American Reacts to Heritage Minutes: Expo '67, Joseph Casavant & Kenojuak Ashevak
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As an American I don't know much about Canadian history, and Canadian heritage moments are a fantastic way to learn about important events and people in Canada's past. Today I am very excited to learn about the stories of Expo '67, Joseph Casavant and Kenojuak Ashevak. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I’m in my late 70s and have such great memories of Expo 67. We visited Montreal ( from Southwestern Ontario) for a week and went to Expo every day. It was absolutely beautiful. Visited each of the countries pavilions, learned a lot about other countries and their cuisine. The food was great. Most of all, the actual site for Expo was a marvel in itself. They did build the island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River and in the 6 month Expo period, some 50 million people attended. Montreal was the best host and showed the world how to put on a World’s Fair. So glad Heritage Minutes included Expo 67 in their lineup. Thanks Tyler. 👏👏👏🥰🇨🇦
Bonjour from British Columbia. I was a young child at the time and it was a big dea all over canada. Cheers
That's awesome. I hope you gave your life to Jesus in your 70 years. Would be a shame to get this old just to go to hell forever. Only Jesus can save. He was the one hanging on the cross saying "It is finished". And rose on the third day.
Christ is KING 👑 ❤️❤️❤️
Ditto! 77 now. Loved it!
@@heidimueller1039 I was 11 in 1967 and the metro had been inaugurated the year before. I spent all summer taking it to the expo, must have been some 50 visits altogether. I got to learn every country, know their capital city etc. It fostered my interest in geography to the point I chose it at university. The France pavilion had a huge library, the USSR one had a big record store: Melodiya LPs, all written in ciryllic characters. That’s how I discovered there were other alphabets. So many memories…. Nowadays I’d never let my 11-yr old grandson travel down there by himself. Those were different times.
I'm 71. Went there from New Brunswick. I remember first time eating Borscht for the first time at USSR pavilion because I lived it lol.
These Heritage Minutes are all tv commercials which when they are new are shown on Canadian tv channels. As a Canadian I am grateful that these commercials have been saved to TH-cam.
Right !
There is a website that has them all as well.
USED to, we dont see those ads anymore for a few years already.......
Thank you Mayor Jean Drapeau. A man with a TRUE vision!
He was never the same after having his baby lol
I smell a really good reaction video on Expo67 coming real soon ! It will be delightfull !!!
Expo 67 remains my favorite exhibition park ever. I was 7 years old at the time and went there a lot (and still never saw everything). It was an amazing place, with buildings and exhibits from around the world, music and food from all countries, games, rides, movie theaters, etc. etc. etc. There was even a free rail system just to cross around to the different areas because it was so huge. And for kids, they did something absolutely brilliant in order to encourage them to visit the buildings from every country: You had to go visit each one and then after learning a little about that country's culture, you could exit and then get a special Expo 67 PASSPORT booklet stamped -- so the goal was to 'Catch 'Em All' (get every stamp)... There were so many though (and they were all huge) so not many kids got all the stamps... I finally managed to get every one after about 10 trips to Expo 67
After the Exhibition finished, it did continue on for many years under the rename of MAN AND HIS WORLD -- but it never held the same awe and excitement as the original Expo 67.
It was even the introduction of the IMAX theaters...
EXPO 67 VIDEO [organized in chapters]
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I was 8 years old and went there several times that year. I went with my older brother and his friends by metro (subway). My brother and his friends were only 12-13 years old. That's unheard of these days. My brother ended up working at MAN AND HIS WORLD for a couple of summer jobs at one of my uncle's fast food restaurants.
I was living in Montreal at the time and went every weekend I could. Loved it! Sadly, somewhere over the years I lost my Expo passport, but still have many great photographs.
@@BillTarling Yes, you’re correct. I forgot about the Passports. Hmmm. Mine must be packed away with mementos. I didn’t get it filled though. Great memories. 🥰
@@martincampbell7774my brother is the keeper of the passports. I allowed him to have mine because he has collected so many artifacts from Expo 67.
Cape Dorset is in Nunavut. I met this wonderful artist when she visited Iqaluit.
Casavant & Frères - "Frères" means Brothers (you can get google to pronounce it for you) . Kenojuak's owl was the first postage stamp I collected at 10 years old. So while we didn't learn about her in school, I have a strong memory of this owl. (and of course the later heritage minute).
There are a number of videos out there which you should check out about Expo 67. They are well worth the look see.
