The Story of “Merry” Christmas
So, why do we say the seasonal greeting “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy” like we do for Happy Birthday, Happy Easter, Happy Mother’s Day, etc.?...
Elle Andra-Warner
Vintage Postcards Tell Quirky Tales
It was a vintage colourized postcard on eBay that sparked my interest about something I had never heard of before: ostrich racing in Port Arthur...
Northwest Angle: A Minnesota Geographic Oddity
So, how did a northwest chunk of Minnesota—located at the northwestern-most point of Lake of the Woods—end up in Canada? The Northwest Angle, which residents...
Moose hair tufting makes a comeback
It was in Fort Providence, Northwest Territories (NWT) when I first learned about moose hair tufting. We had stopped there for lunch at the Snowshoe...
Riding the Rails from Thunder Bay to Duluth
A train service from Thunder Bay to Duluth might have happened if things had worked out differently for the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway,...
City of Bangor Shipwreck
Wrecked with Hundreds of Brand New Cars On November 30, 1926, the steel steamer 445-foot-long City of Bangor, with a crew of 29, was heading...
Paul Bunyan: The Legendary Super Logger
It has been more than 115 years now since tales of the superhuman logger Paul Bunyan first appeared in American folklore. Since then, he’s been...
Witch Tree: The Spirit Little Cedar Tree on Lake Superior
Appearing to grow out of bare rock along the Lake Superior shoreline east of Grand Portage is a sentinel-like small gnarled tree with twisted branches....