invented Hawaiian-style pizza (canned pineapple and ham) in 1962 at his Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario.
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mystery author Louise Penny of Canada
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psychologist & philosopher Dr. Jordan B. Peterson of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979)
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fictional R.C.M.P. Sergeant William Preston
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Mordecai Richler
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Louis Riel [1844-85) – executed for treason
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 | "Percy Schmeiser: David versus Monsanto" documentary [indep 2009] The story of a canola (rapeseed) farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada and his heroic long legal battle with Monsanto Company, Inc. over G.M.O. contamination of his crop 65-minute docufilm directed by Bertram Verhaag Syndicado color DVD [2011] for $11.99 watch on Amazon Instant Video [2011] rental $1.99, purchase $7.99 bare credits at IMDb • official movie website • Percy Schmeiser entry at Wikipedia 9/2010 news story on "Democracy Now" cable show [8:58] at YouTube |
Hollywood studio head Mack Sennett [1880-1960]
Scots-Canadian author Robert W. Service [1874-1958]
browse books •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
fictional Anne Shirley (Cuthbert Blythe) of Green Gables
Joe Shuster [1914–1992] – co-creator of Superman
actor Jay Silverheels [1912–1980]
Tecumseh [1768-1813] – Leader of First Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died defeating American invasion
Kateri Tekakwitha [1656–1680] - first Native American canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church
William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG [1843–1915] – constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
Hollywood studio head Jack L. Warner (1892–1978)
"Winnie The Pooh" was inspired by a live bear cub [1914-1934] from Canada
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YA mystery author Eric Wilson lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada
browse books at Amazon •
author's website •
entry at Wikipedia
Tim & Liz Austen of Canada YA Mystery Series
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songwriter-musician Neil Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 | Province of Ontario [divided 1788; Confederation 1867] official website {choose English or French} • entry at Wikipedia | 
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"Harry Potter and The Transfigured Town" Quidditch Festival [Oct 2017 = #2] in Goderich, Ontario, Canada
wikipedia •
Goderich Economic Development & Tourism •
Downtown Goderich Business Improvement Area
Beaches International Jazz Festival [est. 1988 in July] in Beaches, Ontario, Canada
Chatham, Ontario
http://www.downtownchatham.com/
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/
Satellite Restaurant [est. 1960], 145 King Street West in Chatham, Ontario
Deep River Players [est. 1946] in Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance [Sept 2013 = #1] in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada http://www.mcmaster.ca/
Pleasure Valley Resort, Hanover, Ontario, Canada
http://novelideabooks.ca/ Novel Idea Bookstore, 156 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive Espresso, 408 Pall Mall Street in London, Ontario, Canada
Simcoe County Museum, Minesing, Ontario, Canada
Pickering Museum Village, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Wentworth Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada = http://www.westfieldheritage.CA/
Doon Pioneer Village, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
White Sands Hotel + Windermere House, Windermere, Ontario, Canada
Township of White River, Ontario, Canada [est. 1885] official website
there is a Disney-style statue at city park honoring Winnie the Pooh
White River celebrates Winnie's Hometown Festival [2015 = #29] during the third week of August
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario
www.NiagaraFallsTourism.com
www.NiagaraParks.com
http://www.cottageinnsofniagara.CA
Brock University [est. 1964] in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa area
www.OttawaTourism.com
Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa
Occupied Ottawa / Ottawa Occupée (Ontario, Canada) http://www.occupiedottawa.org/
Occupy Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) http://www.occupyottawa.org/
Toronto area
http://www.TorontoTourism.com
http://www.welcometotoronto.CA/
http://www.seeTorontonow.com
Ontario [Canada] Heritage Trust [renamed 2005]
The Lockhart Bar [est. 9/2015], 1479 Dundas Street West {at Dufferin} in Toronto
Eatonville, Toronto, Ontario (near Toronto Airport) hotels booking site
Balzac's Coffee Roasters [est. 1996] also operates
13 Balzac's Café locations
The Distillery Historic District [built from 1832]
