Quilt Documentation Day

Do you have a 50 plus-year-old quilt or quilts at home, and would like to have it or them documented? 

The Fort Heritage Precinct at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta is hosting a public Quilt Documentation Day this Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kinsmen Room at the Canadian Northern Railway Station. Appointments are required and only pre-1970 quilts will be considered.

The intention is to document and photograph the quilts in order to preserve their history and contribution to Alberta’s quilting history.

The quilts will be registered, photographed and examined by a Royal Alberta Museum quilt expert. The expert will then be able to document the quilt in a personal history station. 

To set an appointment for the Sept. 26 event, contact Kris Nygren at 780-998-1783 or by email at knygren@fortsask.ca.

Does anyone know if we do this in the rest of the country? I personally have never heard of it, but it is quite possible that we do this sort of thing through historical societies. If you know the answer, please leave your it in the comments section.Thanks. 

For more details, go to http://www.fortsask.ca/home

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The Canadian War Museum is ranked #3 best in Canada!

The Canadian War Museum issued a press release yesterday which said -

The Canadian War Museum is proud to be recognized once again by TripAdvisor as one of the best museums in the country, ranking third among the top 10 museums in Canada for the second year in a row. The annual Travellers’ Choice awards highlight the top 1 percent of attractions in the world, based on the quantity and quality of visitors’ reviews over a 12-month period.

“We are pleased that so many visitors to the Canadian War Museum enjoy their experience enough to take the time to leave positive comments on TripAdvisor,” said Stephen Quick, Director General of the Canadian War Museum. “We are proud to be consistently ranked as one of Canada’s most highly recommended museums, and we will continue to produce the exceptional exhibitions and programming that make this a must-see attraction.”

Earlier this year, TripAdvisor welcomed the Canadian War Museum into its Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame, which honours attractions that have won a TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence five years in a row. The online review site also lists the War Museum as #1 among 190 “Top things to do in Ottawa.”

The website is at http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/

And the good news doesn't end there.

Dr. Tim Cook, an esteemed historian at the Canadian War Museum, received The Order of Canada, one of our country’s highest civilian honours this past Wednesday.

Tim Cook has worked at the museum since 2002, and he has been curated the First World War permanent gallery and other exhibits. He also teaches at Carleton University, and has authored seven books, many of them award-winning, including Warlords, The Madman and the Butcher, Shock Troops, At the Sharp End, Clio’s Warriors, and No Place to Run. 

His newest book, The Necessary War, is the first volume of a two book set to explore Canada in the Second World War. The second volume, Fight to the Finish, will be published this year.

A heartfelt congratulations to both the museum and Tim Cook. Through their work, out nation is richer from knowing and honouring the sacrifice that our county men and women have made (and continue to make) over the years in defending Canada.

Also, Peter Milliken, retired MP and longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Patron of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) also received the Order of Canada on Wednesday. 

To read about the position of patron, you can go to https://www.ogs.on.ca/patron.php

  

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is taking a survey

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is taking a survey so that they can “better understand our audience and how we tailor our services and communications to your needs”. 

Although, I never had anyone die because of the their service in First and Second World Wars, I visit the site quite often when doing research, so I was interested in what the survey was like, so I took it this morning.

I found the survey a bit long, and I think it was done to see how people felt about social media and (I think, although, I am not sure) what we would think about being charged a certain amount of money for things that maybe they were looking to sell.

So, what do you think? Do you find the site useful? Do you visit it that often?

1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces are buried in 154 counties around the world, including Canadians. 

The survey can be accessed here https://survey.crowdology.co.uk/snapwebhost/s.asp?k=144231495493

The website is at http://www.cwgc.org/

The Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/commonwealthwargravescommission

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New Canadian Facebook page

Al Lewis, has for years, been the person behind the very successfull website A Digital History of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Canada, and now he has started a new Facebook page called BytownorBust at https://www.facebook.com/BytownorBust

The website includes over 1,700 web pages, and it covers the history of the Ottawa area, including Western Quebec. and the cities of Ottawa and Hull/Gatineau from 1600.

