History

Journey Through Owen Sound’s Hockey History features the stories of the events and people who have created Owen Sound’s rich hockey heritage! The s...

International Harvester Canada: In the following pages, you'll read the story of this well-known company as seen through the lens of history and in...

Six of the seven men died that summer night in 1943. The only survivor would spend two years in a POW camp and die years later remembering the horr...

Mystery, intrigue… love and romance… a fight to save history… it is all here in Walter Gowing’s story of the Ghosts of Del Monte, known as the Pres...

Five Days In November  is more than a book about military history: it is a tale of people. It is the story of Canadians fighting for the liberty of...

From the trenches of war torn France circa 1916, Cpl. Harry Hillyer reaches out to touch his granddaughter, five thousand miles away and over eight...

The memoirs of George S. MacDonell is a story of the triumph of the human spirit over a sea of misfortunes.His is the story of a teenage soldier wh...

LONGPORT 1883-1911 is the original photo journal created by Elizabeth Baily (Collins) Remington. This reproduction, edited by Bernard Remington Go...

Writing this story began slowly. I had remembered a cistern which my parents drained. At some point in the past it was the water supply for the sum...

Dedicated into service at the end of September 1931, the Ontario C.P.R. Dental Car is shown here in January of 1932 sharing a siding in Northern On...

War Diary is a collection of stories from the Highland Light Infantry of Canada during their time in Northwest Europe 1944-45.

Louis Tétreau (1631-1699)This is the story of true Canadian Pioneer, Louis Tétreau. This book was written for elementary school age children wishin...

This book is listed as the third volume even though it is the first completed book in the series. I started the story at the end if you will. Two m...

American reporters touring the downtown were taken aback by the ready availability of gambling spots where bets on horse races or the numbers racke...

This is a story about Canada's soldiers who, despite their defeat and capture by the Japanese at Hong Kong in World War II, never gave up and never...

In casting about for a suitable project to mark the Millennium, students and staff at Plattsville & District Public School decided that their t...

Colonel Gordon Dailley MBE. CD (1911-1989), the Unstoppable Canadian, was all this and more: a rolling stone traveller and adventurer, an Olympic g...

The story of Rachel Bowman and Samuel Cormany is based on the diaries they wrote during their courtship in Ohio and their honeymoon visit to Waterl...

Historical Identities Canada's "German Capital".A contribution to the history of German-Canadian migration, acculturation and perception of the 19t...

Wonderfully written and factually presented, the story follows the twins north from West Virginia with the help of a family of escaped slaves. Alon...

Most of us in Canada are conditioned to think that international hockey began in 1972 with the Summit Series. Kevin Gibson's book gives us the stat...

The stories in this collection are based on the folklore legends and characters that enrich the indigenous mythology of Trinidad and Tobago.  Many ...

Contempt for Danger offers a glimpse of Canada's military contribution during wartime by embracing the experiences of the nation's legendary heroes...

The first time I remember hearing the name of Sir Alexander Galt, I was about seven  years old. Our family was visiting Lethbridge, the city I'd be...