With the October-November 2020 issue of Canada’s History, we are beginning a new chapter for Canada’s second-oldest still-published magazine. The Beaver returns in a new incarnation that honours the past while offering a platform for Indigenous voices.
Listen to the 1914 renditions of “Vision” and “One Sweetly Solemn Thought” by Canadian musician Winifred Bambrick, the first harpist to record with American inventor Thomas Edison.
Chinese-Canadian Kam Len “Doug” Sam served in the air force in the Second World War. Shot down in France, he gathered critical information as a spy for the Allies.