Trivia about Canada

 Trivia about Canada

A Governor who had seen a ghost

One day in 1785, lt. George Wynard and Capt. John Sherbrooke (later governor-in-chief of Canada – 1816) were in the officers’ mess at Sydney, N.S. They saw a young civilian pass through the room and Wynard exclaimed! It was his brother who was in England. But then, the two puzzled officers were unable to fin the young man anywhere on the premises.

Later, Sherbrooke received a letter from England asking him to tell Wynard that his brother had died – on the very day, at the very hour he had “appeared” in Sydney.

Vanished forest monarchs

It is difficult today for visitors to the city of Vancouver, British-Colombia, to visualize the thousands of giant trees that towered to the skies, less than a hundred years ago,, where downtown Vancouver now stands.

From the dawn of time they had stood, many over 90 m high, as thick as fields of grain.

Black Creek Village. Photo by Elena

Joey, a tow year old budgie, owned by Mrs Joseph Peterson o Nanaimo, B.C. has a vocabulary of 280 words.

Mysterious ancient coins were found by miners excavating a tunnel in the Cassiar District of British Columbia in 1882. Taken to Victoria, the money was identified as currency of China dating from 2,000 B.C.

A last exit

Sir John A. Macdonald, Canadian first prime minister frequently avoided persistent patronage seekers by slipping out of his office by a back door and down a private spiral stairway to the street below.

Pieces of congealed mist from Niagara Fallas, sold as souvenirs from the earliest days of tourism at the famous site, were little white stones imported from England.

The weekly newspapers have more more Canadian-content than any other division of the mass media.

Prince Albert – the first white settlement in Saskatchewan, has another important distinction. Three of its members of Parliament have been prime-ministers (Laurier, King and Diefenbaker), while sitting for the constituency.

The bald eagle is the national symbol of the USA, yet more of them exist in British Columbia than all of the States.

Baby dolphins begin to leap alongside their mothers as soon as they are born.The Great Auk: A large flightless bird that inhabited the coasts of the North Atlantic passed out of existence on June 4, 1844. Its end was tragically typical : a pair was discover with an egg and destroyed, and this was the last pair.

Web Site Province Quebec

All you might want to know about Quebec : www.provincequebec.com This is how it started: in 1534, French navigator Jacques Cartier landed on the Gaspé Peninsula claiming the territory in the name of France and naming it Canada. 

Several voyages later, in 1608, the City of Quebec was founded as a capital of New France… New France, Lower Canada, the province of Quebec—so many names it carried through ages always playing a significant role in history and economic development of Canada. This is who we are today: almost 8 million Quebekers—a quarter of the total number of Canadians—living and working in the province famous for its cutting-edge industry and cultural events, universities and research centers, social programs and French heritage.

Quebec Bank, old wall in Guild Park, in Toronto. Photo by Elena

 We invite you to read about Quebec’s early history and significant events that took place during the second half of the 20th century: EXPO-67 and the 1976 Olympic Games. This and a lot more at your fingertips! Browse our site and learn more: Provincequebec.com was developed as an information resource for everybody who would like to learn about the province: its people, heritage, geography, tourist attractions, and the possibilities of working or studying here. 

 We value your feedback and your opinion does matter: you are welcome to write to us and to participate in our discussion forums. At present we are working on its full English version: www.provincequebec.com