In the second of our two-part look at Niagara Falls, Merle Massie explores two of the dimensions of the tourist landscape of the falls. On the one hand, Niagara is a natural wonder that has draw tourists to its sights for more than one hundred years. On the other hand, the falls have also been a commercial tourist attraction replete with billboards, restaurants, and knick knacks.
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Yesterday, the Ombudsman for the Province of Ontario released a 125-page report on the use of the 1939 Public Works Protection Act […]
Nearly three years ago, I wrote a post called “Canada’s Historical Newspaper Digitization Problem” in which I agreed with the findings of […]
Episode 21 Migratory Birds on the Pacific Flyway: March 31, 2011 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past21.mp3][36:07] Migratory birds, by the nature of their behavior, cross […]
If you missed the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Toronto, you can relive the experience on […]
