The island she is talking about is Prince Edward Island. It is Canada's smallest province and it is on the east coast. The soil is red. As for the knee pads, they are not knee pads. Back in those times, it was very taboo for women to show any part of their leg above the knee. Even swimsuits at the time, women wore clothes that looked like those uniforms.
Nine of Lucy Maude Montgomery's novels were about Anne Shirley, the titular character of Anne of Green Gables, and her family. As well as the novels, Montgomery wrote over 500 short stories, almost as many poems, and a number of essays.
I am from Saint John and grew up hearing the story of the Paris crew, it is still a well know story today. BUT you heard that $100,000 wrong, that was how much WE bet on the race, not our GDP or what ever you thought it was.
Yes I love the '80's version with Megan Follows and Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert. I think there was 3 or 4 movies at different stages of life, depicting Anne, Gilbert and community of Avonlea, PEI. Incidentally, Jonathan Crombie passed away suddenly a few years ago. Canadians were saddened by his death.
Anne of Green Gables was especially loved in Japan and Prince Edward Island used to be the destination for loads of Japanese tourists there to visit Lucy Maud Montgomery’s home.
@@johnt8636 After it's early popularity due to young people of Japan feeling an Island connection with Anne. It became required reading after it's extreme success in Japan especially in Northern Japan.
@@captaincanada67 Japanese women live in a very conservative and strict society. They found inspiration & encouragement to free themselves in the character of Anne. She was the opposite of the instilled passivity they lived with.
Prince Edward Island, or just PEI to most Canadians, is probably the most charming place in Canada. The soil really is red and rich, so the country roads look like winding red ribbons through the green fields, which have old fashioned wooden fences to make horse paddocks and farmyards. There are plenty of places to pull over and take in a view, or pet a horse (who must be used to such behavior because they trot right up to you expecting it). At least that's how it was when I visited. I hope it hasn't changed!
Richard Pierpoint: he fought with the British in the American Revolution(1775-1783)...30 years later he defended Upper Canada during the War of 1812, at this time he was 68 years strong.
I’ve seen a tv adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. In one scene, an older woman was so angry at this one guy, she told him, “you can go straight to-“ “-Halifax!” Says Anne. 😂
Bit of an aside but at the start of the Edmonton Grads one is 1920 Street of Fort Edmonton Park, which is the largest living history museum in Canada. It's divided into sections recreating different historical eras of Edmonton, with historic buildings that were saved from demolition and moved there as well as reconstructions of those that were lost.
Im Canadian and im embarassed to saw that not only have i never seen the about the brave man who defended canada at teh age of 68. ive never even heard that story and im a bit of a history buff thank you for bringing some of my own history to me
FINALLY I've been waiting and waiting until you finally react to the Heritage Minute of Lucy Maud Montgomery, I'm so thrilled! Also she was born and raised in Prince Edward Island, a place here in Canada I would love to see
PEI, Prince Edward Island, nicknamed: "Garden of the Gulf", the “Gentle Island”, and the "Birthplace of Confederation”, home to the birthplace of the creation of the nation we know today as Canada. Known for: Anne of Green Gables (th-cam.com/video/31aZ8pOMhlc/w-d-xo.html) (L.M. Montgomery and Green Gables Heritage House), potatoes, beaches, red “Charlottetown soil”, parks, dunes, vacationing, golf, amazing seafood (especially oysters - Malpeque Oysters), "Stompin' Tom" Connors (th-cam.com/video/UxJvrD80nJ4/w-d-xo.html), Cavendish Beach Music Festival, massive Atlantic bluefin tuna (th-cam.com/video/cguTpRewmJs/w-d-xo.html), golfing, The Confederation Bridge (Canada's longest bridge and the world's longest bridge over seasonally ice-covered water), having the surname Gallant, drawing pogey (unemployment insurance - th-cam.com/video/kBArG9c1zSY/w-d-xo.html), Canada’s smallest province (both geographically and by population), kitchen parties, and fiddle music.
