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Post by Waverley on Jan 16, 2008 10:26:53 GMT 1
In 1759, the year Josiah Wedgwood opened his first pottery, General James Wolfe overcame the Marquis de Montcalm in the battle for Quebec. Canada is often the forgotten story of the dominion empire, yet there is evidence that Europeans had sighted the Canadian eastern seaboard as early as the 12th century. The Cabots charted part of the Newfoundland coastline in the late 15th century and in 1603 the French claimed the St Lawrence Seaway which they believed would be the main artery for Arcadia, or New France.
Henry Hudson in 1609 sailed into the river now named after him and sounded it for 150 miles as far as the present Albany in New York State. In 1610 in the Discovery, he entered what is Hudson Bay. That winter, the Discovery was trapped in the ice. By the spring, a desperate crew accused Hudson of keeping too much of the food for himself, his twelve year old son and a couple of officers. As the ice melted, Hudson, his son and his seven officers were put adrift in an open boat. They were never seen again.
The French and British battled for control of the territories that provided mighty fish stocks and fur trading. In 1689, the English joined a mixed European alliance against the French and although it was a European conflict, it spread to colonies with Canadian chieftains siding with whoever they thought was winning or likely to win. The 1713 Treaties of Utrecht had the French conceding Canadian territory to the British - Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and all land whose waters drained into the Hudson Bay.
By the 1750s, the French and the British were at war again (Seven Years' War 1756-1763). General Wolfe was ordered to take Quebec. In September 1759, Wolfe and about 4,500 men had climbed from the river to the Heights of Abraham. Montcalm inexplicably attacked in columns of three. This meant that his soldiers could only fire at an angle and therefore at the edges of the British lines. The British centre fired at random and broke the French assault. The irony was that both generals were killed. At the end of the Seven Years' War the Treaty of Paris gave Canada to Britain.
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Post by Waverley on Jul 29, 2008 1:15:01 GMT 1
I just discovered this photo amongst my collection which was taken at Menstrie Castle about 12 years ago...I will add on the story of Menstrie and the links to Canada later but in the meanwhile just enjoy looking at the beautiful looking hunk in the photo...
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Post by palaisgirl on Jul 29, 2008 9:45:12 GMT 1
I just discovered this photo amongst my collection which was taken at Menstrie Castle about 12 years ago...I will add on the story of Menstrie and the links to Canada later but in the meanwhile just enjoy looking at the beautiful looking hunk in the photo... I know whit you mean Charlie the guy on the wall is gorgeous
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Post by briancharlton on Nov 6, 2009 2:15:52 GMT 1
I emigrated to Canada in the early 1970s, we were there for a couple of years, but my wife could not settle and we came back home again. When I was there, I worked on the C.N Tower (as many Scots did), we created the tallest structure in the world at the time, it held the record for a very long time. It was over 1/3 of a mile high, or about 1/2 of a km. Of course it is still there, but sadly no longer holds the record.
Brian.
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Post by Sandy Hills on Nov 22, 2009 5:00:07 GMT 1
As I was heading home on a bus the other day going along the 401 highway a scaffolding truck passed by,the name of the company was Massive Erection,ach well,suit yersel. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2009 10:14:51 GMT 1
There is a specialist section in Building Trade Liability Insurance known as " Erection Handling " Fact is stranger than fiction Jim
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2009 13:08:31 GMT 1
That's a hard wan tae believe, Andymo. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2009 13:32:17 GMT 1
GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAANNNNNNN !
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Post by Waverley on Jan 6, 2010 11:09:04 GMT 1
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Post by Sandy Hills on Jan 6, 2010 23:12:18 GMT 1
There's your proof Charlie. ;D ;D
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Post by Gibbsy on Jan 6, 2010 23:24:19 GMT 1
There's your proof Charlie. ;D ;D Charlie canny argue with that Sandy Hills! Google a map to find where it is. Looks like a cold part of Canada. map also showed Vermont (USA skiing resort I think) and Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Post by jawbox on Jan 7, 2010 9:32:17 GMT 1
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Post by jimmuck on Jun 23, 2011 3:13:13 GMT 1
Here's ma fourth wife Donna, who wiss born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia an' grew up oan Brier Island, N.S. (look it up, it's tiny ) staunin' at the gangplank o' The Bluenose, ah don't know whit she did tae get 'signed up' bit she wissaway furr nigh oan three years, LoL! The Bluenose boat was originally a Cod fishing boat and was entered intae races against other Fishing Toons' an' she wiss never beat, well mebbe wance't? NOO SHE'S RUNNING AWAY TAE SEA Ye widnae get awa way this in Springburn ah kin tell ye. Hey! who's cummin tae oor Hoose furr Dinner?? how dae ye like yurr Venison Billy Connolly?? "Deid!" he says This is a photo of me at a wee village called "Bannockburn" on Hwy# 62, North of Belleville, Ontario and East of my wee hoose in Marmora. I was taking my wee Doos for a training toss to Barry's Bay, about a 100 miles away. On the way back, we ran into a Police Raid, Swat Forces, Soldiers and regular OPP's (Ontario Provincial Police) with assault weapons and all Jeez! ah thought ah'd had the biscuit
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Post by lindyloo22 on Jun 23, 2011 10:02:41 GMT 1
smashin photies jimmuck, see us scots get everywhere ;D and make great contributions. Ma hubby has a model of the bluenose.
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