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...

In 1925, Mary G. Hamilton founded Camp Tanamakoon for girls in Algonquin Park. For one hundred years, Tanamakoon has flourished and influenced the ...

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...

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...

Following the turmoil of the Great Depression and the Second World War, and the early development of the Bahá'i Faith in Canada, came a story of a ...

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...

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...

Bob McIntyre's unique Starfighters book has over 600  photos – many rare and unpublished. The book covers development, production, service histo...

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...

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

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

The Diary of Mary Reynolds begins in 1902 when a ten-year-old girl and her family leave behind their comfortable life in Stratford, Ontario. They b...

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...

Exlpore YOUR HISTORY by researching your family tree. Discover who your ancestors were and how they lived. Their stories will branch out through ti...

This tale of the Twentieth Century dates from the birth of Edward Savage in July 1916 in Brighton, England and relates his recollections of events ...

More than a genealogy, Gertrude’s Family records the stories of the people who make up the family tree of Kearneys, O’Reillys, Dohertys and Crottys...

In this book, the author explores visual tradition of female aging in various parts of Europe which have shaped the history of Western Culture. Whi...

Journey of the Shroud....stories for a new generation, based on the fascinating history behind the world's most famous ancient cloth - the Shroud o...

Today, at the start of the 21st century, Washington is a quiet place, a crossroad with a few houses, a church, and an old school (now the Masonic L...

This is a book of stories. They are not the figment of anyone's imagination, but actual, factual stories shared by genuine, real people who have be...

Most readers can't really imagine fun and Canadian History being used in the same sentence. Yet many adults profess their desire to learn more abou...

The Lord Has Helped Us is the story of Kitchener Gospel Temple. This historical book explains the events of 1908 that resulted in the development o...

In April 1763, unknown artist and naturalist, Elizabeth (nee Symonds) Gwillim was born in England. She accompanied her husband, Henry, to Madras, I...