History

The exhausted band of Mennonite refugees arriving in the "green hell" of western Paraguay in 1930 could not help but be dismayed. It seemed they ha...

This book is the history of William Scott, the founder of New Hamburg, Ontario and his descendents and extended family. William Scott emigrated fro...

This is the story of Marie Lapierre, and her ancestral line. It is the story of pride, faith, triumph, disaster defeat and endurance. It is the sto...

This publication commemorates 100 years of systematics in Agriculture Canada, from 1886 to 1986. James Fletcher inaugurated systematics in the depa...

When I started to write about my great friend Jim Mahon, I decided that he was much more than a great hockey player. He was an incredibly wonderful...

Louis David Riel, the founding father of Manitoba and Metis leader in Saskatchewan is one of Canada's most enigmatic historical figures. His contro...

War stories are told from many points of view. Some write the horrors of war, some boastful, others braggarts. I have never been a war enthusiast n...

Dateline: Baeburg, Ontario. Population: 1 135Time: Spring 1975Breaking News: Not much, really.Well, okay, there are a few things happening: all the...

The book reveals an exceptionally rich and significant history of Waringstown villages from its founding in 1658 by William Waring. The Waring fami...

Walter Cooke is a long-time Toronto resident and retired business executive with a penchant for Canadian history. His latest work, Toronto...city o...

In 1881, when Alma College, a private school for ladies opened in St Thomas, Ontario, F.M. Bell-Smith established an Academy of fine Arts where stu...

In 1881, when Alma College, a private school for ladies opened in St Thomas, Ontario, F.M. Bell-Smith established an Academy of Fine Arts where stu...

The fascinating story of the connection of Toronto, Canada and New Orleans, through the musicians of both cities and the Toronto fans who have jour...

Coley’s Toxins were invented in 1893 by Dr. William Coley when hewas 29 years old. In the following 43 years Dr. Coley treated aboutone thousand in...

It was a 40 year High School Reunion that sent the Author, a resident of Canada for half a century, time traveling through her childhood, growing u...

“After a forced landing on Shale Lake, I had to spend the winter months trapped in the wilderness with a man I did not know. This was beyond descri...

Michael Connor and Bridget Cain are the heroes of this book. They were refugees fleeing oppression in Ireland in 1837. They sailed to Canada with t...