Yes, PEI which is Prince Edward Island, off the east coast of Canada. It made the island famous and... well spawned movies, and TV miniseries and such. Richard Pierpoint was enslaved at 16, lived as a slave until the American Revolution, where he fought with Britain, and ended up in Canada (still British colony) then 30 years later at 68 fought in "The War of 1812" for Canada. (Revolutionary War ended... 1783?) So, Africa in 1760 at 16, to US(?) and Revolutionary War (1775-83) to Canada in 1812. The Paris Crew, won their way to the finals. I'm not sure what was needed to qualify but... they did. Canada seems to have many "underdog victory" stories... maybe because underdog losses don't make the history books. (Or minutes in this case.)
PEI - Prince Edward Island - known for its red mud and potatoes. Anne with an E (joint CBC Netflix production) is based on Anne of GG but with a few extra male characters.
Dear OJB --- I make a point of watching all your videos, and have often left comments. I also have made some suggestions for things to look at. But THIS suggestion is by far the most important one, in my view: th-cam.com/video/yGd764YU9yc/w-d-xo.html This is a very long TH-cam video, but the heart of it is an animated film which starts at 18:00 minutes. It's an animated film called "The Secret Path", and there is a big story behind it. The most beloved Canadian band is probably The Tragically Hip. Think of Yothu Yindi, Eric Bogle, Midnight Oil, and Crowded House all wrapped up together, and you have an inkling. The lead singer and songwriter of the band was Gordon Downie, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December of 2015. During the last year of his life, he devoted his time to creating The Secret Path ---- a full album of ten songs combined with a graphic novel (illustrated by famed comix artist Jeff Lemire), an animated film combining both, and a package of educational material. The Secret Path tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who ran away from a Residential School in 1966 and attempted to walk home to his remote village 600 kms away. He died of starvation and exposure in the middle of nowhere. It was released on October 18, 2016. Downie performed the album in a concert at Roy Thomson Hall on October 21, 2016, attended by members of the Wenjack family, and died a year later. The Secret Path was intended to be a complete educational package, and it has come to be used for teaching in many Canadian schools. The recent revelations about child deaths in the Residential Schools have made it all the more relevant. Downie was loved and respected by all Canadians. On his death, the Prime Minister addressed the nation with the statement: "Our buddy Gord, who loved this country with everything he had-and not just loved it in a nebulous, 'Oh, I love Canada' way. He loved every hidden corner, every story, every aspect of this country that he celebrated his whole life." But that is nothing compared to the love that Canada's First Nations feel for him. I have hitch-hiked all across Canada over many years. It seems that most of the people who gave me rides had a Tragically Hip song playing when they stopped for me, or had their cassettes scattered on the front seat of their car or truck.
Went to the east coast as a kid when my parents were the guest speakers of a camp called Scotia Glen. Getting the red sand on my socks and between toes for the first time. The red sand of the Outback reminded me of it.
Prince Edward Island is located on Canada's east coast, making up on of the four Atlantic Provinces. It, as well as the French speaking islands of 'les iles de la madeleine', is known for it's rich, red soil.
In my town there is a plaque for Richard Pierpoint, on the easternmost pier, the point of town that first sees daylight every morning. It was sad, after his distinguished career he requested to be allowed to go home to his birthplace in Africa but was denied - but he was at least given 100 acres and a senior role in town council, and never returned home but helped establish a whole new one where I live now
Due too Canada's rich fishing industry, at that time, we employed Rescue boats, all Volunteers to brave the weather, not to mention our brave fishermen that went out in Dory's. Mighty rowers against a mighty Ocean.
Unfortunately school in Canada never really stressed Canadian History. After all there weren't all the wars, so the heritage minutes were to provide vignettes to install the curiousity. It concentrates on the victories and the shameful points. The importance of knowing the errors of the past and inequalities in society is important so it can be fixed. No society is perfect
@@bonriver9420 Different schooling I guess. I'm 68 and the amount of history was apalling. I learned a lot more from my mother who was very much into it.
Everyone knows about Anne if Green Gables, but Emily of New Moon is just as big and even better! And she was from PEI (Prince Edward Island), which like the other eastern provinces, the maritimes, were and are mostly brits or descendants thereof, and it still has that feel and look, and you can still tell by their names... so you’re not far off when you thought she was British...