Toronto Jazz Festival [est. 1987; June-July]
The Harbord Street Business Improvement Area [est. 1983]
The Word On The Street National Book & Magazine Festival [Sept 2013 = #24] in Toronto
Canada Aviation and Space Museum [est. 1964] in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Black Creek Pioneer Village, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornell House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
McLean Estate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spadina House - 285 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto [Ontario Canada] GLOBE & MAIL
Toronto Bluejays baseball team of Canada
The Hockey Hall of Fame [est. 1943, open 1961, moved 1993] in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Royal Alexandra Theatre [built 1907], 260 King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.utoronto.CA/ = University of Toronto
Hart House Theatre [est. 1919] at University of Toronto
Trinity College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema {rebuilt 1941; formerly Bloor Cinema} 506 Bloor Street West {at Bathurst} in Toronto
Luminato Festival of Arts & Creativity [June 2010 = #4] in Toronto
Toronto Silent Film Festival [April 2011 = #2] in Canada
![Worldwide Short Film Festival [June 2012 = #11] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada](images/WorldwideShortFF.gif "Worldwide Short Film Festival [June 2012 = #11] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada")
![11-day Toronto International Film Festival [Sept 2014 = #39] at Metro Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada](images/TIFF.jpg "11-day Toronto International Film Festival [Sept 2014 = #39] at Metro Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada")
| Province of Québec [French province 1663; ceded to England 1763; Confederation 1867] official website • entry at Wikipedia | 
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Thrilling Detective mystery fansite [] is based in Southern Quebec
HomeoAnimal.com homeopathic pet care [est. 2015] based in California & Quebec, Canada
Québec City area [settled 1535, founded 1608]
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
"The Chateau Frontenac: One Hundred Years in the Life of a Legendary Hotel" [1998] by France Gagnon Pratte & Eric Etter
http://www.amazon.com/Chateau-Frontenac-Hundred-Years-Legendary/dp/2980357502/
Montréal area [founded 1642]
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Fantasia Fest [July-Aug 2012 = #16] in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Festival des Films du Monde [Aug-Sept 2017 = #41] in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
M.F. Wirth Rail Corp. [], 740 Notre-Dame West in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Montréal Expos baseball team of Canada
Bombardier Corporation [est. 1942] of Montréal, Quebec, Canada
MELS la Cité du Cinéma studios & postproduction [] in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
 | Province of British Columbia [est. 1858, Confederation 1871] official website • entry at Wikipedia | 
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British Columbia Tourism official site
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
British Columbia, Canada Film Commission is now Creative B.C. [merger 2013]
'Beer Me BC' website [est. 2012] based in British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia [Canada] Cowboy Heritage Society [est. 1996]
Chemainus, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Chemainus Theatre Festival [opened 6/1993], 9737 Chemainus Road in Chemainus, BC, Canada
Kaatza Station Museum & Archives [est. 1983] in Cowichan Lake, BC, Canada
Canadian Museum of Rail Travel [est. 1976] in Cranbrook, BC, Canada
B.C. Forest Discovery Center [est. 1963] in Duncan, BC, Canada
Red Arrow brewery in Duncan, BC, Canada
City of Nelson, BC, Canada
Nelson [BC] Chamber of Commerce [est. 1893]
Discover Nelson, BC, Canada
Spruce Hill All-Season Resort & Spa, 4871 Highway 97 in 108 Mile Ranch, South Cariboo, BC, Canada
The Log Home Connection [est. 1990] of Penticton, BC, Canada
City of Vancouver, BC area
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Vancouver, BC Tourism official site
North Vancouver [BC] Chamber of Commerce
Lions Gate Studios of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Georgia Straight [est. 1967] - Vancouver's news & entertainment weekly & Canada's largest urban weekly
The Vancouver Sun daily newspaper [est. 1912]
2009 article about Vancouver's neon heritage
Inside Vancouver community weblog
Metro Vancouver Convention & Visitors Bureau
Fairmont Hotels - four locations in Vancouver, BC
Sylvia Hotel [built 1912] near Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC, Canada
David Suzuki Foundation [est. 1990] in Vancouver, BC, Canada
West Coast Railway Association [est. 1961] in Vancouver, BC, Canada
University of British Columbia [est. 1915] in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver [BC Canada] Dixieland Jazz Society