If you have ancestors who lived in these areas, the website and the Facebook page should be read to find information on the areas.

The website is at http://www.bytown.net/

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BillionGraves Index updated

FamilySearch has updated the BillionGraves Index online at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973 

This collection can include:

Name of deceased 

Date of birth 

Date of death

Name of cemetery 

Date of burial 

This is an expansive family history database of records and images from the world's cemeteries, all tagged with GPS locations. They have Canadian cemeteries, so it deserves a look to see if your deceased ancestor is there. 

You can also go to website at http://billiongraves.com/

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British Home Child Day

British Home Child Day will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Brockville Museum, 5 Henry Street, Brockville, Ontario. 

There will be lectures, displays, open mike sessions where participants can tell the story of their Home Child, along with other events. Everyone is welcome. Admission is by donation. 

The morning program will repeat in the afternoon. There are on site lectures with side Cemetery tour to see the monument to the Fairknowe children buried in the Old Brockville Cemetery and an outside look at Farirknowe 

The agenda is as follows - 

9 –10 am Lecture Genealogical Resources / Cemetery Tour 

10 – 10:30 Open Mike 

10:30 –11:30 Lecture: William Quarrier Children / Fairknowe

11:30 – noon Open Mike

1:30 –2:30 pm Lecture Genealogical Resources / Cemetery Tour

2:30 –3 Open Mike

3 – 4 Lecture: William Quarrier Children / Fairknowe

So, if you are in the Brockville area, you are invited to go to the British Home Child Day.

ONTARIO EAST BRITISH HOME CHILD site is at http://www.onteastbritishhomechildfamily.com/

The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) has a group called the British Home Children

and website at https://www.ogs.on.ca/bhc.php 

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has a Home Children site (complete with indexes) and is at is at http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=4

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Canadian Week in Review 22 September 2015

I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media,

and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be

interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History

Hamilton Public Library celebrates its birthday
 

In 1890, the Hamilton Public Library opened. In 1889, a bylaw was passed to create a Public Library in Hamilton, and by October of that year, a cornerstone for the first library building was laid by Judge Muir, the first chairman of the Public Library Board. Hamilton Public Library was the third public

library created in Ontario, after Guelph and Toronto.

To read more about the Hamilton Public Library, go to

http://www.hpl.ca

Social Media

(Photos) Hantsport’s rich baseball history

http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/Local/2015-09-16/article-4278182/Hantsport%26rsquo%3Bs-rich-baseball-history/1

The Haven of Hospitality is famous for many things: shipbuilding, William Hall and, of course, the 

community s legendary baseball team, the Hantsport Shamrocks.

 
Brian Bishop, a longtime resident of the community, recently published a book called Barbershop 

Baseball, which details the rich history of baseball in the region.

(Report) Perkins House faces expensive repairs if it's to ever re-open

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/perkins-house-faces-expensive-repairs-if-it-s-to-ever-re-

open-1.3229477

A 48-page report from Pinto Engineering has been presented to the government, and the news is not 

good. Perkins House was built in 1766 by the diarist, merchant and privateer Simeon Perkins. 

(Video) Christie Blatchford: Oland murder trial takes delicious, and weird, look at family ’s 

genealogy 

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/christie blatchford oland murder trial takes delicious weird/11375138/story.html

Genealogy plays apart of the Oland murder trial. 

News articles 

Nova Scotia

Scottish documentary to introduce Nova Scotia to 'old' Scotland

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/documentary-scotland-heritage-1.3224834

Most Nova Scotians are aware of our Scottish roots. But apparently many modern-day Scots don't 

know very much about Nova Scotia.

