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  1. The Good Berry: A Wild Rice Domestication TL

    Just ran across this. Quite the amazing mix of Algonquin/Haudenase/Ojibiwaie/Cree legends and the dynamics involved. I’ve dealt with wild rice from Alberta to Ontario through Cree and Ojibiwa groups and it’s amazing where it will grow/store. Although late to the party will definitely...

  2. Make Canada More Populous Within OTL Borders

    The Hearst clay belt is more moisture limited than the Peace region. There are also different wind and climate patterns that affect spring thaw. The Peace region is good for some crops and varies from excellent to piss poor lands depending on topsoil depths/soil type/drainage. Lowland...

  3. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Ironically at the Remembrance Day ceremony this year I was chatting with a long time family friend who was originally born in what was British India. Every year he attends and lays a wreath on behalf of his father/uncles who served. One of these uncles was a member of the Operation Jaywick...

  4. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Peabody-Martini, Im not sure if you’ve ever worked in the north but this was an absolute excellent and 100% accurate description of the joys of the north. Winter is often peak tempo just due to frozen swamps= easy access and bridges are just a case of thickening the ice enough to cross open...

  5. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I haven’t ran across Māori use yet but the Canadians did have an organized unit of artillery observers who used Cree especially in Europe.

  6. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Just trying to think if a 30-06 would be enough for the mosquitos in high summer up there. They’ve made more than a few brave men nuts… great scenery but god awful remote areas up there. Or as the Army would say “excellent training”

  7. Shtetl House on the Prairie

    A few thoughts: 1) The Canadian government had some very strict recruitment principals that drastically impacted the country. Protestant settlers were preferred, ideally of Angle Stock but for the new lands on the prairies farmers with cold weather/hard wheat backgrounds were prized...

  8. Remember the Rainbow Redux: An Alternate Royal Canadian Navy

    That’s an amazing tight survival.

  9. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Flashbacks from the last two chapters from the wife dealing with back labour contractions, tons of waiting, C-section and days of waiting post recovery. Really well written chapters as always Peabody

  10. Remember the Rainbow Redux: An Alternate Royal Canadian Navy

    Thanks for the update Actually on Vancouver Island at the moment and was struck by how tight the passages are for the ferry from the mainland. So many bays and coves that make so much more sense seeing in real life

  11. Remember the Rainbow Redux: An Alternate Royal Canadian Navy

    That’s a pretty big fire for that area. Small(ish) compared to most major blazes but a bad location trumps size. Learning lots about BC despite only being a province away

  12. WI: after cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow, the RCAF acquires English Electric Lightnings?

    There was often more people and ironically it’s easier in many cases to get around in winter due to ski equipped planes and ice roads. Most were built using winter transport to create rough airstrips and then supplied via freight plane or helicopter. locals used to visit as they tended to be...

  13. WI: after cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow, the RCAF acquires English Electric Lightnings?

    My understanding of the DEW line bases is that while they had the geographic location to fill the gaps and were technically secret locations everyone knew where they were. Lower power stations that were isolated, tough to maintain and limited range radar. Was good for low level strike...

  14. WI: after cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow, the RCAF acquires English Electric Lightnings?

    I grew up in the shadow of one of the pine tree bases. Was relatively common to have planes coming in from either Alaska or Montana? Or Cold Lake with the aggressors coming in tree top until they hit the base then going vertical on afterburners and mock dogfighting. Tornados were the worst...

  15. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Some of the Canadian units especially those of Cape Breton Nova Scotia also would have Gaelic speakers. Went to school with a few in the mid-90’s that had to learn English in school due to Gaelic native tongue.

  16. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Baywop or townie? North shore or south? Newfie’s are great folks but still laugh at kids going to parent teacher visits to translate for their parents.

  17. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Oh Canada and the video was shot in the Netherlands.

  18. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I can’t help but think of the Canadian version of “the recruiting sergeant” by great big sea And the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.

  19. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2

    It will make for a very different campaign in the Netherlands if the flooding that occurred OTL was reduced.

  20. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I’m just waiting for the flood that overwhelms all the old non maintained canals and local access until such a time as Kristina putters in on her barge boat and serves as the disaster command post
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