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Finnish immigrant Tom Sukanen spent years building a ship on the Saskatchewan prairie, hoping eventually to reach Finland. The surviving boat is real, but decades of folklore have complicated the story of the man who built it.
#FinnishCanadian #SaskatchewanHistory #PrairieHistory
https://www.nordicprairielife.ca/prairie-fjords-blog/tom-sukanen-ship-saskatchewan
On Saskatchewan’s Coteau, Finnish settlers built halls, organized on the left and drew RCMP attention. During the Depression, some families left for Soviet Karelia, where Stalinist repression later reached Finnish North Americans.
#FinnishCanadian #SaskatchewanHistory #SovietKarelia #FinnishHistory
https://www.nordicprairielife.ca/prairie-fjords-blog/red-finns-saskatchewan-soviet-karelia
Read the full story of Ukrainian prairie resilience and grab a classic potato and cheddar recipe to try at home!
#SaskatchewanHistory #UkrainianHeritage #Perogies #PrairieLife #ComfortFood
Explore prairie life, travelling in the early 1900’s with Mary and her Metis Grandma. Read commentary on Dana Claxton’s excellent performance of Buffalo Bone China 1997.
#IntergenerationalStorytelling
#MétisStorytelling
#MetisHistory
#IndigenousVoices
#IndigenousHistory
#RedRiverCarts
#RupertLand
#PrairieLife
#SaskatchewanHistory
#BuffaloHistory
#Bison
#BuffaloSlaughter
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1849:
"At half past three o'clock came to the foot of Coals Falls [Lacolle rapids], where all hands saving the Boutes per each boat were obliged to track.
"Wednesday. At 2 pm we reached Rapide de Croche, and at half past four the men put away the tracking lines and took to their oars. Camped at half past seven. Some parts the channel very shallow indeed. On the beach some of the men in the Guide's boat found a slip of Birch Bark... #History #SaskatchewanHistory
Today is Easter Sunday - and also Vimy Ridge Day. I wanted to share this essay from years ago, about my husband’s grandfather Percy, who fought at Vimy, and remade his identity there. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #VimyRidge #Vimy #VimyRidgeDay #Canada #CanadianHistory #EdmontonJournal #Saskatchewan #saskatchewanhistory