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Even in familiar surroundings, falling in love can be an otherworldly experience. Imagine how it must have been for those who fell in love—or wished they could—in what was, quite literally, another world.

Book Review: The York Factory Express provides a fascinating window into the lives of a distinct group of men who led daring, adventurous lives and who were the driving force behind one of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s least known yet most epic transportation ventures.

The dashing prince who did much to shape the direction of Canada was not your run-of-the-mill royal.

Lake Huron village has a rich fishing heritage.

In the dead of a typical Canadian winter, a rose by any other name than Explorer would not be as hardy.

Thousands of pieces form Montréal’s historical patchwork quilt. 

Canada’s first English settlers leave a rich Elizabethan legacy.

Book Review: In Masters and Servants, Parks Canada historian Scott Stephen examines how the Hudson’s Bay Company constructed its labour force during the firm’s “long first century.”

Gardening was a common pursuit at the fur-trade posts from the very start, but that didn't mean it came easily.  

Christmas feasting in pioneer Canada was often a “pot luck” affair.