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Thanks for posting that; it was interesting, and despite growing up in southern Ontario, I did not know about it.
I like The History Guy's little documentaries. They're always something that one doesn't tend to find in history class; and sometimes, they fill in the gaps or provide closure to what one did learn in history class. Thanks again.
One thing I wish The History Guy (and other-non-Canadian YouTubers) would do is to stop referring to Canadian towns as "[insert name here], Canada." Canada is huge; and "Thorold, Canada" would be difficult for most Canadians to place. I know where Thorold is because I've been through it, but I'd suggest that even those of us in a place like Toronto, which is so close, would struggle to find it on a map.
No, it should be "City, Province" and then "Canada," if one feels that is absolutely necessary. If it can be "Springfield, Illinois," and "Casper, Wyoming," without adding, "United States"; then why can't it be "Marathon, Ontario," "Red Deer, Alberta" or indeed, "Thorold, Ontario"? Because "Marathon, Canada," "Red Deer, Canada," and "Thorold, Canada" may all be in Canada, but are separated by thousands of miles.
Thanks for posting that; it was interesting, and despite growing up in southern Ontario, I did not know about it.
I like The History Guy's little documentaries. They're always something that one doesn't tend to find in history class; and sometimes, they fill in the gaps or provide closure to what one did learn in history class. Thanks again.
One thing I wish The History Guy (and other-non-Canadian YouTubers) would do is to stop referring to Canadian towns as "[insert name here], Canada." Canada is huge; and "Thorold, Canada" would be difficult for most Canadians to place. I know where Thorold is because I've been through it, but I'd suggest that even those of us in a place like Toronto, which is so close, would struggle to find it on a map.
No, it should be "City, Province" and then "Canada," if one feels that is absolutely necessary. If it can be "Springfield, Illinois," and "Casper, Wyoming," without adding, "United States"; then why can't it be "Marathon, Ontario," "Red Deer, Alberta" or indeed, "Thorold, Ontario"? Because "Marathon, Canada," "Red Deer, Canada," and "Thorold, Canada" may all be in Canada, but are separated by thousands of miles.
I don't know but there must be some place in the US also called Thorold and the The History Guy is trying not to confuse the two. Maybe . The channel must be mostly geared towards American audiences. I do agree that the proper form of presentation is Municipality/Province and then Country if needed. There's a Windsor in Quebec and a Windsor in Ontario for instance so it's important to distinguish the two.
That was an interesting piece. Note that American media back then was equally intrigued by happenings in Canada with newspapers as far away as San Diego reporting on the incident. Sadly, I do not think that is always the case anymore nowadays.
That was an interesting bit of history that I had never heard or read about. I remember crossing the Welland Canal one time about 30 years ago, and was aware that it was built in the late 1800s. Although the History Guy did not say "Thorold, Ontario, Canada", at least he provided a map and mentioned that this event occurred in Ontario.
Just one year later, in nearby "Buffalo, New York, USA", the recently inaugurated President of the United States William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist at the Pan American Exposition. That exposition was held in Buffalo in part due to another industrial marvel opened in 1895, the Adams Power Plant at Niagara Falls. That power plant was the first commercial scale alternating power plant in the world, and provided Buffalo with power to light up the Pan Am Exposition at night.
Both of these political-related events in the same era were intertwined with the progress of the industrial revolution in that part of North America.
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. The channel must be mostly geared towards American audiences. I do agree that the proper form of presentation is Municipality/Province and then Country if needed. There's a Windsor in Quebec and a Windsor in Ontario for instance so it's important to distinguish the two.
