The completion of the transatlantic cable from Ireland in 1866 was a massive international event (pictured). But 14 years earlier, the first ever undersea…
When 22-year-old Louisa Journeaux stepped into a rowboat one quiet Sunday evening, she couldn’t have imagined that the whole world would hear about it.…
Newfoundlander Bob Bartlett (right) and famous explorer Robert Peary (left) were a dynamic duo of Arctic exploration who faced triumph and controversy in their…
A sketch of Binstead House, just outside of Charlottetown, PEI. In 1856, wealthy Englishwoman Georgina Pennée moved into the house and found an unexpected…
L’anse aux meadows, Newfoundland Half a millennium before Christopher Columbus set eyes on North America, Vikings built several settlements across Atlantic Canada, only one…
August 31, 2021
1600s and Before •Forgotten Ruins •Newfoundland •North Shore •Nova Scotia •War •Long Read
Artist William Hogarth made a career out of critiquing drinking in his paintings and etchings in the 1700s. (William Hogarth, Beer Street, 1750–51) It…
February 24, 2021
1600s and Before •1700s •1800s •1900s •Moncton •Nova Scotia •PEI •Rum Runners •Women •Long Read •Popular