Fun fact for you, the large sphere which is often seen in Montreal landscapes was actually the American pavilion during the Expo. It’s one of the few buildings which has been left on the site.
Another one was the French pavilion which is now used for Montreal’s casino.
There was already an island, St. Hélène which was expanded while next to it, they built Île Notre Dame from scratch using the material extracted from building the subway system. If you have ever seen the F1 car race, the Canadian Formula One has been held on a race track built on Île Notre Dame.
I was 11 when the Expo was held and I have fond memories of spending most of the summer visiting all the site.
Only a small portion of the island was built from the metro dirt. It is a big island and the metro didn’t create enough rock and dirt on its own.
I first visited Canada (from England) in the summer of 1972 as an exchange student as a guest of the RCAF. While in Montreal we were shown over where Expo 67 had been held, and I remember being shown the film about Canada in what was essentially the first IMAX cinema, with an enormous wrap-around screen. We were near the front row, so had a roughly 180 deg view, and it was stunning. The Expo must have been incredible.
My grandfather (rest in peace) worked on Expo 67 as a plumber. The organization needed to make this happen was INSANE.
The bridge is Jacques Cartier bridge (named after the French explorer who was the first European to explore the Saint-Lawrence river) and the island under it is Sainte-Hélène island, which was a natural island before it was artificially extended. When you paused, that was before the change. As they said, at the time, they were digging tunnels for the Montréal subway (which was a brand new thing), so they used the rubble from that to extend Sainte-Hélène island and create Notre-Dame island. Most of the buildings from the Expo are not longer there, but the islands remained.
A lot of things happened during the 60's and 70's in Québec, it's a period we call the Quiet Revolution. It's worth learning about.
similar story: my parents had their first date there in '67.
I’m a Canadian and just got back from a trip to Yellowstone National Park. You have a beautiful country and I really enjoyed it. I also appreciate you learning and teaching others about Canadian ways of life.
That's where the Major League Baseball team the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals) got their name.
Thank you Washington!! ❤
The theme of Expo 67 was "Man and His World" and this event is perfect for a reaction video of its own. As many others who are old enough to have experienced it, as I was being 10 years old at the time, that summer holds special memories for all of us. Who can forget standing in the middle of the Bell Exhibition and watching movies made to be shown on a 360 degree screen or the monorails gliding in the air, sometimes through some exhibition hall, taking us anywhere from one end to another of the island. I almost forgot to mention the atmosphere reigning throughout the site with nothing by smiles, good will, joy and awe radiating from everyone from all ages, all colors, all languages. '67 was a magical summer.
Expo 67 was an amazing accomplishment for Canada - culturally, economically and engineering-wise. An elevated Minirail system carried visitors up to 40 ft above ground level, swung out over the St. Lawrence River and pierced both the Ontario Pavilion and the geodesic dome of the American Pavilion designed by Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller. It ran on two "I" beams similar to a rollercoaster. 62 nations took part and almost 55 million people attended. Expanding an island would never get the go ahead today. Not from politicians, nor ecologists.
At 9 y.o. Our family went to expo 67. I still remember it to this day. AWESOME.
I forget whose idea it was to start the Heritage Minutes but you illustrate their value perfectly. We have such a diverse country it is impossible to know all of our greatness. This allow us all to learn. Love Canada!!
They promote history and diversity at the same time.
Not by accident.
@@gkarenko9593 It is a great program and always fills me with pride. Never stop learning.
Pretty sure they started in Québec, with the Jacques Cartier expedition discovering ''The Village''
Expo '67 was a blast ... I was only 6, but I think I still have my passport. Many Canadians do not know Kenojuak Ashevak, but the ones of us old enough instantly recognize the owl .. in the 60's & early '70's it was everywhere (a stamp, a poster, a limited print in someone's living room ....)
The wise old lady you see there, is not an actor! She’s the real deal!
My father was also born in '27, and he's still with us as well.
The spoil from the tunnel work creating the Montreal Metro was used to create île Notre Dame.
We need to translate Metro to subway for those below the 49th parallel.
@@Lois-New-faeWhich is ironic as only New York uses the name subway, Washington DC and Los Angeles uses the term Metro. Not as ironic as French cities using the term Metro as it comes from Metropolitan Railway the company that be the beginning of the London Underground
ding! ding! ding! Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine inauguration in 1967 ;)
Cassavant pipe organs are absolutely incredible. They sound wonderful. I was delighted to hear that you're talking about them.
