Sat. & Sun., September 10/11, 2016 / 10am – 8pm Join us in Norfolk County at the wonderfully green Backus Heritage Village where hundreds of soldiers set up camp for this popular event! Historic merchants and demonstrations, Marine Museum (authentic Lake Erie artifacts!), Military Encampment and Battle re-enactment at 2:00 pm. Children can take part in mini…
Join us this coming weekend (Sat. July 30 & Sun. July 31) for the 38th annual Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival in downtown Port Colborne – right at the junction o’ the Welland Canal & Lake Erie! We have a very special spot at the The Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum (280 King St., at Princess St.) next…
Pyrates & History? But of course! We were invited to share our knowledge o’ Pyrates, Privateers & History at one o’ our favourite places in S. Ontario – the Port Dover Harbour Museum! The summer camp program supplied 25 potential Powder Monkeys (a bloody smart crew, this lot) who listened intently and asked many good questions –…
Happened across this again today…it bears re-posting and a single, historical correction. This is the most powerful scene & song in the entirety o’ the POTC series. Historically, it’s a dead ringer (pardon the pun) – examples like this were not uncommon in both the Caribbean and on Wapping Dock in London. Often those hanged…
Avast mates, it’s International Talk Like a Pyrate Day (as it is every 19 Sept.)! Created by our mates John ‘Ol Chumbucket’ Baur & Mark ‘Cap’n Slappy’ Summers – who are presently raid…er…visiting the coast o’ California in honour o’ #ITLAPD – AND, the launch o’ Chumbucket’s new Pyrate tale, “Chrissie Warren: Pirate Hunter”; available…
