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A pair of bare metal ejection seats with no cushions or padding are mounted on a plywood base, placed beside a few cardboard boxes. Behind the seats, a camouflage-green helicopter is partially visible.

How a pair of ejection seats from the Avro CF-105 Arrow survived

Table-top instrument featuring a small 10-key keyboard made of wood and ivory and ten cylindrical resonators made of brass. All are mounted on a wooden base.

Sounds of the Past and Insights for the Future: How Museum Artifacts Can Inspire Musical Creativity

Two images spliced: On the left, different plant-based milk alternatives, on the right, an overhead view of the Spirit rover.

2 things - and more! - you should know about plant-based milk alternatives and weather on Mars

Overhead shot of the reconstructed instrument with the control surface opened up, showing various wires and electronic modules located beneath.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer (Part II)

Left to right: solar panels placed high above low-lying green farm crops in a field; bubbles of various sizes rising in a yellow-green medium; and two tarantula feet magnified 40 times appear orange in colour against a navy-blue background.

3 Things you should know about using the same farmland for producing crops AND solar energy, museum conservators’ superhuman “vision,” and making french fries in space

Black and white horizontal photograph of man wearing glasses who is laying on his side on the ground feeding a small squirrel by hand.

Reading Expedition Photographs in the Frank T. Davies Fonds

Two images, spliced. On the left: Aerial photograph of two rows of six large circular nets floating on water and attached by ropes to a boat. On the right: The rings of Saturn slice horizontally, almost edge-on, through the middle of the image. A variety of Saturnian moons of varying apparent sizes are in the image ranging from very small, background moons to larger and closer moons.

2 Things you should know about an integrated aquaculture system and discovering more of Saturn's moons

A red plastic telephone with the handset off of the base on a light grey table. There are scratches on the phone which is an angular design. The rotary dial is on the handset and attached to the base by a red spiral cord.

A Phone Call from Below the Arctic Ice - The 50th Anniversary of Arctic III Sub-Igloo Phone Call to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Spliced image, from left to right: a seismometer on mars, a heap of red rhubarb stalks with green leaves, a copper roof of the Canaian Parliament

3 Things you should know about marsquakes, the value of urine, and the chemistry of rhubarb

A bronze relief bust of a man is set in stone.

Electricity in Our Lives: Connecting Ingenium’s Collection to the City of Ottawa

Green and pink Northern Lights glow above a snowy residential street. An orange pickup truck is parked in front of one of the houses.

The Oral History of the Oil Sands: Showcasing the Identity of Our Community

A dirty glass slide of a stromatolite with a dirty cotton swab at the bottom; a close-up on a bee with a green head and thorax on a yellow flower; a false colour 3D view of the surface of Venus showing volcanoes and lava flowing towards the foreground.

3 Things you should know about how native bees are important pollinators, how saliva is used to clean artifacts, and active volcanism on Venus

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A map of the cranberry bog of Les Producteurs de Québec Limitée of Lemieux, Québec. Luc Bureau, “Un exemple d’adaptation de l’agriculture à des conditions écologiques en apparence hostiles: L’Atocatière de Lemieux,” Cahiers de géographie du Québec, December 1970, 389.

“A sea serpent without affidavit, is like roast turkey without cranberry sauce;” Or, how the Larocque family created the first cranberry bog in Québec, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Ahh, it is you, my reading friend. As thrilled as yours truly is at seeing you so that we can conclude our brief look at the history of the first cranberry bog in Québec, I must admit that you caught me in the middle of something. May I put you on hold for a minute or two? Many thanks. [Music of the American television game show Jeopardy playing in the background.] Now, where were we? Ah yes, the late 1950s, and… Yours truly would recognise that look anywhere, my reading friend. You are puzzled

Two images spliced: On the left, different plant-based milk alternatives, on the right, an overhead view of the Spirit rover.

2 things - and more! - you should know about plant-based milk alternatives and weather on Mars

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

For this August edition, our experts explain how plant-based milk alternatives stack up to cow's milk, and share three interesting tidbits about weather on Mars!

Some of the buildings on the cranberry bog operated by Les Producteurs de Québec Limitée of Lemieux, Québec. Pierre-Arthur Dorion. “La plus importante plantation d’atocas au pays.” Le Bulletin des agriculteurs, July 1955, 11.

“A sea serpent without affidavit, is like roast turkey without cranberry sauce;” Or, how the Larocque family created the first cranberry bog in Québec, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to this second part of our article on the first cranberry bog / farm / marsh in Québec. You will of course remember that this pioneering venture was the work of Jean Baptiste Edgar Larocque, founder of Les Producteurs de Québec Limitée of Lemieux, Québec. In early November 1940, the experiment launched by that gentleman led to the organisation of a cranberry production centre able to fulfill (part of?) the needs of the Québec market, or so stated the

Charles Larocque, manager of Les Producteurs de Québec Limitée of Lemieux, Québec, showing how to pick up cranberries, on the left, as well as fallen fruits floating in water. Arthur Prévost, « À Lemieux, au Québec, prospère la culture des ‘juteux atacas.’ » Photo-Journal, 23 July 1953, 33.

