Toward the Confluence: THE CANOT DU MAÎTRE IN THE CANADIAN HISTORY HALL

Detail of the canot du maître made by master canoe builder Richard (Rick) M. Nash. Canadian Museum of History, photo E. Laberge When it opens on July 1, 2017, the Canadian History Hall will feature about 1,800 artifacts that illuminate the history of Canada and its people from… Read More

A Witness of the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919

One brown wooden billy club used in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Canadian Museum of History, 2006.40.1, IMG2009-0063-0012-Dm This billy club witnessed the bloody end to one of the landmark strikes in Canadian labour history: the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. On May 15 of that year,… Read More