Vancouver Community Network [est. 1996]
Women In Film & Video of Vancouver BC, Canada [est. 1989]
T.E.D. (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference [est. 1990; held at Vancouver, BC since 2014]
Adbusters Media Foundation [1989], 1243 W. Seventh Avenue in Vancouver, BC
North Shore Studios/Mammoth Studios {formerly LionsGate Studios} in Vancouver, BC
Spartacus Books [est. 1973], 3378 Findlay Street in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Capilano University [est. 1968] in North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Granville Island District of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Granville Island Business & Community Association [est. 1995]
Granville Island Cultural Society [est. 2001]
South Granville District [est. 1907] of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Murchie's Coffee & Tea [est. 1894] based in Delta, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Yellow Point Lodge [est. 1930s] on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
City of Victoria, BC area
Great Canadian Beer Festival [Sept 2014 = #12] in Victoria, BC, Canada
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC, Canada
University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Resort Municipality of Whistler, BC, Canada
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Whistler Film Festival [Nov-Dec 2017 = #17] in British Columbia, Canada
Nita Lake Lodge [] in Whistler Creekside, BC
 | Province of Alberta [Confederation 1905] official website • entry at Wikipedia official Alberta [Canada] Tourism website | 
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promo site for Canadian Rockies Vacations
promo site for Canadian Rockies Dude Ranch Vacations
Old School Bus Ice Cream, 621 Eighth Street in Canmore, Alberta, Canada
the Keystone & Keystone XL pipelines originate in Kardisty, Alberta, Canada
Cupper's Coffee & Tea [est. 1989] 1502 Third Avenue South in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions, 4611 - 47th Avenue in Stettler, Alberta, Canada
Alberta Prairie Wagon Train Excursions in Stettler, Alberta, Canada
Calgary, Alberta [founded 1875]
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Calgary, Alberta Tourism official site
Calgary Stampede [est. 1912] rodeo & festival
Big Rock Brewery [est. 1985] in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Wild Rose Brewery [est. 1996] in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rocky Mountain Rail Society [est. 1984] in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
who operate the 1944 Montreal Locomotive Works Mountain Class 4-8-2 steam locomotive #6060
promo site for Banff National Park [est. 1885] in Alberta, Canada
Warner & Mackenzie / Banff Trail Riders [est. 1962] guides at Banff, Alberta, Canada
Fairmont Banff Springs Resort [built 1887]
promo site for Canmore-Kananaskis-Banff area in Alberta, Canada
promo site for Jasper National Park [est. 1907] in Alberta, Canada
Lake_Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
luxury Post Hotel & Spa [est. 1942] at Lake Louise
Discover Lake Louise promo site
Edmonton, Alberta [founded 1795, incorp. 1892]
Alberta Aviation Museum [hangar built 1940, open 1992?] in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Waterton Lakes National Park [est. 1895] in Alberta, Canada
promo site for Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada
Kilmorey Lodge, 117 Evergreen Avenue in Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada {listed as closed 2017}
Bayshore Inn Resort & Spa [], 111 Waterton Avenue in Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada
Prince of Wales Hotel [built 1927] at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada
 | "Stupid To The Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon To Canada (and Doesn't Seem To Care)" [2007] Canadian bestseller by William Marsden
Kindle Edition from Vintage Canada [5/2010] for $12.99 Vintage Canada 8x5¼ pb [9/2008] for $14.43 Knopf Canada hardcover [10/2007] for $23.95 |
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Province of Saskatchewan [Confederation 1905] official website • entry at Wikipedia Saskatchewan Tourism official site |
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Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios [est. 2002], 1831 College Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan
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Province of Manitoba [ceded 1869, Confederation 1870, expanded 1912] official website • entry at Wikipedia |
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Shortline operator OmniTRAX [est. 1986] took over the operation and marketing of the Port of Churchill from Transport Canada in 1997; the port was built in the 1920s
and shipped by rail for the first time in 1931 and by cargo ship for the first time in 1932. Arctic Gateway Group inherited OmniTRAX's contract to manage
& maintain the facility with the 2018 purchase of Hudson Bay Railway in Manitoba, Canada.