'America' has historically meant The New World, rather than just one country in it (the United States). In 1760, America definitely meant the New World; the US didn't even exist. These days, a lot of people say 'America' to mean the USA specifically but it's a colloquial expression. Technically speaking, everything from Nunavut to Chile is America. America has 2 parts: north America & south America. Slavery was abolished in British parts of America (present day Canada, Guyana, Belize, Jamaica, etc.) in 1833.
@@mocat1 I've heard mentioned the words "Central America". Another Clone who can't help making an obtuse statement to gratify it's delusion of importance.
It feels like you're really missing out on the background history so you're kinda missing the point. Richard Pierpoint was 16 when he was captured, survived the middle passage from Senegal to America. That was in the 1760s. When he was in his thirties he, amongst others, was given an opportunity to fight for the British in return for his freedom. Britain lost the war but tens of thousands of "loyalists" left afterwards to resettle in Britain, which at that point included future Canada. About 10% of those resettling loyalists were black. The war of 1812 started with Americans convinced of their manifest destiny to conquer what would one day be Canada. At that time in theory slavery was still legal in Britain and thus in theory in Canada. In reality Canada had passed one of the earliest angry slavery acts in the world decades earlier and since then has continued chipping away at the legal framework that allowed slavery. So by 1812 America winning would mean those incredibly vital gains would be lost. Richard Pierpoint and other loyalists did have land from their service to the crown. Plenty of others had less comfortable lives but still were facing a much bleaker future if America won. But they were given a wage and many would receive land grants after Britain won but that pales in comparison with what keeping Canada free meant to them.
th-cam.com/video/ZbZ4XGKCBf4/w-d-xo.html Original name was our old boat. Reference to how it was used as a boat during the last great flood some 5,000 years ago. Everything needed to survive for a year was on the boat, which included Moose, said why the soil is red, iron in blood rust.
How do you play basketball when both the teams are wearing black uniforms, and most of the players have blonde hair? Did anyone ever complete a pass to the right team?
Those aren't kneepads, they are bloomers worn under a skirt, thats why they were jealous of the shorts. No need to show off their bloomers if they go down.
The island she is talking about is Prince Edward Island. It is Canada's smallest province and it is on the east coast. The soil is red. As for the knee pads, they are not knee pads. Back in those times, it was very taboo for women to show any part of their leg above the knee. Even swimsuits at the time, women wore clothes that looked like those uniforms.
@redefinescience Such yummy potatoes! 😊
And my favourite province to camp at every summer, but it makes me sad to know what happened to that beautiful island in Sep,14th,2022
@@gillianclarke7110 I’ve never had the opportunity to visit any of the Maritime provinces. Someday : )
Nine of Lucy Maude Montgomery's novels were about Anne Shirley, the titular character of Anne of Green Gables, and her family. As well as the novels, Montgomery wrote over 500 short stories, almost as many poems, and a number of essays.
Prince Edward Island. A maritime Province. Known for the red earth.
Nickname PEI
That’s why the roads are red lol
& Potatoes
I am from Saint John and grew up hearing the story of the Paris crew, it is still a well know story today. BUT you heard that $100,000 wrong, that was how much WE bet on the race, not our GDP or what ever you thought it was.
If you have never seen any of the television adapted versions of Anne of Green Gables, watch them. I'm partial to the 80's version with Megan Follows.
I too love the 80s version. Grew up watching it. Love it
Yes I love the '80's version with Megan Follows and Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert. I think there was 3 or 4 movies at different stages of life, depicting Anne, Gilbert and community of Avonlea, PEI.
Incidentally, Jonathan Crombie passed away suddenly a few years ago. Canadians were saddened by his death.
Anne of Green Gables was especially loved in Japan and Prince Edward Island used to be the destination for loads of Japanese tourists there to visit Lucy Maud Montgomery’s home.
That's because Anne of Green Gables was (still is?) required reading in Japanese schools.
Still is or was before covid...lol.