They are amazing! I regularly play on one installed in 1912. Ours is very modest, but the power is incredible!
Bonjour, I'm from Montreal, I was born in 1960, So I was 7 years old. It's was so big for the time, that I still remember it. You want to learn about Expo 67. here is the best video. It is long, but very well done,. you will learn about the biggest party in Canadian history. good viewing.
Bonjour Claude, je crois que vous avez oublié de publier le lien. Bonne journée! :)
P.S. Vous êtes chanceux d'avoir vécu çà, j'aurais bien aimé y être!
They didn't build one island, they did two. And one now holds the Canadian Grand Prix and a Casino. And along with that the rowing basin for 76 Olympics. Montreal got their fill of value out of dirt from the Metro
@@cassiopee26 il y a une chaîne YT qui s’appelle Discover Montreal. Ils ont publié un documentaire d’une quarantaine de minutes, il y a environ 1 mois. Jettez-y un coup d’oeil, ça en vaut la peine. Ils ont plusieurs autres bons videos, dont celui de la crise du verglas
@@nono86753 oui je connais la chaîne, mais je savais pas qu’ils avaient fait un vidéo sur l’Expo. Je vais aller voir ça.
@@cassiopee26 Super! Vous m’en donnerez des nouvelles si vous en avez l’occasion 😊
The island is still there and it is there that we have the Montreal's Grand Prix, Montreal's Casino, La Ronde, etc... it is a great place to chill, relax, walk, bike... there is even a beach on it now....
I can absolutely confirm that that is Kenojuak Ashevak in the video. Isn't she beautiful?
She is indeed! 😊
I play on a Cassavant organ at church! Installed in 1912. Ours in very modest - only 2 manuals (keyboards) and about 850 pipes (very large organs can have 5 manuals and 10s of thousands of pipes). Sadly, many of these magnificent instruments are being decommissioned and torn out as churches close and/or the organs become too costly to maintain. We have to bring a guy from 2 provinces away just to get it tuned. But how glorious they are!
My grandfather worked for Casavant in the 1920’s and installed organs in churches in Québec, Ontario and even as far as Detroit
Expo 67 was something extraordinary, I remember visiting with my family back then. There are still some pavilion standing, one has been turned into a casino and the U.S. one is now a museum of the environment.
Just a side note, about the American pavilion at expo 67... When Walt Disney visited, he fell in love with it and asked for one to be built in Florida at the Epcot Center. It is still there
I’m Canadian myself and some of this stuff I didn’t even knew. Keep up the good work man and it’s entertaining to watch as a Canadian. Great video!
I went to Expo 67 numerous times that summer. It was freaking awesome, with pavilions contributed by countries from all over the world. The U.S. pavilion was a geodesic dome that is still there today.
Casavant , a man from Province of Québec.
My parents told me about the Expo. They travelled there from where we are in central Canada. I wish we still had cool innovation stuff like this today.
I was in Montreal for expo 67!!! I was only 3 at the time.....then we also saw the 76 Olympics when Nadia Commenici got her first perfect score at the old forum! Highlight of my life for sure!!!🎉🎉
As an Inuk, I'm happy to see that heritage moment.
Cape Dorset is in Nunavut, not NWT, my mothers from there, I've never been.
At the time this heritage minute was made; it was NWT. NWT didn't divide into NWT and Nanavut until April 1st 1999. I know because I remember visiting my cousins in Cambridge Bay in 87. They lived there in mid 80s to mid 2000s. Also I just googled it.
Funny because this heritage minute is from 2016.. but you are correct about the Nunavut being NWT.
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Funny how government of Canada forced us out there and then make it a territory on April fools day of all days...
@@mienafriggstad3360yes, you are right. When I was in High school, back in the 80’s, we learned that Canada only had 2 territories, Yukon and NWT
@@mienafriggstad3360 I think you better Google the heritage minute date... also why false report my comment.
You also didn't do very well at said googling.
At the time, Montreal was Canada's most populous city. That's why that site was chosen!
And it is an island, which would likely mess with Tyler's head lol
Montreal's casino is in the French Pavillion. The U.S.pavillion which burned is now the biosphere.
My dad worked as an electrician in some pavillion even in some metro stations. Very proud of this grand idea our Montreal mayor had. He did bring us into the 21st century ahead of a lot of cities around the world.. that's saying a lot coming from the little French community of North America. :D
Hunh, now I feel ignorant. I live accross the St Laurent from this in Longueuil Qc, and I had no clue that Island was built, it's just always been there all my life with the Expo 67 attractions and the "La Ronde" amusement park still on it. Never thought twice about how it got there, lol.