official Port of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada website
Arctic Gateway Group entry at Wikipedia
Port of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada entry at Wikipedia
City of Winnipeg, Manitoba [est. 1738, incorp. 1843]
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Half Pints Brewing Company [incorp. 2006] independent craft brewery in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lesser Provinces of Canada
NW Territories • Yukon Territory • Labrador & Newfoundland • Maritime Provinces • Nunavut Territory
 | Northwest Territories [Confederation 1870, divided 1999] official website {choose English or French} • entry at Wikipedia | 
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 | Yukon (Territory) [split 1898, re-formalized 4/2003] official website {choose English or French} • entry at Wikipedia | 
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September 2000 article on the Whitehorse Trolley along the Yukon River
Yukon Brewing Company [est. 1997] in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Yukon Beer Festival [Oct 2016 = #3] in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
 | Province of Newfoundland & Labrador [Confederation 1949] official website • entry at Wikipedia official Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism website |  |
Nickel Independent Film Festival [June 2017 = #17] at St. John's, Newfoundland in Canada
Maritime Provinces
| Province of Nova Scotia, Canada [Acadia founded 1605, expulsion 1755, split 1784, Confederation 1867] official website {choose English or French} • entry at Wikipedia Nova Scotia Tourism official site |
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Acadia University [est. 1838] in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Acadia University Robotics Program in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Responsible Energy Action group [est. 2011] in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Destination Cape Breton Association website
Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame [est. 1997] in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Can Stock Photo [est. 2004] is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Digital Nova Scotia industry association [est. 1989] based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rossignol Cultural Centre [est. 2002] in Liverpool, Nova Scotia
The Outhouse Museum at Rossignol Cultural Centre
Hank Snow Home Town Museum [] in Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Gampo Buddhist Abbey [est. 1983] in Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
| Province of New Brunswick, Canada [Acadia founded 1605, expulsion 1755, split 1784, Confederation 1867] official website {choose English or French} • entry at Wikipedia | 
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Potato World Museum in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, known as the french fry capital of the world
 | Province of Prince Edward Island, Canada [Acadia founded 1605, expulsion 1758, Confederation 1873] official website • entry at Wikipedia Prince Edward Island Department of Tourism |  |
Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation {7 locations}
capitol of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada [est. 1765]
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Discover Charlottetown promo website
Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum [open 1964] in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Canadian Potato Museum [] in O'Leary, P.E.I.
Dalvay By The Sea house [built 1895] hotel & cottages on Prince Edward Island, Canada
Orwell Corner Rural Life Museum, Orwell, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Rustico Summer Haven Resort, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Elmira Railway Museum on Prince Edward Island, Canada
Don't Frack P.E.I. group [est. 1/2013] on Prince Edward Island in Canada
P.E.I. is famous as the location for the "Anne of Green Gables" Novels & Stories
Green Gables Heritage Place [built ??, upstairs fire 1997, since restored]
 | Nunavut Territory, Canada [split 1999] official website {choose from four languages} • entry at Wikipedia |
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Railroads of Canada
listing of surviving steam locomotives in Canada
'list of Canadian railways' page at Wikipedia
Canadian Railroad Historical Association [est. 1932]
Canadian Railway Museum [est. 1961] renamed ExpoRail in 1978
This section grew very large very soon, and so was cut to its own page in July 2017.
