Read About the History of Canada

Dec 7, 20191 min read

The Village

How did we get the name Canada? Here is one suggestion by Heritage Minutes from Historical Canada. According to their website, “The...

Dec 7, 20191 min read

Coast to Coast to Coast

As a historian, I often think about what it would have been like for people to live in or arrive to Canada during the last 400 years. Did...

Dec 6, 20191 min read

The Long-Winded Archaeologist

I genuinely like archaeology and history. As someone whose job it is to engage the public about the past, I often find myself wondering...

Dec 4, 20192 min read

Landscape in Peril: The Changing Landscape

Sometimes our ideas change the land no matter how small we believe our ideas are. In my former blog Beavers, Beaver Hats, and Canada, one...

Dec 4, 20191 min read

Land & Food: Maple Syrup

Growing up, now this may sound cliché, but one of my favourite breakfasts was pancakes with maple syrup. That fluffy buttery hot cake...

Nov 27, 20191 min read

Canada, Land of the _______

In my opinion, almost every country has an item that people use to describe its landscape. For example, if I say ‘palm tree’ almost...

Nov 11, 20192 min read

Beavers, Beaver Hats, and Canada

The Beaver Ever hear about the beaver hats that changed the way we looked at a landscape? Now, I do know that beaver hats did not walk...

Oct 29, 20192 min read

Cultivate The Land – Oh Canada and the Three Whys

Welcome to my blog, Cultivate The Land! I write these posts to you with the hope of sharing my two cents about landscape. The information...

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