@@johnt8636 After it's early popularity due to young people of Japan feeling an Island connection with Anne. It became required reading after it's extreme success in Japan especially in Northern Japan.
@@captaincanada67
Japanese women live in a very conservative and strict society. They found inspiration & encouragement to free themselves in the character of Anne. She was the opposite of the instilled passivity they lived with.
Prince Edward Island, or just PEI to most Canadians, is probably the most charming place in Canada. The soil really is red and rich, so the country roads look like winding red ribbons through the green fields, which have old fashioned wooden fences to make horse paddocks and farmyards. There are plenty of places to pull over and take in a view, or pet a horse (who must be used to such behavior because they trot right up to you expecting it). At least that's how it was when I visited. I hope it hasn't changed!
Richard Pierpoint: he fought with the British in the American Revolution(1775-1783)...30 years later he defended Upper Canada during the War of 1812, at this time he was 68 years strong.
I’ve seen a tv adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. In one scene, an older woman was so angry at this one guy, she told him, “you can go straight to-“
“-Halifax!” Says Anne. 😂
Bit of an aside but at the start of the Edmonton Grads one is 1920 Street of Fort Edmonton Park, which is the largest living history museum in Canada. It's divided into sections recreating different historical eras of Edmonton, with historic buildings that were saved from demolition and moved there as well as reconstructions of those that were lost.
The island is the Province of Prince Edward Island. I have a cousin who lives there.
Is their last name Gallant?
Im Canadian and im embarassed to saw that not only have i never seen the about the brave man who defended canada at teh age of 68. ive never even heard that story and im a bit of a history buff thank you for bringing some of my own history to me
I agree, we need more all around history. I am a loyalist decendant but never heard about all the groups who fought for the King.
I feel exactly the same and I lived in Osborne Village in the 90's.
FINALLY I've been waiting and waiting until you finally react to the Heritage Minute of Lucy Maud Montgomery, I'm so thrilled! Also she was born and raised in Prince Edward Island, a place here in Canada I would love to see
PEI, Prince Edward Island, nicknamed: "Garden of the Gulf", the “Gentle Island”, and the "Birthplace of Confederation”, home to the birthplace of the creation of the nation we know today as Canada.
Known for: Anne of Green Gables (th-cam.com/video/31aZ8pOMhlc/w-d-xo.html) (L.M. Montgomery and Green Gables Heritage House), potatoes, beaches, red “Charlottetown soil”, parks, dunes, vacationing, golf, amazing seafood (especially oysters - Malpeque Oysters), "Stompin' Tom" Connors (th-cam.com/video/UxJvrD80nJ4/w-d-xo.html), Cavendish Beach Music Festival, massive Atlantic bluefin tuna (th-cam.com/video/cguTpRewmJs/w-d-xo.html), golfing, The Confederation Bridge (Canada's longest bridge and the world's longest bridge over seasonally ice-covered water), having the surname Gallant, drawing pogey (unemployment insurance - th-cam.com/video/kBArG9c1zSY/w-d-xo.html), Canada’s smallest province (both geographically and by population), kitchen parties, and fiddle music.
Yes, PEI which is Prince Edward Island, off the east coast of Canada. It made the island famous and... well spawned movies, and TV miniseries and such.
Richard Pierpoint was enslaved at 16, lived as a slave until the American Revolution, where he fought with Britain, and ended up in Canada (still British colony) then 30 years later at 68 fought in "The War of 1812" for Canada. (Revolutionary War ended... 1783?) So, Africa in 1760 at 16, to US(?) and Revolutionary War (1775-83) to Canada in 1812.
The Paris Crew, won their way to the finals. I'm not sure what was needed to qualify but... they did. Canada seems to have many "underdog victory" stories... maybe because underdog losses don't make the history books. (Or minutes in this case.)
PEI - Prince Edward Island - known for its red mud and potatoes. Anne with an E (joint CBC Netflix production) is based on Anne of GG but with a few extra male characters.