“A sea serpent without affidavit, is like roast turkey without cranberry sauce;” Or, how the Larocque family created the first cranberry bog in Québec, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Now that yours truly has your undivided attention, my understandably puzzled and slightly alarmed reading friend, let me reassure you by stating unequivocally that there is madness, err, method behind the madness, this time at least. The reference to an oceanic ophidian has very little to do with the topic of this week’s issue of our absolutely fabulous blog / bulletin / thingee, in other words with the history of the first cranberry bog / farm / marsh in Québec – in French la première tourbière

Overhead shot of the reconstructed instrument with the control surface opened up, showing various wires and electronic modules located beneath.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer (Part II)

Tom Everrett, PhD

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Seventy-five years ago, Canadian physicist Hugh Le Caine began work on a strange, new musical instrument with an equally strange name: the Electronic Sackbut. While you may not have heard of the Electronic Sackbut before, you’ve almost certainly heard of the ubiquitous musical instrument it pioneered: the synthesizer. This is part two of an ongoing Channel series that follows Ingenium’s reconstruction of the 1948 Electronic Sackbut, better known as the world’s first synthesizer. Today we’ll look

A serious looking Lawrence Niles Swank points out the initial impact point of the meteorite which had hit his automobile near Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 1930. Anon., “Projectile céleste.” Le Petit Journal, 2 July 1933, 22.

Earth & Environment

“A difficult target for a meteoric sharpshooter from interplanetary space” – The incredible story of a Indiana teenager, Lawrence Niles Swank, whose automobile was hammered by a meteorite

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Do you consider yourself to be a lucky person, my reading friend? While yours truly recognises that such a query is a unusual starting point for this week’s issue of our astounding blog / bulletin / thingee, the truth is that said query is more than appropriate given today’s topic. If I may be permitted to quote / paraphrase the Mask, the secret superhero identity of Stanley Ipkiss, the hapless bank clerk at the heart of the popular 1994 American super hero comedy The Mask, now, you have to ask

Left to right: solar panels placed high above low-lying green farm crops in a field; bubbles of various sizes rising in a yellow-green medium; and two tarantula feet magnified 40 times appear orange in colour against a navy-blue background.

3 Things you should know about using the same farmland for producing crops AND solar energy, museum conservators’ superhuman “vision,” and making french fries in space

For this July edition, we explain how future astronauts may be able to cook french fries in space, how technology gives museum conservators superhuman “vision,” and how the same farmland can be used to grow food crops and to “harvest” electricity from solar energy.

The aerostatic railway / balloon railway proposed by Friedrich Volderauer. Salvatore Pannizzi, “Mountain Railways.” The Wide World Magazine, July 1898, 304.

The world’s most scenic railway journeys, hosted by you know who – Season 7, Episode 7 – The Aerostatischen Bahn / Luftballon-Eisenbahn of Friedrich Volderauer

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Guten Morgen, mein Lesefreund. Wie geht’s? Would you like to join me in a little jaunt down the yellow brick road of memory lane to a beer garden near you? Wunderbar! The topic of this weekend’s issue of our intellectually rewarding and stimulating blog / bulletin / thingee is not a brewery, however. Nay. Nonetheless, grab yourself a stein of non alcoholic beer and some giant pretzels, and join me at a table in the shade, and… Yes, the topic of this weekend, the first weekend of the 7th year

A typical advertisement of the Berlin Brewery of Berlin, Ontario. Anon., “Lion Brewery.” The Canadian Courier, 6 June 1908, 17.

Business & Economics

From a Lion Brewery in Waterloo to a Ranger Brewing in Kitchener, and more: A brief look at the history of a somewhat forgotten Ontario brewery

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Guten Morgen, mein Lesefreund. Wie geht’s? Would you like to join me in a little jaunt down the yellow brick road of memory lane to a beer garden near you? Wunderbar! The topic of this week’s issue of our intellectually rewarding and stimulating blog / bulletin / thingee is a brewery. Grab yourself a stein of non alcoholic beer and some giant pretzels, and join me at a table in the shade. Once upon a time, between 1837 and 1840, in Waterloo, Canada West, the Western half of the Province of

Junior Lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, in the centre of the photograph, at the Fifth World Congress of Women, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, June 1963. RIA “Novosti,” 612179.

Social Science & Culture

“Russia launches a… ‘cosmonette’” Another brief look at how the francophone press of Québec covered an aspect of the Soviet space program, in this case the journey into space of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello, my reading friend, and welcome aboard the space capsule of our inimitable blog / bulletin / machine, a capsule dedicated to the second part of our article on the flight in space of the first female cosmonaut / astronaut in history, Junior Lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna “Valya” Tereshkova. Do you remember the name of the unnamed male Homo sapiens in the photograph you saw a few billion nanoseconds ago? Lieutenant-Colonel Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky, an officer of the Voenno-Vozdushnye

Junior lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova in street clothes and space clothes. Anon., “Un 3e Russe dans l’espace? Il irait rejoindre le couple qui s’y trouve.” La Presse, 17 June 1963, 1.