A crew from the Glasgow bureau of STV is hoping to change that. They're in Nova Scotia shooting a 

documentary

Quebec

Ekuanitshit First Nation in Quebec pining for discontinued blend of Salada tea

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ekuanitshit-innu-nation-quebec-searches-for-salada-tea-

blend-1.3227683

Members of the Ekuanitshit First Nation, a remote community 850 kilometres northeast of uebec 

City, are in a desperate search for a discontinued blend of Salada tea they say they ust can't live 

without.

About 700 Innu live in the tiny community on the province's Lower North Shore.

Alberta

Alberta needs $12.5 million to finish longest section of Trans Canada trail

http://edmontonj ournal.com/business/ab-shoulders-longest-section-of-tc-trail? lsa be77-3b6d

Alberta, with the longest section of the Trans Canada Trail in the country, needs $12.5 million to finish the j ob in time for Canada s 150th birthday, a group of prominent Edmontonians heard Tuesday.

The complicated, four-pronged route includes a northern leg to the Yukon and Northwest Territories, 

west to Grande Prairie and into British Columbia and, in the south, through Banff National Park to 

B.C., Deborah Apps, CEO of the Trans Canada Trail Association, told a group organized by 

prominent Edmontonian Bob Westbury.

News Stories This Week

City bulldozes archaeological site

By now, you have heard of the city of Montreal which has 

bulldozes archaeological the site of a 18th century tannery 

village to make way for an interchange. The imterchage will 

be at the intersection of St-Jacques and St-R mi Streets in 

Ste-Henri,one of the oldest sections of the city.

Various groups had tried to stop the development, but to no 

avail.

More than 150 boxes of artifacts have been dug from the site, 

but it still doesn't replace the village, which could have been 

very important to the city, seeing that it is coming up to the 375th anniversary of Montreal which 

happens in 2017.

To see what on in 2017, go to http://www.375mtl.com/en/

Do you ever get bored when working on genealogy?

Randy Seaver, the American owner of the blog 

Geneamusings, says he get bored from time to time, and 

when he does, he has a tried and true way of getting himself 

out of the doldrums. 

In his post called Genea-Therapy - Finding More Seaver 

Folks at http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/09/genea-

therapy-finding-more-seaver-folks.html, he says " My sure 

cure for genea-boredom is to go exploring for information 

about persons in my family tree, or to mine a database on 

Ancestry, FamilySearch or MyHeritage so I can add content 

and sources to persons in my tree". 

As someone who sees this as a ob I have been in business since 2013 , rather than as a hobby, I 

too suffer from the doldrums from time to time. And when I do, I echo some of Randy's solutions. I 

check the Canadian websites, and Facebook to see if there is anything new I should be aware of. 

There is always news to discover somewhere! 

I set aside some time in my day so that I can listen to the latest webinars, or watch the latest Google 

Hangouts on Air, or check my Google Alerts. 

So there are lots of things that you can do. Even phone, or email a genealogy friend to see how 

things are going. Or a short drive to your local repository. It all helps! 

But the one thing that keeps me going and provides me with inspiration is that I am in the business of 

helping people.

I help people find their Canadian ancestors those who emigrated from other 

counties or migrated up here from the United States to find a better life. One thing that Canada had, 

that emigrants wanted, was land and we had plenty of undeveloped land. 

So excuse me while I return to work.

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Canadian Women in War

The Canadian War Museum located at 1 Vimy Place in Ottawa, Ontario, there will be an exhibit called World War Women from 23 October 2015 to 20 March 2016 in the Lieutenant- Colonel John McCrae Gallery.

The press release says that “The First and Second World Wars transformed the lives of Canadian women, as they took on new roles in response to the inevitable trials and tragedies of wartime. Through artifacts, images and firsthand accounts, World War Women explores their stories, showing how women’s contributions challenged perceptions — within society and within themselves — of their capabilities”.

To go along with this exhibit, there will be a War – In Their Own Words in which you can talk to the World War Women volunteers. Hear their personal stories about how they or their loved ones experienced war.

