The Canada Land & Immigration Company promised to supply early settlers certain amenities - including a company store. Plus, Canada had a significant assignment on D-Day - to invade Normandy on Juno Beach.
This week, Kate tells us the story of the Canadian Land & Immigration Company's promise to provide early settlers with certain amenities to ease their transition. One of those was the Company Store. Plus, on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day (as of today's recording), Paul recounts how a scrapy army of young largely untested Canadian soldiers were assigned a significant role to invade Normandy on D-Day. The allies landed on 6 sites on the coast of France - Canada's objective was an 8 kilometre stretch code named Juno Beach. And they punched way above their weight!
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com
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