It's Canada 150, Baby!

[rusty_armour]

Happy Canada Day! Today marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation and Canada's 150th birthday!

This is one year when I know I can't stay home. As it's me, I'll be engaged in suitably nerdy activities. I'll be attending a lecture on Toronto history at 11:00 at St. Lawrence Hall and then I'll be going on Muddy York's two-hour Canada 150 history walk at 1:00. We'll end up at Nathan Phillips Square, so maybe I'll take in some of the festivities there, though I'm not really into crowds or partying. A huge shock, I know.

If I manage to snap any interesting pics, I'll post them here. In the mean time, here's an absurdly Canadian vid that celebrates Canada's 150:

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Comments

[crimsoncorundum]

Oh, I forgot. I think I've mentioned that my great-grandfather (on my mother's side) was in Canada for several years, building railroads. He wanted to settle there and built two cabins in Nova Scotia, but since his wife didn't want to come, he had to give up and go home again. I wonder what my life would have been like if I'd been born in Canada?

[rusty_armour]

Oh, wow! No, I don't think you did tell me that. Your great-grandfather played a very important role in Canadian history -- and in building the nation in general. Canada would not be the country it is today without the railroads. They literally united all parts of the country. We owe a lot to men like your great-grandfather. :-)

It's interesting to think what your life might have been like if you had been born in Canada. Of course, if your great-grandfather had stayed in Canada, you wouldn't have been born, so... *g*

[crimsoncorundum]

Yes, if my great-grandfather had stayed in Canada on his own, I wouldn't have been born, but maybe if his wife had agreed to bring the children to Nova Scotia. Of course I'd have been a different person because my grandparents probably wouldn't have met, or my parents.