St. Vincent Memories

Hugh O'Lone, 1870 Kootenai Brown,1895 J ohn George "Kootenai" Brown's reference to “Bob O'Lone” in his memoir...

Sgt. Fred Bailey [Source:  RCMP Veterans Association, Vancouver Division] L et me introduce you to an ordinary man who happened to...

B ack in the day, just as now, lawmen worked together between Canada and America.  There was less red tape then, although that was there,...

Co-Workers of my Grandpa Fitzpatrick at Humboldt Hill Farm:  'Illegal' Canadians? W e often hear about illegal aliens working ...

Gypsy Musicians From Pat Miller Herzog via Mike Rustad: D ad was at Letellier for something or other regarding Customs and heard this ...

An image I found online for sale, of the Emerson port-of-entry, circa 1947 L ocals would be waved through without stopping back then.  Ev...

There are many humorous stories circulating online, but only a few that I find truly amusing. I received such a one this morning from my fri...

I discovered this film on the National Film Board of Canada website today, which I was not aware of before. I think it has a lot to say, th...

I started this post to be about Major E. A. C. Hatch 1 (sometimes referred to as Edward Hatch, or Edwin Hatch...) But a much more interes...

Men's Barracks, Lower Fort Garry - Winter of 1857-1858 The Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment men's barracks as seen from the officer...

A film was made about the Ferry Command operations... I have written about Ferry Command several other times here on this blog. There ...

There are many places that are etched in my memory that will never leave me. They were imprinted there when I was a very little girl...tho...

I recently posted about an amazing artist from my region named Don McMaster . I posted about Don because he had created a series of painting...

I discovered a site today that appears to have been around since 2005 but somehow I didn't discover it until recently (shame on me!) I...

I was contacted again by Ted Beaudoin about his latest book, EARTH ANGELS RISING , which will be the second book in his aviation trilogy, Wa...

The Centre for Rupert’s Land 1 Studies at The University of Winnipeg will be hosting its 2010 Colloquium from the 19th to the 22nd of May,...

A great film about the story of how the railroad was built that crossed Canada...

OK, so I'm slow to the party. I only now discovered a Canadian sitcom called Corner Gas (and ironically the show's series finale wa...

Welcome to Pembina Island! I received this image of the current flood from Chuck Walker yesterday. I don't know who took it, but it'...

Encampment on the Red River - Hind Expedition, 1857 Born in Ireland, H. L. Hime came to Canada in 1854 and joined the Hind Expedition as...