After you do a video on Expo 67, you can do another on Expo 86.
Yes please!
I was 16 years old when Expo 67 opened. I went with family friends and had the time of my life. Even for a teenager all the different countries that participated were very interesting. It was a highlight to my teen years.
Expo 67 was Canada's coming out party to the world. The island still has a massive sculpture by Alexander Calder and a huge geodesic dome by Buckminster Fuller that were commissioned for the Fair.
10:16 "Do people name their organs?" ....The joke just writes itself there 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really enjoy getting re-educated about Canada with your channel. I wonder why much of the information didn't stick with me back in highschool 😆🤟🍺😂
Kenojuak Ashevak has a Wiki page and it says she died in 2013 at age 85.
Quite a few Casavant Brothers organs are still in the churches and cathedrals they were installed into, I'd imagine only closed churches wouldn't maintain their musical organs
They are horrendously expensive to maintain. We have a 1912 Cassavant. The entire thing is mechanical, no electricity except for the blower (which itself is a retrofit from the 50s - prior to that it was hand-pumped). We have to fly a guy in from Calgary (we're in Manitoba) just to tune it. Lots are falling into disuse with congregations shrinking and buildings closing. We are blessed that our congregation is growing and thriving and we have both a now-refurbished Cassavant and a beautiful grand piano (on loan of sorts from the estate of a dearly departed Sister). I am grateful having the privilege of using both these fine instruments regularly.
@@jolenethiessen357 Is that the one at St. Luke's?
@@dbadilotti Nope! We are not in Winnipeg!
Expo 67 was a general World's Fair, like Seattle, New York, etc. Expo 86 in Vancouver was a transportation themed Wirkd's Fair, was a blast.
Check out the video Ca-na-da! It is made during Expo 67 and it shows the piped piper leading a group of kids around the site all the while sing the Ca-na-da song which sounds very 60's.
my mom had the 45. English version on one side, and French on the other. th-cam.com/video/Uj4LZB5oarA/w-d-xo.html
They said there is "no one Inuit word for art" - they have a phrase for the process but... if memory serves they have several terms for types of art... a bit like how English has words like music, painting, sculpture, etc. that we can lump together under the heading of art.
Also Tyler if you'd "hush" and listen you could watch a heritage minute in... under 90 seconds. I'm teasing, but watch them then talk about it works too. You sometimes either miss something by pausing, or ask a question... that most people would ask so it will be answered shortly.
Hush? Tyler? 🤣🤣🤣
You absolutely need to do a deep dive expo67 video!
The track that hosts the Canadian Grand Prix (Formula 1 race) is on one of the islands made for Expo 67
the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve; outside of the F1 race season it's used by cyclists, inline skaters and skateboarders.
Today, on the island where the Expo took place, one of Canada's greatest international events happens every May: the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. The race is considered one of the most difficult and challenging races, and has been on the race calendar ever since the Expo
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve wasn't built until 77 and the GP was first held there in the fall of 78. Gilles won the first one there . The track has evolved a few times but it is technical and the drivers like it
@@marklittle8805 thank you for clarifying the dates, my friend. i feel sheepish for being a Canadian race fan and not knowing this😳
And the GP is in June not May 😉
@@majoriedc depends on the year but generally yes... again, I'm sorry
@@haydendegrow945 No worries! It as been on other dates, but for the last 20 years or more its in June. Big racing fan here too 😂
If I’m correct, it’s now the site of La Ronde, which is a Six Flags Theme Park (the only one in Canada). According to many, Montreal is foodie capital of the country. The whole province is lovely to visit. Visiting Quebec City is like going back in time.
It feels a bit odd having someone say of a seminal moment in my life, and millions of other people's, "Never heard of it." Expo67 was a global phenomenon, an expression of aspirations for a peaceful world at the height of the Cold War.
@@peterschaffter826 and special because it was Canada's Centennial year
You should absolutely do a video on Expo 67. It's where the giant white orb lives for one thing, that you've seen a couple of times in videos about Montreal.. It was an awesome event! I was only 9 at the time, but I was completely fascinated by it. Today, those 2 islands are very much in use. There's an amusement park called La Ronde, the track for the Formula-1 Grand Prix, a park, and a large outdoor venue that accommodates 40,000+ people, a beach, sport and leisure activities and more. The outdoor venue hosts a music festival every year, called Osheaga. Montreal continues to rock!
