With medieval streets, seaside beaches, and a network of hiking trails, Carlingford is a popular tourist destination that also showcases the legacy of one of Canada’s Fathers of Confederation.
Drawing on a wide range of written and oral archives, this year’s recipient examined the physical, political, and cultural making of the Canada-US border from the 1770s to the early twentieth century in beautiful and compelling prose.
Fiction Feature: When a B.C. lighthouse keeper falls ill, his daughter, Mary Croft, takes over, becoming probably the first woman in Canada to do so. Her daughters help, too!
In addition to its commercial importance, the creation of a fur-trade radio network in the 1930s brought far-reaching changes to the lives of Northern residents.
Medical director Joseph Workman believed that 50 per cent of his alleged “lunacy” cases were curable at home. But with this half-built facility so close at hand, local officials found it a convenient place to drop off their criminals, misfits and troublemakers.
