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Imagine planning a summer-long road trip that would take in ten of Canada’s National Historic Sites. Which ones would you choose?

From fires to floods and everything in between, it seems that Canadians scarcely get a break from the wrath of Mother Nature. A look back on our history seems to confirm this fact.

Folks in our country have come up with lots of odd, innovative, and downright zany ways to transport goods and people.

Employed in the hunting and trapping of birds, this Inuit weapon was an elegant form of slingshot used during the early twentieth century.

When thirty gentlemen of Henry VIII’s court signed on for a sea tour of Newfoundland, they didn’t quite get what they bargained for: starvation, cannibalism and piracy.

Penelope Johnston explores the tragic legacy of Grosse Île, Quebec’s former immigrant quarantine station.

Little is known about the spiritual beliefs of Newfoundland's now-extinct Beothuk people. But archaeologists have recently come up with some new theories.  

A close friend remembers the rapid rise and tragic fall of Ojibwa artist Benjamin Chee Chee.

Katherine McIntyre explores the heritage and rugged beauty of “the land God gave Cain.”