About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: Canada
Railway Adventures: Ride the Fundy Tide
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy is where the ocean flexes its tidal muscle. This 170 mile long ocean bay stretches between … Continue reading
Toronto 175 – Part 6: Ethnic Origins
Toronto, the global village today, and how it looked to immigrants in the 1800s.
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Tagged Black Creek Pioneer Village, Canada, city, documentary, ethnic communities, farm, Grist Mill, history, Ontario, Street cars, Toronto, tourism, TTC, urban, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 5: A Learning Experience
A brewer and a bishop, two of the central characters who brought their educational philosophies to York (today’s Toronto) in the 1800s.
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Tagged architecture, Bishop John Strachan, Byzantine, Canada, education, Egerton Ryerson, Enoch Turner, Home District Grammar School, Jarvis Collegiate, Kings College, Lt. Governor’s residence, Norman, Ontario, Osgoode Hall, public schools, Romanesque, Ryerson University, St. Andrews Church, students, Toronto, Trinity Church, University of Toronto, Upper Canada College, York
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Railway Adventures across Canada: Vikings and Gros Morne, Newfoundland and Labrador
Revelations on location at L’Anse Aux Meadows, a base for the early Vikings, plus the geological diversity of the World Heritage site of Gros … Continue reading
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Tagged alpine, arctic, boreal forest, Caitlin, Canada, fossils, geology, Gros Morne, Gulf of St. Lawrence, L'Anse Aux Meadows, Labrador, Long Range Mountains, longhouse, Newfoundland, Norsted, smithy butternuts, Tablelands, Vikings, Vinland, World Heritage
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Railways: Exploring St. John’s, Newfoundland
Exploring the City of St. John’s, Newfoundland, once the terminus for the railway and now enjoying tv fame as the base for the Republic … Continue reading
Toronto 175 – Part 4: Churches and Chestnuts
Religious fervor in the late 1700s when the Simcoes arrived, the challenges of building wooden churches in the early days of York, how Bishop … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812, bell ringers, Bishop Strachan, British royals, Canada, cathedral archives, Catholic, Church, Church Little Trinity, Churches, fires, Holy Trintity, John Graves Simcoe, Protestant, regimental colours, religious denominations, St. James Cathedral, Temples Community centres, Toronto, York
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Railway Adventures across Canada: Iceberg Alley
Our sea-kayaking adventure takes place at Cape Bauld on Quirpon Island, about as far north as you can possibly get on the rock. Here, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Cape Bauld, Iceberg Alley, Icebergs, kayaking, Labrador, Newfoundland, outdoor, Quirpon Island, St. Anthony, tourism
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