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First People of Canada
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Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia
carcross tagish first nation
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"Anne of Green Gables" Novels & Stories Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
 | "The Edge" [1988 bestseller] by Dick Francis [1920-2010] The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race is a glittering railroad junket across Canada to race thoroughbreds on some of the world's greatest courses. Tor Kelsey, undercover security agent for the British Jockey Club, contends with the murder mystery to be acted out on board, as well as a ruthless underworld racing figure – a combination that explodes into a nightmare of real and bloody murder. Kindle Edition from Berkley/Penguin [2005 edition] for $7.99 Berkley mass pb [8/2005] for $7.19 Jove mass pb [8/2001] out of print/many used Fawcett mass pb [1/90] out of print/180+ used Pan Books mass pb [1/90] out of print/100+ used Putnam hardcover [2/89] out of print/200+ used |
 | "Why I Hate Canadians" 'runaway bestseller' [1997] by Will Ferguson Douglas & McIntyre 7½x5 pb [8/2007] for $11.43 Douglas & McIntyre pb [8/2006] out of print/many used Douglas & McIntyre 9¼x6¾ pb [10/99] for $13.08 |
 | "Brewed In Canada: The Untold Story of Canada's 350-Year-Old Brewing Industry" [2001] by Allen Winn Sneath Kindle Edition from Dundurn Press [3/2012] for $9.59 Dundurn Press 9x6 pb [10/2001] out of print/used Dundurn Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2001] for $29.65 |
 | "How To Be A Canadian" [2003] by Will Ferguson & Ian Ferguson
Douglas & McIntyre 9x6¼ pb [8/2003] for $10.00 Douglas & McIntyre 7¾x5 pb [1/2008] out of print/70+ used |
 | "1,000 Places To See In The U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die" [2007] by Patricia Schultz Organized by regions and then states: New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Mississippi Valley, Midwest, Great Plains, Four Corners & Southwest, West Coast, Alaska & Hawaii, and Canada Kindle Edition from Workman Publng [3/2011] for $9.18 Workman Publng 7½x5¼ pb [3/2011] for $12.46 Workman Publng 7¾x6¾ hardcover [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "Tourist Trains Guidebook (U.S.A. & Canada)" [2007, rev 2017] by The Editors of Trains Magazine Describes 500 of the most popular train attractions, museums, and railroad vacation destinations in the U.S. and Canada, with over 200 of the most popular sites detailed in full-page reviews Kalmbach Publng 6th edition 8¼x5½ pb [5/2017] for $15.63 Kalmbach Publng 5th edition 8¼x5½ pb [5/2015] for $15.63 Kalmbach Publng 4th edition 8½x5½ pb [4/2013] for $11.20 |
 | "Brew North: How Canadians Made Beer and Beer Made Canada" [2010] by Ian Coutts Greystone Books 10x8 pb [9/2010] for $17.95 |
 | "Sun Rise: Suncor, The Oil Sands, and The Future of Energy" [2012] by Dr Richard 'Rick' George, with John Lawrence Reynolds author was president/CEO of Suncor, Canada for twenty years, and has won lots of business awards; he basically opened up the oil sands industry in Canada, which remains environmentally controversial - Suncor was somewhat responsible for the impact on the environment and on First Peoples, but other companies have not been. Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [10/2012] for $11.99 HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [10/2013] for $14.32 HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [10/2013] out of print/used HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2012] for $26.99 |
 | "Canada's Road: A Journey On The Trans-Canada Highway From St. John's To Victoria" [2013] by Mark Richardson Kindle Edition from Dundern Press [4/2013] for $6.15 Dundern Press 9x6 pb [5/2013] for $19.15 Dundern Press 9x6 pb [5/2013] out of print/used |
 | "7 Canadian Westerns" for Kindle [2014]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2014] for 99¢ {sic} contains seven Western novels set in Canada: "Blake's Burden", "The Buccaneer Farmer" & "Winston of The Prairie" by Harold Bindloss; "The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of The Yukon" by Ridgwell Cullum; "Lords of The North" by A.C. Laut; "Wild Youth" by Gilbert Parker; and "The Yukon Trail: A Tale of The North" by William MacLeod Raine |
https://www.amazon.com/Canoeing-Cree-Anniversary-Eric-Sevareid/dp/0873515331/
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Quebec-Walking-Tours/dp/155065442X/
https://www.amazon.com/Grass-Beyond-Mountains-Discovering-Frontier/dp/1400026628/
https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Guide-Historic-Canada/dp/1426217552/
