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Victoria Day

Victoria Day

FIRST POSTED IN 2011… In Canada, Victoria Day has long been associated with the unofficial start of the summer season. Veggie gardens get planted, family cottages are opened and the cobwebs are dusted off the old bar-B-Q. Canada’s May holiday actually celebrates Queen Victoria’s birthday.

RANDOM ROADstories

Why Kingston, Ontario?

Naramata Bench by Cathryn Wellner

The Naramata Bench

general store storefront in Sedalia, Alberta

Old general stores in Alberta, Canada

beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park

Lake Erie beaches

Animals-in-War Memorial, Ottawa

Monuments of Remembrance

Motel neon sign

Motel Not Fancy

HMCS Onondaga

HMCS Onondaga – Cold-War submarine saved from scrap yard

cover of The Collector’s Guide To Point Blankets

The Collector’s Guide to Point Blankets

Ganonoque Charlie Donevan

Donevan’s Hardware in Gananoque

Charles Mattaini Bowstring Bridges - Elora tombstone

Charles Mattaini’s Bowstring Bridges

Nancy Greene

What makes an Olympian?

Goderich salt mine

Goderich Salt Mine

The Walrus Road To Everywhere - Noah Richler

Road to Everywhere · The Walrus

Leader Saskatchewan grain elevator

Great Sandhills Railway

Canada's First Peoples
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