A Pretty Girl and Her Silver Sandals

Making the Most of a Canadian Winter

When Mr. Geikie wrote Adventures in Canada in the mid nineteenth century, he wrote this of Canadian winter's pastimes:  "School-boys made for it as soon as they got free; the clerks and shopmen were down the instant the shutters were up and the door fastened; even ladies crowded to it, either to skate with the assistance of some gentlemen, or to see the crowd, or to be pushed along in chairs mounted on runners.

"The games of different kinds played between large numbers were very exciting. Scotchmen with their 'curling', others with balls, battering' them hither and thither, in desperate efforts to carry them to a particular boundary. Then there were the ice-boats gliding along in every direction, with the loads of well-dressed people reclining on them, and their huge sail swelling overhead. These contrivances were new to me, though I had been so long in Canada".

A Canadian on Ice - Skating the Rinks and Ponds

What a Racket - Bipedalism in the Snow

Leader of the Pack - The Winter Hunting Trip

'La Tire' or the Taffy Pull - Romance in the Snow

It's All Downhill From Here - Sledding, Skiing  and Toboganning

Sticks and Stones - Winter Sports

This is War - A Knock-Down, Drag Out Snowball Fight

The Sound of Music - A Beautiful Night For a Sleigh Ride

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