Royal Tours 1786-2010

Royal Tours 1786-2010

Author: Arthur Bousfield

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1459711653

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Royal Tours 17862010 is a penetrating look at the tours of 11 royals who were or would be monarchs, viceroys, and commanders-in-chief of Canada. Leaving California in 1983 to tour British Columbia, Queen Elizabeth II said she was going home to Canada. Since its pioneer days, the Royal Family has made the country home through tours of public service, naval and military duty, and residence. Beautifully illustrated, featuring photos from the June/July 2010 tour of the queen, Royal Tours 17862010 is a captivating look at how these tours shaped Canada and the royals themselves, with an eye for the significant, interesting, and humorous. Included are the young naval captain who became King William IV, the long Canadian residences of Queen Victorias father and daughter, those who would be kings and governors general, the triumph of the first reigning monarchs tour, and the current queens six decades of regular presence.


Our Queen

Our Queen

Author: Victoria (Queen of Great Britain)

Publisher:

Published: 1897

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13:

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London Eh to Zed

London Eh to Zed

Author: Christopher Walters

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2015-05-23

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1459729889

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Discover London — and Canada — in one guidebook! Thousands of Canadians visit London, England, every year. But what their popular guidebooks always fail to mention are the over one hundred objects, monuments, and locations in the city associated with their own home and native land. Take for example the statue of half-mad General Charles Gordon standing beside the River Thames. His capture by rebels set in motion a dramatic rescue attempt that became Canada's first overseas military mission. Then there's the world's most famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Do Canadians know she marched on syphilis in Canada after winning the vote for women in Britain? Or that a cross-eyed doctor from McGill University in Montreal became London's most notorious serial killer after Jack the Ripper? London Eh to Zed is a light-hearted and entertaining walking guide especially for Canadians. Exploring seven neighbourhoods in London, it uncovers 101 fun discoveries about our history, character, passions, and foibles. Along streets in St. James's, Greenwich, and elsewhere, readers will meet men and women like the doomed adventurer Sir John Franklin, the un-amused Queen Victoria, and the tennis-loving but luckless Prince Rupert, first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who never collected any HBC Rewards.


Victoria

Victoria

Author: Peter Grant

Publisher: Altitude Publishing (Canada)

Published: 1997-06

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781551536118

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James Douglas described Victoria as a perfect Eden when the Hudson's Bay Company first set up its trade depot in what was then Fort Victoria. A few years later thousands of miners arrived hoping for a gold strike and setting the stage for Victoria's future growth from settlement to city. Over 140 archival photos, accompanied by informative, easy-to-read text, make this book a compelling keepsake for visitors and residents alike.


See You Next Summer

See You Next Summer

Author: Bruce M. McCraw

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1998-07-15

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1896219411

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Vintage postcards illustrate these stories of an earlier time in Sparrow Lake.