Canada Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/canada/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:41:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 SS Keewatin museum ship is moving to a new home https://mechtraveller.com/2023/03/ss-keewatin-museum-ship-is-moving-to-a-new-home/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/03/ss-keewatin-museum-ship-is-moving-to-a-new-home/#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:08:56 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8718 The SS Keewatin museum ship, an Edwardian Great Lakes passenger steamer, is moving from her current home in Port McNicoll on Lake Michigan to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston on the St. Lawrence River. The 103m long ship was purpose built for the Great Lakes by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/03/ss-keewatin-museum-ship-is-moving-to-a-new-home/feed/ 13 New Aviation Museum in British Columbia https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/new-aviation-museum-in-british-columbia/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/new-aviation-museum-in-british-columbia/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:49:08 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6379 The KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence has unveiled its plans for a new aviation museum and conference centre at Kelowna International Airport. Site preparation work will start this autumn on the site on Lapointe Drive beside the Kelowna International Airport, across the road from their current airfield facilities. For half a century, KF Aerospace has […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/new-aviation-museum-in-british-columbia/feed/ 0 The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa is reopening https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/the-canadian-war-museum-in-ottawa-is-reopening/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/the-canadian-war-museum-in-ottawa-is-reopening/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:26:34 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6321 The Canadian War Museum will be reopening to visitors next week after months of COVID-19 lockdown. Museum officials and fans are delighted that after missing key events, like the anniversary of VE Day in May and its own 15th anniversary celebrations, the museum will finally open on Weds 2nd September. Its sister museum, the Canadian […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/the-canadian-war-museum-in-ottawa-is-reopening/feed/ 0 The Vimy Ridge Memorial in France https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-vimy-ridge-memorial-in-france/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-vimy-ridge-memorial-in-france/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2019 14:01:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5593 The Canadian National Vimy Memorial in dramatic white stone dominates the surrounding landscape from the top of Vimy Ridge. It marks the battlefield on which four divisions of Canadians* managed to dislodge three German divisions from their entrenched and fortified positions on the ridge over three days of bloody fighting in April 1917. In 1914, […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-vimy-ridge-memorial-in-france/feed/ 1 Canadian War Museum marks the Last 100 Days of WW1 with Centenary Exhibition https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/canadian-war-museum-marks-the-last-100-days-of-ww1-with-centenary-exhibition/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/canadian-war-museum-marks-the-last-100-days-of-ww1-with-centenary-exhibition/#respond Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:56:40 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3775 The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa will conclude its commemoration of the First World War Centenary with a special exhibition opening today. Victory 1918 – The Last 100 Days, explores the critical role the Canadian Corps played in the series of battles that led to the Allied victory. Visitors will follow the Canadian Corps through […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/canadian-war-museum-marks-the-last-100-days-of-ww1-with-centenary-exhibition/feed/ 0 Expedition Cruise Finds 116 Year Old Whaling Ship Wreck https://mechtraveller.com/2018/09/expedition-cruise-finds-116-year-old-whaling-ship-wreck/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/09/expedition-cruise-finds-116-year-old-whaling-ship-wreck/#respond Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:31:23 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3663 Canadian expedition cruise company, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE) in collaboration with The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) has helped to find the Nova Zembla, a Scottish whaling ship that was wrecked near Buchan Gulf off the coast of Baffin Island in 1902. Dr. Matthew Ayre and Dr. Michael Moloney, from the Arctic Institute of North […]

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