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: documentary
Toronto #24: Lessons from Hurricane Hazel
In October 1954 disaster struck the Humber Valley in Toronto when Hurricane Hazel came inland 960 km from the Carolina coast. Archival film footage … Continue reading
Toronto #23: The Great Fire of 1904
Archival film footage of the Great Fire of 1904 reveals fascinating scenes of early Toronto, the streets, stores, citizens along with turn of the … Continue reading
Toronto #21: High Park – Legacy of the First City Engineer
Railway Barons took the land reserved for Parks and cut the City of Toronto off from the waterfront. John Howard, the first City Engineer … Continue reading
Toronto # 20 –Yonge Street and the TTC
Archival film footage combines with intriguing stories to reveal the history of Toronto’s transportation system. It all started when Governor Simcoe built Yonge Street, … Continue reading
Posted in Toronto 175
Tagged archival footage, Big Dig, Bloor Street, Bloor Viaduct, Canada, coal stoves, documentary, Don Valley, Eglinton, Governor Simcoe, history, horse-drawn cab, Industrial Exhibition, military road, Ontario, Sir George Yonge, St. Lawrence Market, stage coaches, streetcars, subway, Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission, transportation, TTC, Union Station, Yonge Street, York
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Robben Island, South Africa – In the footsteps of Nelson Mandela
Robben Island in South Africa is now a Museum and World Heritage site. It is located across Table Bay opposite Cape Town and has … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged apartheid, bontibok, Cape Town, democratic republic, documentary, ferry, freedom fighters, history, hospital, leper colony, maximum security prison, national monument, ostrich, penguins, prison, quarantine station, Robben Island, Table Bay, Table Mountain, Walter Sisulu, World Heritage Site
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Canada: Saskatchewan – Grey Owl and the Beavers of Prince Albert National Park
In Northern Saskatchewan we visit Prince Albert National Park to learn the story of Archibald Belaney an Englishman who posed as native conservationist and … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged Ajawaan Lake, Anahareo, Archibald Belaney, Beaver, beaver dam, beaver lodge, boreal forest, Canada, conservationist, coyote, documentary, England, food raft, fox, Grey Owl, Hastings, hunting, Pierce Brosnan, Prairie province, Prince Albert, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, spies, trapping, trembling aspen, Waskesiu
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Guatemala: Antigua “The Colonial City”
Founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and situated in a valley surrounded by volcanoes, La Antigua Guatemala was once the capital city … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Antigua, architecture, baroque, Brother Peter, catholic churches, cemeteries, central America, Central Park, Colonial Capital, Convent of Santo Domingo, documentary, earthquakes, Hermano Pedro, history, indigenous, La Merced, language schools, Las Capuchinas, Latin America, marimba music, pilgrimage, San Franciscan Monk, San Francisco Church & Convent, slavery, Spanish conquistadors, stucco, tourism, tourist police, UNESCO, volcanoes, World Heritage Site, xylophone
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Toronto #11: St. Lawrence Hall and Market
The grand St. Lawrence Hall is built on the ruins of a burned out farmers market in what is now the historic neighbourhood of … Continue reading
Toronto #10: The Story of Government House
The story of Ontario’s Government House and the official residences of the Lt. Governor from Simcoe’s tent to the first solid structure burned by … Continue reading
Posted in Toronto 175
Tagged Americans, Bank of Upper Canada, Castle Frank, Chorley Park, Coal, Confederation, Depression, documentary, First Post Office, Fort York, Gas, Government House, history, John Graves Simcoe, Lt. Governor of Ontario, Queen’s Park, St. Lawrence Hall, Thompson Hall, Toronto, War of 1812
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Toronto #9: Epidemics & Discoveries
In 1834 – tragedy strikes. Toronto is invaded by cholera then typhus and has to take drastic measures to save the population. An archaeological … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, artifacts, Charles Best, Cholera, cholera sheds, documentary, Dr. George Grasett, England, Fever sheds, Fred Banting, Genealogy, history, Immigrant hospital, Insulin, Ireland Park, Irish famine, John Rolph, medical school, Medical Sciences, Reese Wharf, Russia, St. James Cathedral, St. James Cemetery, Toronto Hospital, typhus, University of Toronto, Upper Canada, Victoria College
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