Found on the “Canadian Signature Experiences” list, Diefenbunker really is a unique type of museum and tourist site and was our first stop in Ottawa as we made our way into the city. Designed and built in secrecy from 1959-61, during the height of Cold War fear, the...
Kingston City Hall is one of the finest 19th-century buildings in Canada and is designated as a National Historic Site. It remains the centre for administering and governing the City of Kingston since 1844 and it was here that we found ourselves for a self-guided tour...
Sir Henry Pellatt is the man behind Toronto’s now famous landmark, and North America’s only full-sized castle. Born in Kingston, ON in 1859, he grew up to become a very astute businessman. At the same time that Thomas Edison was developing steam-generated electricity,...
I will admit that I know far less about my own country’s history than I should. In school, History class always just seemed like a bunch of dates and people’s names that I would never remember and I couldn’t wait to get out of each class and on to the other classes I...
One day in London barely scratches the surface to see all the wonderful things this city has to offer but that might be all the time you have. Perhaps you’re on a business trip and only have one day before you have to fly back home. Or you’re on a tour of England or...
The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in the area known as the Ypres Salient. It bears the names of 54,610 soldiers from Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom who died in the Salient and whose graves are unknown. The site was...
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