Canada began as a rural nation: more than 80 per cent of people lived in rural areas in the 1870s.
My Canada, 10/150: Ski-doo to you too
In Canada, Bombardier’s Ski-doo became king, the term a generic equivalent to “snowmobile”.
My Canada, 9/150: Snow bound
Snow in winter is ingrained in our Canadian ways.
My Canada, 8/150: The St. Lawrence River
Of course every Canadian kid learns about the St. Lawrence River.
My Canada, 7/150: The Great Lakes, sunset at Port Franks
I grew up, and spent a good chunk of my adult life, in the peninsula-shaped dangle of Ontario surrounded by three of the five Great Lakes.
My Canada, 6/150: The little rivers
Canada has big lakes, little lakes, marshes, wetlands: a complicated web of rivers connect them all.
My Canada, 5/150: The Pacific Ocean
The sunsets gobsmack me. Each one is different, caressing the ocean, playing in clouds, illuminating island and coastal mountains.
My Canada, 4/150: The Atlantic Ocean
It was the first hot week of the year and the Atlantic Ocean had some catching up to do.