The website is http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/

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Donald Trump – The Canadian part of his family history

According to a new book by Gwenda Blair, The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire.
Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, earned his 'substantial nest-egg' from Yukon hotel business during the Klondike Gold Rush before heading to New York City. 

He happened to be in Seattle when the news broke about the Gold Rush, and he joined the group that headed north. He set up the Arctic Restaurant and Hotel in two locations with a partner — first one on Bennett Lake in northern British Columbis, and then in Whitehorse, Yukon – where he made his money. 

To read the whole story, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-canada-yukon-1.3235254

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Canadian Genealogy News (CGW) 25 August 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning - 

Genealogical and Family Institute of Scottish Studies

Announcement has come from James Fraser, Scottish Studies Chair, at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario through his Twitter feed and on the Facebook page that there will be a new Genealogical and Family Institute of Scottish Studies.

To assist with the development of the new Institute, the University will begin a crowdfunding campaign in December of this year (2015).

Read about further developments here, when they become available.  

The webpage is at http://www.uoguelph.ca/scottish/

The Twitter account is at https://twitter.com/ScottishStudies

The Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/scottishstudies

Board for Certification of Genealogists

The Board for Certification of Genealogists, an American based organization, has announced that Canadian genealogist, Alison Hare, CG, from Ottawa, Ontario has been re-elected for another three-year term as trustee. 

She has been certified since 1999, and is a fellow member of the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists at http://ocapg.org/.

Congratulations, Alison! 

Meanwhile, happy researching!

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Canadian Week in Review (CWR) 23 August 2015

I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History

In 1860, Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) arrived in Montreal during a tour of British North American colonies.

It took him 2 months to tour the provinces of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Upper Canada (Ontario), and Lower Canada (Quebec).

To read about King Edward VII, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII


Social Media

(Video) Heavy horse centre opening next week at Assiniboine Park Zoo

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/heavy-horse-centre-opening-next-week-at-assiniboine-park-zoo-1.3196262

Visitors to Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo can soon learn about heavy horses, the "gentle giants" that had a prominent role in Manitoba's early history, at a new exhibit opening next week.

Newspaper Articles

Nova Scotia

HISTORY: Black River - history of a community

http://www.novanewsnow.com/Opinion/Columnists/2015-08-18/article-4246586/HISTORY%3A-Black-River---history-of-a-community/1

The occasion was the official opening of the new community hall in Black River, a hall that sprang from the ashes when the former school that had been standing for well over a century burned to the ground.

ED COLEMAN HISTORY: Etna, Vesuvius – two county ghost communities

http://www.kingscountynews.ca/Opinion/Columnists/2015-08-19/article-4249726/ED-COLEMAN-HISTORY%3A-Etna,-Vesuvius-%26ndash%3B-two-county-ghost-communities/1

To my surprise, Black River isn’t profiled in the book, at least not under that name. Yet a couple of Kings County communities are profiled that either don’t exist or were never officially recognized as communities. Etna and Vesuvius are two such communities that come to mind.

New Brunswick

Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland to host presentation on First World War NB pilots

http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/News/Local/2015-08-19/article-4251024/Fort-Beausejour---Fort-Cumberland-to-host-presentation-on-First-World-War-NB-pilots/1

Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland National Historic Site will host a special presentation on First World War New Brunswick pilots, including Albert Desbrisay Carter, one of Canada's top ace pilots of the time who was from Point de Bute.

Ontario

Cardinal Collins marks 400 years since first Mass in Ontario

http://www.catholicregister.org/item/20737-cardinal-collins-marks-400-years-since-first-mass-in-ontario

Four centuries ago, the first Mass west of Quebec was celebrated in the Huron-Wendat village of Carhagouha. On Aug. 15, Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins returned to that spot to mark the 400th anniversary of the event.

