The rules for Ice Hockey were finally written down by a student named W. F. Robertson, at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Continue reading
Tag: Montreal
Jackie Robertson, First Black Baseball Player
One year before the USA, Canada started a racial integration into professional baseball, which up to 1946 had always been a white man’s sport. Continue reading
First French language Radio Station in Canada
In 1922, broadcasting began for CKAC a French language Radio Station out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Continue reading
Hockey Game gone Wild … Only in Canada
Yep only in Canada could you have a hockey game go wild…
The first indoor hockey game held in 1875 at Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Continue reading
Internet Index Created by Canadians
In the days before the Internet explosion of 1994/95, three Canadians, Bill Heelan, Alan Emtage and Peter Deutsch, all whom were at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, they created a network software called Archie in 1989. Continue reading
Self Propelled Rotary Cultivator, a Canadian Invention
Robert Romaine, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, developed/invented the self propelled rotary Cultivator in 1855. Continue reading
First Brewery in Canada, before Canada Eh!
The first brewery in the Western Hemisphere was in 1786 located in what is now Montreal, Quebec. Continue reading