Samuel
Wood, Montreal native who has returned to the city after being away for 18
years of studying and teaching in Britain, has a new blog called A History of
Canada by Montreal Metro.
It’s
a history based on the names of Montreal’s 68 metro stations.
He
says he is “inspired by my fascination with the stories that shape the world in
which I live”.
The
stations tell the history of both France and Britain.
“Only
in Montreal could you find Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, a French
Jesuit explorer and teacher of Voltaire, on the same line as Robert Peel, prime
minister of Great Britain and the founder of the London police force”, says
Wood.
To
read his blog, go to http://historyofcanadabymetro.com