https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Guide-Parks-Canada/dp/1426217560/
https://www.amazon.com/Scenic-Driving-Atlantic-Canada-Newfoundland/dp/0762764813/
https://www.amazon.com/So-You-Want-Canadian-Fascinating/dp/0811845354/
https://www.amazon.com/Travellers-History-Canada-Robert-Bothwell/dp/1566563860/
"Being Canadian" [indep Sept 2015]
 | 90-minute humorous documentary featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians that hopes to find the answer to the question: What does it actually mean to be Canadian? • Written & directed by Robert Cohen; featuring Will Arnett, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Campbell, Kim Cattrall, Michael J. Fox, Malcolm Gladwell, Kathy Griffin, Eugene Levy, Rich Little, Howie Mandel, Alanis Morissette, Mike Myers, Conan O'Brien, Catherine O'Hara, Jason Priestley, Seth Rogen, Morley Safer, William Shatner, Cobie Smulders, Martin Short, David Steinberg, Ben Stiller, Alan Thicke, and Alex Trebek, and the bands Barenaked Ladies, Rush, and The Trailer Park Boys
full credits at IMDb • official movie website DVD/Blu-ray available at producer moviesite only Amazon Instant Video [9/2015] rental $3.99, purchase $9.99 watch 7/2015 official trailer [2:09] online at YouTube |
 | "Dawson City: Frozen Time" [festival circuit 2016, Kino Lorber June 2017] 2-hour docufilm tells the bizarre true story of some 533 silent film reels found buried for almost 50 years in a sub-arctic swimming pool, deep in the permafrost of Yukon Territory. Filmmaker Morrison deftly combines rarely seen Hollywood features with historical footage, photographs, and interviews, to explore the complicated history of Dawson City, the Canadian Gold Rush town at the end of a film distri-bution line. • Co-produced, written & directed by Bill Morrison; 'transcendent' musical score by Alex Somers; featuring Kathy Jones-Gates, Michael Gates, Sam Kula, Bill O'Farrell, Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo, Bill Morrison Kino Lorber color/b&w Blu-ray [10/2017] for $19.69 Kino Lorber color/b&w DVD [10/2017] for $19.99 credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch 5/2017 official trailer [2:12] online at YouTube |
credited DVD contents include: "The Girl of The Northern Woods" silent short [Thanhouser, 1910] { IMDb }; "The Butler and The Maid" silent short [Edison April 1912] { IMDb }; "Brutality" by D.W. Griffith [Biograph, Dec 1912] { IMDb }; "Pathé's Weekly #17" newsreel [1913] { IMDb }; "British Canadian Pathé News #81A: World Series Baseball" newsreel [1919] { watch footage [4:30] at YouTube }; "The Exquisite Thief" by Tod Browning [Universal Film Mfng. April 1919] { IMDb }; "International News Volume 1, Issue #52" newsreel [1919] { watch footage [11:11] at YouTube }; and "The Montreal Herald Screen Magazine" newsreel [1919] { watch footage [12:17] at YouTube } |
post-screening interview at T.I.F.F. Reel History in 2017
moderated by archivist Michelle Lovegrove Thomson, featuring filmmaker Bill Morrison and film conservator Paul Gordon
watch full interview [38:45] online at YouTube
"Frontier" TV series
[Netflix/Discovery Channel Canada Nov 2016-2018]
 | location filming in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada and in Cornwall, England; starring Jason Momoa as a half-breed Canadian determined to break Hudson Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade; first season was 9-episode, second season was 6 episodes; third season of 6 episodes will be broad-cast in Oct-Nov 2018 • Starring Jason Momoa, Landon Liboiron, Zoe Boyle, Jessica Matten, Breanne Hill, Evan Jonigkeit, Allan Hawco, Lyla Porter-Follows, Greg Bryk, Alun Armstrong, Diana Bentley, Michael Patric, Shawn Doyle, Paul Ewan, Paul Fauteux, Katie McGrath, Christian McKay, Joel Thomas Hynes, Kathryn Wilder, Bradley Matheson, Demetrius Grosse, Karen LeBlanc, Jean-Michel Le Gal, Jamie Sives, James Preston Rogers, Kyle M. Hamilton, William Belleau, Stuart Hughes, Charlie Tomlinson, David Schaal, Sean Wei Mah, Zahn McClarnon, Tantoo Cardinal, Star Slade, Rémy Girard, Brendt Thomas Diabo, Chris Eustace, Billy Merasty, Shaun Olsen, Raoul Max Trujillo, Nathaniel Arcand, Natar Ungalaaq
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official series site • series entry at Wikipedia watch 1/2017 official trailer [1:19] at YouTube |
 | 'Look and Feel Canadian' Breath Spray [2015] from Blue Q Use with caution: Amazon reviewers say that after using this product they started watching hockey and had cravings for poutine and Labatt's beer 0.25 oz (7.5 ml) Blue Q peppermint flavor 4½" sprayer [1/2015] for US$9.99 |
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