Thank you very much indeed for your brain effort. 270 million people came to visit the Montreal Expo. World record. 😀😃😄🙃😉😉😉😉😉
No, it was close to 55 million visitors, not 270
@@nono86753 My mistake . It was 50 million indeed.
For Expo 67, Quebec built the Cité du Havre, enlarged Sainte-Hélène Island and created Notre-Dame Island. I was 9 years old at the time and I could walk alone, take the metro and the bus without any danger. I had my seasonal passport so I could go there every day. Notre-Dame Island still exists of course. The Formula 1 Grand Prix takes place there on the Gilles Villeneuve track.
I grew up in the village where the oldest original casavant organ is still functioning. Its fun to see things I know on youtube!
Today , we say : Iles Notre-Dame and Iles St-Helène .
For the little film , this is 2 french acteurs known here . Surely a documentary made between late 80 and hearly 90 .
Look like a old high school film we had in history class .
I’m a big fan of your content, not because I learn about my country, but because you are curious to learn about us. I remember 20 years ago, I was at the sea in the Maine with my father and mother. We were talking in French and a young teenager girl came to us asking us what language we were speaking. My father answered with a question: don’t you know that at maybe 120km from here, there is a province in Canada where a majority of people speaks French? With your videos, you open minds about us to our friends from the south. So thank you. I wish a Canadian would do the same for the US. We are so close but so different. This diversity makes the beauty of north America. Thanks again.
Video #1: Ste-Helen and Notre-Dame island are still in use. St-Helen has a Six Flags amusement park (aka La Ronde) and Notre-Dame is host to the Canadian F1 Grand Prix since 1978.
Video #2: Casavant Frères still build organs. Heard a lot about it from my father, who grew up near their. My mom was also a teacher at Casavant HS years ago.
Video #3: Never heard of Kenojuak Ashevak before. Thanks for sharing.
BTW love your videos
Please make a whole video on expo 67!
I wish he would do a full reaction to the video on Expo 67 made by Discover Montreal. It's the best one on TH-cam
@@johnvermette9466I commented that too earlier. I agree. I was totally amazed, as I was watching it. So many challenges they faced and still succeeded.
To reiterate what another poster stated, Expo ‘67 was that year’s World’s Fair. And it was an amazing experience! I spent 3 days there.
hey, I learned something from that one too, and I also looked up Cape Dorset, because I'd heard of it, but didn't know where it was...Baffin Island. You can't get much more remote than that.
Hi Tyler, I highly suggest you react to the video called " Montreal's Expo 67 Was A Landmark Moment in Canadian History " by Discover Montreal.
That world fair broke so many records, including 50 million visitors and went on the be known has the most successful World’s Fair of the 20th century.
Yes, I watched it a few weeks ago and defined worth watching it
I have been to Cape Dorset in Nunavut. It is a very remote place in the north eastern part of Canada. It has a beautiful starkness to it and sits on the Arctic Ocean.
I lived in Montreal when I was young. I was 7 when I was at Expo 67 for a week. It was amazing. I remember the latest technology was the new push button phone.
I was 11 years old ! it was magical ! some great memories ! From the car parking to the Expo Express train passing beside the Habitat 67 and the ships To the Expo and later in the day ending up at La ronde ! lol ! Even the Queen came there and Walt Disney and so many big figures ! can t forget something like that ! 😎
Decades later, my dad still talks about expo 67. I don't understand why a patriotic country such as the US doesn't have a heritage minute serie. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
FYI since these heritage minute were made... Cape Dorset name was changed to Kinngait in 2020. Also the North West Territories was divided in 1999. Now Kinngait is in territory of Nanavut.
The TH-cam channel "Discover Montreal" does a fantastic job showcasing Montreal through their videos. They have a video on Expo 67 here: th-cam.com/video/HaKb3qVL9k8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q2WKsrVxNnJ4donK (it includes footage from back then too!)
Yes the Inuit artist is her in the heritage minute. I was 18 from Montreal in '67 50 million people visited the site and one was actually born at Expo '67
yes, you can find many videos about Expo '67 on you-tube--some made for t.v. and others made by tourists & visitors---Ed Sullivan from USA even recorded a live show there to help promote the expo in America.
