I
have come across the following Canadian websites, blogs, Facebook, and
newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought
you might be interested in them, too
Websites
Canadian
Society of Mayflower Descendants http://www.csmd.org
Have you been to this website lately? I had the occasion to go to it last week
and notice that they have chapters (called colonies) across the country, and
they appeared to be an active group in Canada.
Blogs
Canadian
Heritage Tours on The Waterways www.thegreatwaterway.com/blogs A collection of
different things to do and see on the Rideau Canal Waterway in Ontario.
Facebook, Videos, You Tube
No sites this week.
Newspapers Articles of the Week
Thousands connect with Alberta's Ukrainian heritage http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/08/12/edmonton-ukrainian-heritage-day.html The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is located at Edmonton
Alberta, along Highway 16, just 3 km east of Elk Island National Park. It is an
open-air museum that tells the story of Ukrainian immigrants who settled in
this region to 1930 (1892-1930). The website is www.history.alberta.ca/ukrainianvillage/default.aspx
Confederation Centre to play host to new Mi'kmaq
exhibition
www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2013-08-12/article-3347467/Confederation-Centre-to-play-host-to-new-Mikmaq-exhibition/1 A new travelling
exhibition highlighting the Mi’kmaq history of Prince Edward Island is set to
open at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown.
Fort Vermilion marks 225th anniversary with a parade that touches on its historic past www.edmontonjournal.com/Fort+Vermilion+marks+225th+anniversary+with+parade+that+touches+historic+past/8775802/story.html The float down the main street in Fort Vermilion told of the start of the town as a fur trading post established by Charles Boyer with the Northwest Company on the banks of the Peace River in 1788.
Vikings exhibit coming to Museum of Civilization in 2015 www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Vikings+exhibit+coming+Museum+Civilization+2015/8793876/story.html The exhibition We Call Them Vikings will open at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in November, 2015, and continue to the next April.
Swaminarayan sect buys
2 US, Canada churches http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-15/ahmedabad/41412652_1_churches-sansthan-mahesh-varsani The Shree Swaminarayan
Gaadi Sansthan Maninagar religion, based in India, is busy buying unused churches across the world. One such church
is a 100-year old church in Scarborough, Ontario – next door to Toronto.
Key piece of lighthouse history makes it back home www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2013-08-14/article-3351059/Key-piece-of-lighthouse-history-makes-it-back-home/1
Barry MacDonald, president of the Nova Scotia Lighthouse
Preservation Society, has donated the original lens from the second Caribou
lighthouse to the Northumberland Fisheries Lighthouse Museum.
Story of the Week
National
Acadian Day
The
National Acadian Day is held
every year on August 15th. During
the first National Convention of the Acadians held at Memramcook, New Brunswick
in 1881, that the Acadians leaders received the directive to set the date of this
celebration as August 15th.
A
good site to bring you up-to-date on the history of Acadians is at www.cbc.ca/acadian/feature_national_acadian_day.html
Reminder: Check out Canadian Week in Review every Monday for the latest in
Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada. It’s the ONLY news blog of its
kind in country! The next post will be 9 September, 2013.
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