AI EnhancedThe Battle of Moreuil Wood
In March of 2018, a handful of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (LdSH, i.e., Royal Canadians) soldiers congregated in France near the…
AI EnhancedSidney Unwin
Sergeant Sidney Joseph Unwin was a prominent mountain guide based in the town of Banff, Alberta, who served in both…
AI EnhancedTrenches and Tunnels at Vimy Ridge
Among the many tunes to have echoed amidst the shellfire and chaos of the First World War, “My Little Wet…
AI EnhancedLt. Lancelot Bertrand, MC
Courtesy of Mathias Joost, CD In the Canadian Militia prior to the First World War, there was little opportunity…
AI EnhancedCanada’s WW1 Battlefields | Video Series
This series, narrated and presented by battlefield archaeologist Andrew Robertshaw, takes the viewer to various battlefields on the Western Front…
AI EnhancedCanada WW1: Trenches on the Western Front | Video Series
In this series of short videos, military historian and battlefield archaeologist Andy Robertshaw shows us what life was like in…
AI EnhancedWinnipeg’s Valour Road
Valour Road, a three-kilometre-street in the West End district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was formerly known by another name: Pine Street.…
AI EnhancedLt. Hugh Gaskin
Courtesy of Mathias Joost, CD In the Canadian Militia prior to the First World War, there was little opportunity…
AI EnhancedAlex Decoteau
Born on the 19th of November in 1897, Alex Decoteau of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation was an accomplished Indigenous…
AI EnhancedWilliam Otter
Lieutenant-Colonel William D. Otter (1843-1929) was a lifelong soldier of Canada and is generally considered Canada’s first professional soldier. Though…
AI EnhancedFor the Fallen Poem
English poet and scholar,Laurence Binyon, composed his most famous poem, “For the Fallen,” in September 1914. A section of the poem, entitled “Ode of Remembrance,” is recited to…
AI EnhancedMike Mountain Horse
Mike “Miistatisomitai” Mountain Horse, the younger brother of Albert Mountain Horse, was born in 1888. At the age of six,…