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The real heart-wrenching and most complete story of how basketball came to be, with exclusive new information written as a novel that will have you laughing and crying while loving true history. Written by one of the world's leading historians regarding the invention of basketball and author of The Mysteries of Basketball and They Done It.

This document is a continuation of Volume II but focuses on the people living in what was called Valcartier East, including the St-Ignace Concession. This book attempts to record the family histories of the early settlers to this community, with a special emphasis on the people living there in 1864. I have tried to determine who they were, when and where they came from and where they settled in what became known as St Gabriel de Valcartier or Valcartier East. This encompassed all the lots south and south east of the Jacques Cartier River which was the dividing line between Valcartier West and Valcartier East. I provided as much information on them and their offspring as I could find, wi ...

Twelve action packed poems of Canada’s great Trail Blazers including: David Thompson, Dr. James Hector, William Cornelius Van Horne, Tom Wilson, Mary Schaffer, Bill Peyto, Jim Brewster, Jimmy Simpson, Norman Luxton, Catharine and Peter Whyte and others. The stories capture each Trail Blazer’s vision, tenacity, and ability to overcome the obstacles presented by our wild Canadian landscape. It pays tribute to our first Trail Blazers our First Nations. They not only knew the secrets of this great land but were willing to pass on and guide those who followed. I hope you enjoy these stories and develop an appreciation of the Trail Blazers who are not only powerful contributors to our hi ...