I’ve been collecting these images of the great nation to our north for some time, intending to post them with a story of how I celebrated their Centennial 50 years ago by hitchhiking from Montreal to Alaska but in honor of their Prime Minister demonstrating what real leadership looks like after the racist attack on a Quebec mosque I have decided to post them today.

This is me at age 14 standing on the bank of the Yukon River just outside of Dawson City, Y.T. in 1967. My companion and I had paddled that small (14 ft/4.10m) canoe 460 mi./740 km. from Whitehorse.

Oh, Canada!