Social Science & Culture

“Russia launches a… ‘cosmonette’” Another brief look at how the francophone press of Québec covered an aspect of the Soviet space program, in this case the journey into space of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Yes, yes, you read correctly, my reading friend, in translation: “A 3rd Russian in space? He could join the couple present there.” It was with that headline that the daily La Presse of Montréal, Québec, the most important daily in Québec, let us not forget, informed its readership that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had just proceeded to put into orbit the first female cosmonaut / astronaut in history. The name of Junior Lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna “Valya” Tereshkova, an

How a pair of ejection seats from the Avro CF-105 Arrow survived

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Black and white horizontal photograph of man wearing glasses who is laying on his side on the ground feeding a small squirrel by hand.

Reading Expedition Photographs in the Frank T. Davies Fonds

McGill University

Frank T. Davies was a Welsh physicist who studied at the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University before joining the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928. From this experience, Davies went on to participate in the Canadian Second International Polar Year of 1932-1933 in which Davies, Balfour Currie, Stuart McVeigh, and John Rae lived in Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut (then referred to as Chesterfield Inlet of the Northwest Territories) for a year to study the environment.

The Tupolev Tu-104 jet-powered airliner operated by Aeroflot which took part in British Columbia’s Centennial air show, Uplands Airport, Ontario. Don Brown, “Aerial Display Ready.” The Ottawa Citizen, 13 June 1958, 39.

“It taxis along the ground with all the ease of an arthritic stork,” Or, A brief look at the brief presence at British Columbia’s Centennial air show of an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 jet-powered airliner, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend. And no, you did not have to wait a full week to renew your acquaintanceship with a certain example of a certain type of Soviet airliner. If I may paraphrase the great Sherlock Holmes, the flight is afoot. Let us recapitulate. Invited to take part in a 1958 air show commemorating the centennial of British Columbia, the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) agreed to send a Tupolev Tu-104 jet-powered airliner operated by Aeroflot to Vancouver

The Tupolev Tu-104 jet-powered airliner operated by Aeroflot which took part in British Columbia’s Centennial air show, held at Vancouver International Airport, Richmond, British Columbia. Anon., “–.” The Sunday Sun, 14 June 1958, 25.

“It taxis along the ground with all the ease of an arthritic stork,” Or, A brief look at the brief presence at British Columbia’s Centennial air show of an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 jet-powered airliner, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings and salutations, my assiduous reading friend. As the northern half of planet Earth slowly emerges from another long winter, and submerges itself into another infernally long and fiery summer, yours truly thought that a look at a long forgotten aspect of the Cold War (Hello, EG and VW!) might be a good topic to add to the ever longer list of topics examined in our mouth watering blog / bulletin / thingee. Indeed, have you ever wondered if, like the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, a

Two images, spliced. On the left: Aerial photograph of two rows of six large circular nets floating on water and attached by ropes to a boat. On the right: The rings of Saturn slice horizontally, almost edge-on, through the middle of the image. A variety of Saturnian moons of varying apparent sizes are in the image ranging from very small, background moons to larger and closer moons.

2 Things you should know about an integrated aquaculture system and discovering more of Saturn's moons

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

For this June edition, our experts explain how recreating nature's recycling system can lead to greener aquaculture, and how more of Saturn's moons were recently discovered.

The sternwheeler river boat SS Klondike at an early stage of its journey to Whiskey Flats South, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Anon., “Sidewalk Supers Size Up Sternwheeler.” Whitehorse Star, 23 June 1966, 1.

As the world, err, as the wheel turns; Or, How / why SS Klondike, a cargo-carrying sternwheeler river boat briefly used for river cruises, became one of Parks Canada’s 1,004 national historic sites, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend, and… I know, I know. I pledged several moons ago to strive toward brevity. It is just that this story of SS Klondike, a cargo-carrying sternwheeler river boat, river cruise ship and national historic site, is really quite interesting. And I see you nodding in agreement. Yes, yes, you did. Do not deny it. In any event, by November 1959, rumours, accurate rumours as it turned out, circulated to the effect that Canada’s Department of Northern Affairs and Natural

Passengers of the Canadian sternwheeler river boat SS Klondike watch as their ship was about to cross a narrow passage of the Yukon River, at the Five Finger Rapids, Yukon Territory. David Willock, “There’s Tourist Gold in the Yukon.” The Ottawa Citizen – Weekend Magazine, 25 June 1955, 18.

Marine Transportation

As the world, err, as the wheel turns; Or, How / why SS Klondike, a cargo-carrying sternwheeler river boat briefly used for river cruises, became one of Parks Canada’s 1,004 national historic sites, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend! As I thought, there is nothing like a cliff hanger to encourage return visits. Shall we continue our examination of the career of the sternwheeler river boat SS Klondike? Good for you. It went without saying that the residents of the terminal of the route plied by SS Klondike, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, whose number had gone from 750 or so to 500 or so when the seat of the government of the Yukon Territory went to White Horse,… Yukon Territory, in April 1953

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