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At the Edge of the Forest

Cutting trees was hard work. Settlers used a felling axe to chop down trees, a broadaxe to square logs, and horses or oxen to move timbers for building. Settlers also burned trees that they did not need for building. The family then boiled the ashes in a kettle to make potash, a soap ingredient, for household use and sale.

Copy – Members Only: History of Canada Tour (SH)

Excerpt - History of Canada: Join us for a journey of discovery.

We wanted to include everything! Behinds the scenes of From Pepinot to PAW Patrol® – Television of our Childhoods

Behind the exhibition on the rich, diverse history of 70 years of Canadian children’s television

Death in the Ice – The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition

Copy – The Ones We Met – Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition (SH)

TEST - This exhibition is presented in Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French.

Inuit Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition Exhibition

Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas helped create Canada’s best-known social welfare program. As leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (precursor of the New Democratic Party), he led North America’s first socialist government, serving as premier of Saskatchewan between 1944 and 1961. His government introduced the first publicly funded medical insurance system in Canada in 1961. The government of Lester B. Pearson passed similar legislation at the federal level — the Medical Care Act — which extended universal health care coverage across the country in 1966.

Maurice “Rocket” Richard

Five hundred and forty-four goals and eight Stanley Cup wins in the 1940s and 1950s made Maurice “Rocket” Richard a hockey legend. He also became a hero to French Canadians in his time — and he remains so today. Coming from a modest background, the Rocket was hardworking, strong and no-nonsense: he faced challenges but ultimately triumphed. His Number 9 has become the symbol of an entire people.

Thomas D’Arcy McGee

The popular vision behind Confederation was supplied by an unlikely source: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, who had once described himself as “a traitor to the British government.” During his youth in Ireland, McGee became involved in efforts to free his native country from British rule and even advocated revolution.

 In Conversation With Britt Braaten, Creative Development Specialist (Canadian War Museum)

History Hall Article – British Newcomers

After the Conquest, the British quickly realized that they could not govern Canada without the cooperation of the French-speaking population.

History Hall Article – At the Edge of the Forest

Cutting trees was hard work. Settlers used a felling axe to chop down trees, a broadaxe to square logs, and horses or oxen to move timbers for building.