Happy Canada Day!

On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and Quebec. Canada Day occurs on the same date each year (July 1). It’s a public holiday and workers have the day off. Since 1867, Canada has grown to include six more provinces and three territories, the most recent being the territory of Nunavut in 1999. The country is now made up of 13 provinces and territories.

Canada Day

Today Canada turns 154 years old on July 1. Canada Day is a national statutory holiday celebrated in all provinces and territories and it is a day off for most businesses..

Covered Bridge Potato Chips

Archives 2014. Taking the tour.

Canada Day

Today Canada turns 153 years old. On July 1, 1867 Canada became a new federation with its own constitution by signing the Constitution Act formerly known as the British North America Act.

O Canada... Happy Birthday

Canada Day has been called a few names in the past. It used to be known as Dominion Day, the First of July, Confederation Day and July the First. Canada wasn't REALLY "born" on July 1st, but the holiday celebrates the events that took place on this day. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act created the Canadian federal government. This act stated that Canada would become an "independent dominion" (territory) of England, which is why Canada Day was originally called Dominion Day. In 1982, Dominion Day changed to Canada Day after a vote in Parliament. Not everyone was happy about this change. Some people felt that a 115-year-old part of Canadian heritage was lost. But, the new name stuck and every July 1, Canadians celebrate Canada Day as a national holiday.

Canada Day

Today Canadians will be celebrating our nation's 150th birthday. It is expect in this sesquicentennial year, Canada Day celebrations will be particularly impressive.

Kingston Penitentiary

Kingston Pen, opened in 1835. Citing aging infrastructure and rising maintenance costs, the federal Government had it shuttered in 2013. For a while, its fate seemed uncertain until the infamous maximum security facility reopened for tours.
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Most of the cells have been stripped, but several have been reconstructed with bunk beds and televisions equipped with video-game consoles. Originally, the cells were designed to be single occupancy.
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Prisoners’ handwriting can still be seen on the walls.
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It had a long history of housing protective custody inmates who needed protection from other prisoners, largely because their crimes. Child molesting and rape put them at the bottom of the prison social order. They would be killed if housed with regular convicts. Two sex offenders were tortured and murdered by fellow cons in a riot in 1971

The Lady In Yellow Remembers

In Canada, the poppy campaign officially begins on the last Friday of every October and runs until Remembrance Day on November 11. Last year, the Legion distributed 18 million poppies, raising nearly $14.5 million for disadvantaged Canadian veterans and their families. While the tradition of wearing a Remembrance Day poppy is strong in Canada, and other parts of the Commonwealth, its origins are actually in the United States. Inspired by the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields", they were first used by the American Legion to commemorate American soldiers who died in that war (1914 – 1918).

Happy Canada Day!

HAPPY 147th BIRTHDAY CANADA!
July 1st is a national holiday when Canadians celebrate the birth of their nation that began in 1867.

Mailbox - Avro Arrow

The owner of Model "A" Acres Bed & Breakfast has a passion for old cars and old airplanes. The model of the Avro Arrow seen on the mailbox is an icon from Canada's past. In the 1950's the plane was a hyper sonic fighter being developed with funds from the Canadian Government. It could reach a speed nearly three times the speed of sound and travel at an altitude of 60,000 feet. After the first successful flight the plane was scrapped by the federal government in a decision that remains controversial to this day. You can find out more about the Avro Arrow here. You can view my previous post of Model "A" Acres here.

CANADA DAY!

HAPPY 146th BIRTHDAY CANADA!
July 1st is a national holiday when Canadians celebrate the birth of their nation that began in 1867.