About this episode

The episode explores the history of Dominion Day celebrations in Haliburton County and the story of British Columbia's role in Canadian Confederation.

This week, Kate goes back to when Canada Day was to the late 1800's-early 1900's when it was known as Dominion Day, and the celebrations that took place in Minden and elsewhere in Haliburton County. Plus, as part of the mini-series on the sometimes troubled path of Canadian Confederation, Paul has the story of British Columbia. And how things could have gone quite differently. 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

People in this episode

Host: Paul Vorvis

Guest: Kate Butler

Topics covered

• Dominion Day
• Canadian Confederation
• British Columbia history
• celebrations
• Haliburton County

Keywords

• Dominion Day
• Canada Day
• Canadian Confederation
• Haliburton County
• British Columbia
• history
• celebrations

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Haliburton County, British Columbia

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