Dear OJB --- I make a point of watching all your videos, and have often left comments. I also have made some suggestions for things to look at. But THIS suggestion is by far the most important one, in my view:
th-cam.com/video/yGd764YU9yc/w-d-xo.html
This is a very long TH-cam video, but the heart of it is an animated film which starts at 18:00 minutes. It's an animated film called "The Secret Path", and there is a big story behind it.
The most beloved Canadian band is probably The Tragically Hip. Think of Yothu Yindi, Eric Bogle, Midnight Oil, and Crowded House all wrapped up together, and you have an inkling. The lead singer and songwriter of the band was Gordon Downie, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December of 2015. During the last year of his life, he devoted his time to creating The Secret Path ---- a full album of ten songs combined with a graphic novel (illustrated by famed comix artist Jeff Lemire), an animated film combining both, and a package of educational material. The Secret Path tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who ran away from a Residential School in 1966 and attempted to walk home to his remote village 600 kms away. He died of starvation and exposure in the middle of nowhere. It was released on October 18, 2016. Downie performed the album in a concert at Roy Thomson Hall on October 21, 2016, attended by members of the Wenjack family, and died a year later.
The Secret Path was intended to be a complete educational package, and it has come to be used for teaching in many Canadian schools. The recent revelations about child deaths in the Residential Schools have made it all the more relevant.
Downie was loved and respected by all Canadians. On his death, the Prime Minister addressed the nation with the statement: "Our buddy Gord, who loved this country with everything he had-and not just loved it in a nebulous, 'Oh, I love Canada' way. He loved every hidden corner, every story, every aspect of this country that he celebrated his whole life." But that is nothing compared to the love that Canada's First Nations feel for him.
I have hitch-hiked all across Canada over many years. It seems that most of the people who gave me rides had a Tragically Hip song playing when they stopped for me, or had their cassettes scattered on the front seat of their car or truck.
Love u loving our heritage minutes! ❤️🇨🇦🤓Ottawa
Went to the east coast as a kid when my parents were the guest speakers of a camp called Scotia Glen. Getting the red sand on my socks and between toes for the first time. The red sand of the Outback reminded me of it.
P.E.I is in the mouth of the St. Laurent river and was created by dirt and silt that was carried down the river...it's a producer of potatoes
Prince Edward Island is located on Canada's east coast, making up on of the four Atlantic Provinces. It, as well as the French speaking islands of 'les iles de la madeleine', is known for it's rich, red soil.
In my town there is a plaque for Richard Pierpoint, on the easternmost pier, the point of town that first sees daylight every morning. It was sad, after his distinguished career he requested to be allowed to go home to his birthplace in Africa but was denied - but he was at least given 100 acres and a senior role in town council, and never returned home but helped establish a whole new one where I live now
Thanks for doing this. We don’t often get recognized for our achievements (especially neighbouring the land of the arrogant and self important).
LM Montgomery,,,was speaking of Prince Edward Island which is the smallest province in Canada. East coast Maritime province.
We have a town called Paris! It is very historical!
Due too Canada's rich fishing industry, at that time, we employed Rescue boats, all Volunteers to brave the weather, not to mention our brave fishermen that went out in Dory's.
Mighty rowers against a mighty Ocean.
Unfortunately school in Canada never really stressed Canadian History. After all there weren't all the wars, so the heritage minutes were to provide vignettes to install the curiousity. It concentrates on the victories and the shameful points. The importance of knowing the errors of the past and inequalities in society is important so it can be fixed. No society is perfect
I am a Canadian in my 70s and I was taught lots of Canadian history in both grade school and high school.
@@bonriver9420 Different schooling I guess. I'm 68 and the amount of history was apalling. I learned a lot more from my mother who was very much into it.
Everyone knows about Anne if Green Gables, but Emily of New Moon is just as big and even better! And she was from PEI (Prince Edward Island), which like the other eastern provinces, the maritimes, were and are mostly brits or descendants thereof, and it still has that feel and look, and you can still tell by their names... so you’re not far off when you thought she was British...
Lucy Maud Montgomery is speaking about Prince Edward Island; PEI is known for red soil .
Prince Edward Island.
Anne of Green Gables is something of an obsession with the Japanese, with many thousands visiting every year
Yup, it's Prince Edward Island.