Exploring Champlain's city portage routes

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2015/08/17/exploring-champlains-city-portage-routes

A new book recounting Samuel de Champlain's portage routes through Peterborough is about to be published, 400 years after the French explorer's travels here.

Finding Champlain's Dream was co-written by Elwood Jones, the archivist with Trent Valley Archives, along with Alan Brunger and Peter Adams.

John By's answer to the homeless problem

http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/22/john-bys-answer-to-the-homeless-problemjohn-bys-answer-to-the-homeless-problemoneplan

This is an article about the squatters' villages which sprag up during the building of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa.

Saskatchewan

Naming bridges not complicated 

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Naming+bridges+complicated/11303755/story.html

It's nearly incomprehensible that 25 months after the opening of the bridge on Circle Drive South, with another two bridges expected to be built within three years, city council is still struggling to come up with an easy way to name Saskatoon's iconic structures that goes beyond a prosaic geographical description.

British Columbia

Lost piece of family history returned after 4 decades

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lost-piece-of-family-history-returned-after-4-decades-1.3195375

Isn't this great news! One mystery auction and more than 15,000 km later, this 140-year-old family Bible goes home.

The Stories This Week 

New direction of the Ontario Genealogical Society blog

There has been quite a few changes at the Ontario Genealogical Society over the past couple years, and now there is a change of what you see at their blog.

In years past, it use to be the place where the news was posted, now, since March of this year, it is the place where you go to learn how to do Ontario genealogy. The news have been moved to the Facebook page.

So far the following articles have been posted -

Using the “Between” Records – County and City Directories 

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6136

Finding/Researching Your Canadian World War I Soldier Ancestor

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6143

Finding/Researching Your Canadian World War 1 Soldier Ancestor- Part 2

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6149

Making a Connection between Official Records

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6156

Men of the “Cloth”-Tracking Records for Preachers, Pastors and Priests

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6172

Family Stories – Truth or Fiction?

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6179

Who is She Actually? How Names Can Change in a Person’s Lifetime

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6184

So You Think That You Have a Brickwall- Part 1

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6191

So You Think That You Have a Brickwall-Part 2

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6197

So You Think You Have a Brickwall- Part 3

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6201

The Personals- More Than You Wanted to Know

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogs_blog.php?p=6208

What do you of a society using their blog to post research articles? Have you found these articles helpful?

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Canadian Week in Review (CWR) 17 August 2015

I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History

The Canadian Women’s Army Corps, 1941-1946

The formation of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during the Second World War is a milestone in the history of women’s participation in the Canadian military

To read more, you can go to the story at http://www.warmuseum.ca/education/online-educational-resources/dispatches/the-canadian-womens-army-corps-1941-1946/

Social Media 

(Photos) HANTS HISTORY (Aug. 6, 2015 edition)

http://www.hantsjournal.ca/Opinion/Columnists/2015-08-06/article-4237149/HANTS-HISTORY-(Aug.-6,-2015-edition)/1

Here's a look at what was making the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal.
(Blog) Blythe Family Ancestry

http://www.emptynestancestry.com/blythegenealogy/index.php

(Photos) Rail history tracked to Merritton

The Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway — one of the first electric interurban railways in Canada — was commemorated with a plaque in Merritton where one of its stations once stood.

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2015/08/11/rail-history-tracked-to-merritton

Newspaper Articles

Newfoundland

Built to last 

http://www.thetelegram.com/section/2015-08-10/article-4239031/Built-to-last/1

Members of YW today have gone back in the provincial archives looking in daily newspapers for references to the organization, searching for any pieces of news that could be added to the chronological story. But you have to enjoy looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack.

Quebec

Quebec considering removing N-word from 11 place names

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/quebec-considering-removing-n-word-from-11-place-names-1.3184317

A stretch of the Gatineau River that has officially been called Nigger Rapids for decades could be renamed— along with 10 other sites in Quebec whose names include the racial slur.

