Hockey Hall of Fame When people think of an NHL team in Quebec City, they are naturally going to think about the Quebec Nordiques. But long before the Quebec Nordiques, there were the Quebec Bulldogs. This was a team that won Stanley Cups, had...
Painting by Charles M. Russell On a warm July day in 1874, 275 men, 310 horses, 143 oxen and 187 carts and wagons left Fort Dufferin, Manitoba. Each man was dressed in a bright red uniform with polished boots. Optimism was high, as the two-kilometre...
We are now moving into the last half of the first decade of the 1900s and all in all, it was a pretty quiet year. On Jan. 1, the Ouimetoscope opened in Montreal at the corner of Saint Catherine and Montcalm Streets. It was a 500-seat theatre with a...
Library and Archives Canada After Andrew Wetmore served as the first premier of New Brunswick, a new man came in to lead the province. He not only served as the second premier of New Brunswick, but also the fourth premier of the province. His name...
Hockey Hall of Fame There have been many great goaltenders in NHL history. Many of those goalies have played for the Montreal Canadiens including Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy. But the first big goaltending star for the Canadiens was a...
Stratford Festival Archives Along the river, a large group of people gather. Swans swim by in the sparkling water of the tree-lined river. A buzz moves through the crowd as they wait in eager anticipation. Then, they hear it… The doors open, and the...
We are venturing into the second half of the first decade of the 20th century and many amazing things happened in 1905! The first big event was the journey of the Dawson City Nuggets in their quest to win the Stanley Cup in Ottawa. Beginning on Dec...
As we delve into the first five premiers of New Brunswick, we begin with Andrew Rainsford Wetmore. Wetmore was born on Aug. 16, 1820 in Fredericton. His family was one of the most prominent in New Brunswick. His grandfather and great-grandfather...
Toronto Star He was the man behind the blue and white colours of the Maple Leafs, the name of the team itself, and guided it through two dynasty eras. His name was Conn Smythe. While he was a hockey icon, he remains a divisive figure in the history...
Canada was progressing through the first decade of the 20th century, and 1904 would once again prove to be one of the most important years of the country’s early existence. On March 2, 1904, the Montreal Wanderers played in their first Stanley Cup...