'America' has historically meant The New World, rather than just one country in it (the United States). In 1760, America definitely meant the New World; the US didn't even exist. These days, a lot of people say 'America' to mean the USA specifically but it's a colloquial expression. Technically speaking, everything from Nunavut to Chile is America. America has 2 parts: north America & south America. Slavery was abolished in British parts of America (present day Canada, Guyana, Belize, Jamaica, etc.) in 1833.
The countries of Central America would probably beg to differ, that there are only “2 parts”. Chile is most assuredly a part of South America.
@@mocat1
I've heard mentioned the words "Central America".
Another Clone who can't help making an obtuse statement to gratify it's delusion of importance.
my dad was born in 1939 in st john nb and there was always a rivalry with boston dad speed skated there in races
She is from the Province of Prince Edward Island.
Lucy Maude Montgomery spent her childhood in Prince Edward Island ( P.E.I.).
Prince Edward Island is an island province!
It feels like you're really missing out on the background history so you're kinda missing the point.
Richard Pierpoint was 16 when he was captured, survived the middle passage from Senegal to America. That was in the 1760s. When he was in his thirties he, amongst others, was given an opportunity to fight for the British in return for his freedom.
Britain lost the war but tens of thousands of "loyalists" left afterwards to resettle in Britain, which at that point included future Canada. About 10% of those resettling loyalists were black.
The war of 1812 started with Americans convinced of their manifest destiny to conquer what would one day be Canada. At that time in theory slavery was still legal in Britain and thus in theory in Canada. In reality Canada had passed one of the earliest angry slavery acts in the world decades earlier and since then has continued chipping away at the legal framework that allowed slavery. So by 1812 America winning would mean those incredibly vital gains would be lost.
Richard Pierpoint and other loyalists did have land from their service to the crown. Plenty of others had less comfortable lives but still were facing a much bleaker future if America won.
But they were given a wage and many would receive land grants after Britain won but that pales in comparison with what keeping Canada free meant to them.
I love Prince Edward island (P.E.I.) :)
Oh and as Bud the Spud would say...that's the bright red mud of Prince Edward island :)
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Original name was our old boat.
Reference to how it was used as a boat during the last great flood some 5,000 years ago.
Everything needed to survive for a year was on the boat, which included Moose, said why the soil is red, iron in blood rust.
She lived in Prince Edward Island. The earth is actually red!
Hey- insane job- take care,OJB,;))
It said their town had a $100,000.00 bet.
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fyi dude in front (back?) of boat was married to tori spelling until he wasnt
Dean McDermott ?
The Edmonton Grads weren't wearing knee pads, most probably a modesty garments.
Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦👍
Be careful adding an s to the end of Saint John New Brunswick because there is Saint John's Newfoundland.
pei is red as red can be remember the ferry pulling up and seeing the red sand one day will bring the wife to see it!
It's Prince Edward Island and Anne of Green Gables has always been DEFINITIVELY Canadian. The UK? Good grief...
Prince Edward Island
OJB you take on the money missed the point. The town bet that much, not the towns worth.
Those aren't knee pads !! 😄😂😉 👍✌🖖🍁🌻
How do you play basketball when both the teams are wearing black uniforms, and most of the players have blonde hair? Did anyone ever complete a pass to the right team?
The land is red because of iron-oxide in the soil
Those aren't kneepads, they are bloomers worn under a skirt, thats why they were jealous of the shorts.
No need to show off their bloomers if they go down.
Not knee pads...bloomers
Are thay knee pads or long underwear like swimwear of the day
Island of potatos. P.E.I
OMg you watch so many of these but still seem to know nothing. New Brunswick is not a town,,it’s a province. Geesh
🤣 He's a good sort, it's hard to listen when you're mind is wandering as fast as he talks. 💭☄🔥
Please stop saying a state....in Canada we have provinces
Read a map.
Canadian women's sports are so over looked the women's Olympic hockey team is by far superior to men's winning the gold time and time again!
OMg you watch so many of these but still seem to know nothing. New Brunswick is not a town,,it’s a province. Geesh