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INSIDE EXPLORING
GRASSLANDS
NATIONAL PARK
FINDING THE
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THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION?
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AFTER THE VICTORY:
CANADA’S SECOND WORLD WAR LEGACY
THE TANGLED TALE
OF LOUIS THE PARROT
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CANADASHISTORY.CA | AUG– SEPT 2020
CONTENTS
Vol 100:4
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FEATURES
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On All
Fronts
From the home front to the front
lines, Canadians everywhere did
their bit to help the Allies win
the Second World War.
by Tim Cook
COVER: DETAIL, PERILOUS POSITION OF HMS ‘TERROR’, CAPTAIN BACK, IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN THE SUMMER OF 1837,
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH, LONDON. BHC3655
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After
Victory
The Second World War led
to fundamental changes to
Canada.
by Tim Cook
On the cover
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Solving the
Franklin Mystery
After 175 years, searchers close
in on answers to what actually
doomed the 1845 Northwest
Passage expedition.
by Ken McGoogan
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Something to
Squawk About
Louis the parrot fought the forces
of progress in Victoria — and
—
won.
by Susan Goldenberg
Perilous Position of HMS Terror,
Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions
in the Summer of 1837,
by William
Smyth. The
Terror
returned to the
Arctic in 1845 with the Franklin
expedition, becoming trapped
in ice again and sinking in what is
now Terror Bay, off Nunavut.
CANADASHISTORY.CA
AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 2020
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CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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The Packet
Yukon’s booze
ban. An overlooked legacy. HBC
ignites fond memories.
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Currents
Playing cards helped
aircrews recognize friends from foes.
From the archives: Insects that weave
a dangerous web. Remembering
Shirlee Anne Smith. Museums work
to archive the pandemic. Canada’s
roadside attractions.
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Trading Post
A lock and key
were used to secure the powder
magazine at York Factory.
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Destinations
Breathtaking
views, undisturbed pre-contact
Indigenous heritage, and the remains
of early settlements can be found in
southern Saskatchewan’s Grasslands
National Park.
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Books
Reviews: Coastal
calamities. West Coast idyll. Fighting
words. Working knowledge. More
books: Railway hotels, Czech refugees,
artists’ marriage, wild nightlife,
internment camps, notorious
gangster, obscured athlete.
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Annual Report
Celebrating the successes of
2019–20. Plus our annual honour
roll of donors.
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Album
Members of a work
gang pose in a tent along the CNR
line in central Saskatchewan.
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