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When an impulsive young adventurer asked a crusty seaman if they could sail around the world in a small craft, he told him he could go one better — they could cross three oceans in a canoe. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

DNA testing seems like the key to unlocking your family's ethnic history. But is it really?

This 200-year-old historic site was lost until its public rediscovery in 1990. Archaeologists and historians have been unable to provide a conclusive explanation of the site’s origins.

More than a century after the Klondike gold rush, a new treasure is revealed — the diary of a prospector.

Book Review: Gilles Villeneuve was the first Canadian driver to win a Formula One motor race.

National and regional book prizes recognize excellence in popular and scholarly history

See what’s available in the February-March 2021 issue of Canada’s History magazine.

Skateboard park donor gave the gift of the past to leaders of the future.

From faux nobles to absconding ancestors, family trees can contain plenty of checkered characters.

This lesson supports students in designing their own inquiry question.