I am a Montréal native, it still around holds a amusement park laronde and a concert venue. Now the island is now jean-drapeau with a extention to the metro as well. Come to Montréal you will love it here
We live in Ottawa, about two hours drive from Montreal (more like three back in late 60s) and we went a few times to Expo 67 in those years. My brother, who turned 13 the day it opened, somehow convinced my mother to go BY HIMSELF for a week, staying at an uncle's who lived in Montreal. I turned five that summer so I never got to go by myself but I do have some memories.
The Islands are indeed still there. Saint-Helen's island (the one under the bridge) has our six flag's theme park called La Ronde and another building called the Biosphere. An island a little bit farther down the river has the Montreal's Casino built on it.
The island they made for Expo 67 is now an awesome theme park with a bunch of big roller coasters called La Ronde!
Expo 67 was the largest ever (and since) universal exhibition.
In 6 months, it received 52 million visitors.
The Notre-Dame island built for EXPO 67 is still existing. It is where there is Gilles Villeneuve Racetrack (Formula I Canadian Grand Prix every year in June).
That Expo 67 Heritage Minute video was shot in 1987 to highlight the 20th anniversary of the Exposition.
Kenojuak Ashevak, Nu, artist (born 3 October 1927 in Ikerrasak camp, South Baffin Island, NWT; died 8 January 2013, Cape Dorset, NU)
"Do people name their organs?" Yes... yes, they do.
OMG, that made me laugh. It also reminded me of a woman I briefly dated. She named her cars and the fish she caught. If she had a name for her organ, she never told me and since I don't name mine, I didn't tell her.
LOL...I went there via school tours..I was 15..it was amazing!!
Tyler, I was just watching your rection to the Terry Fox story. I think you'd be interested in Rick Hansen's story too, known as the Man in Motion, another true Canadian hero. A wheelchair athlete who toured to raise awareness. "over 40,000 km through 34 countries "
Montreal is an Island. I went there last month.
Tyler, You are Not an Average America, You acknowledge that there are more Countries on the Planet than just America.
I went to expo 67!! I was 14, my parents and I travelled from Nova Scotia and camped outside of Montreal. We spent a week exploring all the exhibits, and I got most of my expo passport stamped..
it was an international exhibition, like people from the whole world came, princess and princes, prime ministers etc.
Part of it was every country had their own cultural exhibition, representing the world. and the other part was a huge amusement park for kids and adults.
The Canadian Grand Prix race track (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve) is on Ile Notre-Dame, which was created for Expo 67. So it is definitely still in use today! 🏎️
I literally visited this island this past weekend. It is where they currently host the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
It was the World's Fair = EXPO = WORLD'S Fair. It is the place that holds the Formula One race yearly, and also used as the inspiration for the now defunct Montreal Expos MLB team
Yes information on Expo 67, you must see it all it was great and United the world in Montréal. Louise Canada
Learned some new things with you today, Tyler. Didn’t know about the organ builder, & didn’t know how Expo ‘67 was built on the water. Very cool! Did not know about the Inuit artist either
One of the actor of the clip of the Expo 67 is Paul Doucet!!
Hi, I enjoyed this very much. I was born in 1966 so I was 1. I even played my organ every day growing up, but didn't know where that name came from. 😊❤
Expo 67 was a worlds Fair type event. Today, the island hosts La Ronde, which is an amusement Park. Formula One has a track on the island and there are exhibitions that flow onto the island as well.
For any F1 fans one of the islands is the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve now. I attend each year with my kids and it’s always a great event and location.
There were 3 amazing works of art that Tyler apparently missed in the last video, although I'm not surprised he did.
The islands are absolutely still there to this day, and one of them hosts the Canadian edition of the Formula One Grand Prix on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. A few races for American series like IndyCar and NASCAR have been held there too.
If you are amazed at Canada building an island, we also built a mountain! The Blackstrap Ski Hill, built in Blackstrap Provincial Park in Saskatchewan for the 1971 Canada Winter Games.
There is a 41 minute video from a channel called Discover Montreal (great channel btw) I watched this documentary a few weeks ago and was blown away.
Love these reactions. Some of these I havent watched yet. So neat to see!
I live across that man made island, south side, in Longueuil, the Jacques-Cartier bridge is a 5 minutes drive from here. I was born in 1966, so too young. Expo 67 and the 1976 Olympics are Montréal's claims to international fame. The Formula One Grand Prix is on that Notre-Dame Island in June of every year. And the fireworks festival, twice a week from June to August: I hear it!
I remember stories of my grandmother. she used to work at a souvenir kiosk for expo 67!
I was 12 years old and had a season passport to visit it. I used it to visit several days during that summer.