125 years ago today, Winston Churchill gave a lecture on the Boer War at #Ottawa's Russell Theatre. Afterwards, he cancelled his next tour stop & holed up at the (neighbouring) Russell House Hotel. Full story: apt613.ca/capital-histor…

After she married into the wealthy Eaton family, Flora McCrea refused to live a life without purpose. A former nurse, she helped guide the Eaton's company, fundraised for many causes and helped many. For this she was called Mrs. Canada. This is her story. Sarah Evelyn Florence

#OTD 12/1/1910 #RememberRCN -Prime Minister W Laurier introduces the Naval Service Bill into the House of Commons, proposing a Canadian Naval Force of 11 ships & passes on the 3rd reading.

A Legacy That Will Last Forever 🇨🇦 🎾 Milos Raonic 🇨🇦 has officially said goodbye to professional tennis, closing the chapter on one of the most remarkable careers in Canadian tennis history 🙌 From becoming the highest-ranked Canadian singles player in tennis history to

My recent O'Keefe's blog post has been updated w/ a bunch of newly discovered (#Ottawa era) pics & ads: ashleynewall.ca/2025/10/okeefe…

Per The Globe and Mail, "Ottawa’s original grand downtown train station under consideration for city’s high speed rail hub" My prev. Apartment613 article on such matters: apt613.ca/capital-histor…

Commodore Sir Charles Coke, RN, and crew on the deck of HMCS Stadacona at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1917. Photo: From the collection of Matthews, James Skitt, Major (1878-1970) , Wikimedia Commons #RCN

Just arrived? Been here so long you remember “the old days”? Either way, Heritage Week has something ready to wow you. Start exploring → aurora.ca/HeritageWeek

A wonder time speaking to RCYC about #pirateoftheadriatic. Thanks to Blue Heron Books for selling copies. Get yours today from your favourite bookseller! Double Dagger Books Royal Canadian Navy #History #RCNavy #WWII #Canada

Burk's Falls, ON, ca. 1917. Steamboat plying Magnetawan River. [Via Andrew Hind on Exploring Ontario's Past pg on FB]

#DYK, this year the The St. Lawrence Seaway set a record for the latest closing of a shipping season in its history, due to ice build-up? As a result, the CSL MV Welland was spotted unloading at Redpath Sugar in mid-January. 📷 by UrbanToronto contributor NW87.

In 30 years (from 1921-51), Culrose McLaughlin went from mate on a Caribbean turtle schooner to captain in the U.S. Merchant Marine, via #Toronto's #RCYC in the early-to-mid 1920s (then Nassau County, NY, Martha's Vineyard, & #WWII). #BlackYachtingHistory sailingscuttlebutt.com/2023/02/08/bla…

Still living in limelight of last weeks Wolfe Island Lake Ontario Cup where Waterkeepers Lake Ontario Waterkeeper team prevailed? thestar.com/opinion/contri… Swim Drink Fish

Minor update to my latest Brading's story.. Capital Brewery doesn't seem to have been owned by Waterloo's Kuntz Brewery, even though a Kuntz helmed Capital. This would explain why Brading's bought the breweries separately; Kuntz in 1930, & Capital in 1944. ashleynewall.ca/2025/09/bradin…

Step back to 1931, when winter meant freighters along the Bay Street docks with Toronto’s growing skyline behind them. Nearly a century later, ships that overwinter at the Port of Toronto now plug into clean, renewable shore power from @BullFrogPower. 📷Toronto Port Authority Archives

Toronto skyline, 1952. RCYC ferry in foreground. [Photo via Old Ontario Series]

Legal complaint to restore America’s Cup sailingscuttlebutt.com/2026/02/22/leg…