@nichecanada.bsky.social"On the heels of the OPEC energy crisis, the province of Prince Edward Island launched a grand experiment in self-sufficiency and sustainability." - Don't miss this three-parter from @alanmaceachern.bsky.social and @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social
@alanmaceachern.bsky.socialSo many moving parts & last-minute scrambling to get this post up in time for Sunday's 50th anniversary of the Ark's opening. Just like the Ark's opening itself!
#princeedwardisland #pei #envhist #cdnhist
@nichecanada.bsky.socialIf you can't make the event, you can check out this interview that @peterastevens.bsky.social conducted with Klages:
@nichecanada.bsky.socialToday @alanmaceachern.bsky.social and @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social share PEI & The Spirit of ’76 – pt 2, which features their interview with pioneering energy scientist, Amory Lovins.
@anchistorian.bsky.socialSep 1942, the first truck to drive the entirety of the Alaska Highway (Alcan). It drove from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse. From there, it drove on to Fairbanks, at some point gaining the extra sign. #alaskahistory #alaska #cdnhist
@anchistorian.bsky.socialFootage of the Alaska Highway from the 1948 educational film Alaska: A Modern Frontier. Features a quick look at the Alaska/Canada border and what the Mile Zero marker at Dawson Creek looked like then. #alaskahistory #cdnhist #alaska
@kcruikshank.bsky.socialExcellent! Congratulations! #cdnhist
@alanmaceachern.bsky.socialHey! Congratulations to @adeleperry.bsky.social on receiving the JB Tyrrell Historical Medal for outstanding work in the history of Canada.🍁
@nichecanada.bsky.socialToday @alanmaceachern.bsky.social & @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social present the first of a three-part series that looks back at two moments that define PEI’s Spirit of ‘76, fifty years later.
@nichecanada.bsky.socialLast day to get your nominations in to @alanmaceachern.bsky.social for a series on Commemorating Canadian Environmental History
Describe your topic and discuss its impacts, environmental and otherwise, and how it meets the HSMBC criteria
@nichecanada.bsky.socialExploring Women’s Roles in Canadian Skiing History
In Episode 6.3 of NiCHE Conversations, Charlotte Mitchell and PearlAnn Reichwein joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss their Ski Like a Girl podcast project.
@nichecanada.bsky.socialThe @uguelphhist.bsky.social has announced the Fall 2027 slate of Rural History Roundtable speakers!
More information on our website!
@forrestpass.bsky.social@nichecanada.bsky.socialIn "Wilmot Springs: Nova Scotia’s Elixir Vitae," Colby Gaudet writes about Nova Scotia’s 19th-century Spa Springs, which offered natural mineral cures and retreats before fading into obscurity.
@forrestpass.bsky.socialWhen Alaska's flag design was announced in 1927, William Simpson of New Westminster, BC, alleged Benson had plagiarized Simpson's design for a Cdn flag, published two years earlier. The intrepid Stroller White took up the case! (Seward Gateway, Jul 29, 1927) #cdnhist #alaskahistory #vexillology
@nichecanada.bsky.social"Pitching, Pitfalls, Soundbites and Historians: Lessons from the Lake Ontario Naming Dispute" is a conversation between our two editors @maryeb.bsky.social and @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social about Macfarlane's recent Lake Ontario media attention.
@nichecanada.bsky.socialIn "Far Away from Far Away" by L. Sasha Gora introduces her recent @globalenvironment.bsky.social article, “Cod and its Oil, Cuisine and its Supplements: Fish Fragmentation, Commodity Connections and Naturalising Resources in Newfoundland"
@tpcanoe.bsky.social#BackToSchool (or schools…) for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #SWONT. You can listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #edhist
@anchistorian.bsky.socialUndated "Den of the Lost," photograph by Marc Adamus of the Northern British Columbia/Alaska Boundary Ranges. See more of his Alaska landscape work here: marcadamus.com/searc...
#alaskahistory #cdnhist
@anchistorian.bsky.social1944 Canada at War promotional map from Lipton's Tea by Stanley Turner, the entire map and Alaska detail. However, the Canadians saw fit to largely replace Alaska with a giant box of Lipton tea. On the other hand, Canadians did help retake Attu & Kiska. #alaskahistory #cdnhist
