About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: aboriginals
Australia: The Didgeridoo
It may look easy, but you try it! The Didgeridoo is an aboriginal wind instrument made from the hollowed out limbs of trees in … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged aboriginals, animals, Australia, bird calls, circular breathing, didgeridoo, indigenous peoples, music, termites
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Canada: Fact or Fiction – Who was here first?
Stories from our archives: Over 20 years ago, On Top of the World reviewed the history of the occupation of Canada. Who was here … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged aboriginals, America, Atlantic Ocean, Bering Strait, Canada, Chippewa, Columbus, Dené, Dutch, England, Europeans, fish, French, Greenland, ice age, Inuit, Inuvialuit, John Cabot, L'Anse Aux Meadows, Maritimes, Metis, New World, Newfoundland & Labrador, Norse, Portugal, salt cod, Spanish, St. John’s, Territories, Vikings, Walrus Ivory
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British Columbia: Reading Totem Poles at Capilano
A look back at the origins of the Capilano Suspension Bridge and a meeting with a master carver who was hired to restore the … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, Bella Coola, berries, British Columbia, Canada, canyon, Capilano Indian Reserve, Capilano Suspension Bridge, cedar stumps, clamshells, deer marrow, Devil’s Club, Eagle clan, Haida, Kwakiutl, master carver, pigments, potlatch, Salish, salmon eggs, spiritual, Squamish, Thunderbird, totem poles, Tsimshian, Vancouver, walrus whiskers
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British Columbia: Haida Gwaii
Decaying Totem Poles at Skidans are visual reminders of the original natives who inhabited the villages in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) off Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, British Columbia, Canada, epidemic, European traders, Haida Gwaii, Hudson’s Bay, ice age, immune system, logging, memorial pole, missionaries, Queen Charlotte Islands, rainforest, Skidans, smallpox, totem poles, Vancouver Island, Victoria
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Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick
) We explore Kouchibouguac on the south east coast of New Brunswick, a national park established to protect the environmentally fragile areas of the … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, Acadian, Barrier Island System, beach, bird-watching, Canada, Carolinas, First Nations, Kelly Beach, Kouchibouguac, lagoons, marram grass, nesting, New Brunswick, nursery, Ontario, Quebec, recreation, rivers, sailing, salt marshes, sand dunes, seals, terns
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Manitoba: Legacy of a Lake
Thousands of years ago, what is now the province of Manitoba in Canada was covered by the world’s largest fresh water glacial lake. When … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, architecture, arctic tundra, beavers, beluga whales, birds, Canada, Chicago, Churchill, ecological conservation, elk, Explorers, farmland, forests, Gimli, glaciers, Hecla, Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Inuit carvers, Islendingadagurinn, Lake Aggasi, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, marrin grasses, mink, muskrat, Oak Hammock Marsh, ornithology, polar bears, Portage, prairies, Richardson squirrels, sand dunes, snowstorms, soapstone carvings, Spirit Sands, Spruce Woods, Steamship Coldwell, sunflowers, tamarack, tundra buggy, Vikings, volcano, wetland, Willow Point, Winnipeg
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1812 – Part 15: Aftermath — Building the Rideau Canal
Although the War of 1812 is over there is still concern that the Americans might invade again and the British remain vulnerable to … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, America, Battle of Chateauguay, Bytown Museum, Cataraqui River, Celtic Cross, Chrysler’s Farm, Colonel John By, English, French Canadians, Guinness records, Hoggs Back, India, Irish, Jones Falls, Kingston, locks, malaria, military, Montreal, Napoleonic War, Newboro, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Rideau Canal, Rideau River, Royal Engineers, Sappers, Scots, skating rink, St. Lawrence, steamboats, tourism, UNESCO site, Upper Canada, Upper Canada Village, War of 1812, weirs
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Billy Green and Balderdash
In the late 1790’s, the town of Newark (today’s Niagara-on-the-lake) was the capital of the Province of Upper Canada. During the American Revolution a … Continue reading
1812 – Part 3 – The Story of Billy Green
During the War of 1812, when the Gage family was imprisoned in the basement and their Stoney Creek home taken over by American troops, … Continue reading