And the latest new is that Quebec is considering changing the name of a local rapids, and you can read about it at http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/11/quebec-locales-using

If you want to read how Quebec chooses the names for places, you ca go to http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/english.aspx

Ontario 

LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Follows the lives of Thomas Mathews and his son John through the Upper Canada land records

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5798175-lee-dickson-genealogy-follows-the-lives-of-thomas-mathews-and-his-son-john-through-the-upper-canada/

Continued from the previous June and July columns, the lives of Thomas Mathews and his son John are traced forward through the Upper Canada land records. This next part of their story involves the settlement of the Town of York, established 1793. 

GENEALOGY WITH JANICE: Small town newspapers are a boon for family historian

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5797160-genealogy-with-janice-small-town-newspapers-are-a-boon-for-family-historian/

If you have family or relatives who lived in a small town - check out the local newspapers! So many are now online, it’s easy. And lots of fun. 

Living History Day gives Lost Villages a blast from the past

http://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/News/2015-08-11/article-4242207/Living-History-Day-gives-Lost-Villages-a-blast-from-the-past/1

The valuable role of Canadians in the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 came to life at the Lost Villages Museum in Long Sault.

Alberta 

Hanna roundhouse reunion celebrates railroad history

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/hanna-roundhouse-reunion-celebrates-railroad-history

Roundhouses once dotted the prairies, spaced along the railroad where workers needed a chance to rest and locomotives would be resupplied and inspected.

Now, very few remain. Many have simply crumbled away and the physical legacy of Canadian railroad history is disappearing. One of the few examples of these buildings left is the roundhouse outside of Hanna, Alta.

British Columbia

Dreamers and Dissidents' profiles legends of the Kootenays

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dreamers-and-dissidents-profiles-legends-of-the-kootenays-1.3180664

The Knowledge Network debuted a new documentary series this week produced by Nelson's Amy Bohigian that tells the stories of some of the most interesting and inspiring characters the Kootenays has ever produced. 

Kaplan heritage sign removed for illegal replacement

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kaplan-heritage-sign-removed-for-illegal-replacement-1.3187726

The neon blue Kaplan sign that has hung for decades on a Vancouver heritage building at the corner of Granville and Broadway has been replaced with an illegal red sign, raising the ire of heritage activists and citizens alike.

The Stories This Week

Gold is discovered in the Yukon Territory in 1896

On 16 August 1896, gold was discovered near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada.

It was discovered by Aborginals from the Skookum tribe - Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie. George Carmack, from Seattle, was also with them when they made the discovery. They found the gold in Rabbit Creek, near Dawson, in the Yukon, and the creek was renamed Bonanza Creek – the site of the Klondike Gold Rush. 

After word reaches the United States in June of 1897, thousands of Americans headed to the Klondike to seek their fortunes.

Within six months, approximately 100,000 gold-seekers set off for the Yukon. Because it was so arduous to get to the site (they had to use pack animals or sleds to carry hundreds of pounds of supplies), only about 30,000 completed the trip.

Dawson City located on the way to the Klondike, and it temporarily became the largest city north of San Francisco! What had stated out as a tent city, soon boasted fire hydrants on the streets, and was the first city in western Canada to have electric lights. And the growth of Dawson was largely responsible for the creation of the Yukon Territory as a new Canadian Province on June 13, 1898. 

And other Canadian cities out west also had dramatic growth due to the Klondike Gold Rush. Vancouver, British Columbia saw its population double, and in Alberta, Edmonton's population tripled. 

So there is a nutshell is the story of the Klondike Gold Rush.

There are many places that you can look for information. For instance,

The Klondike Gold Rush 1890s

http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1890s/

Klondike Gold Rush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush

Gold Rush History 

http://travelyukon.com/media/Discover%20Yukon/Fascinating%20Yukon%20Trivia/Gold%20Rush%20History

Gives a time line of the gold rush, and what is going on this summer in the Klondike.

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