Ben'isms

Here's a brief list to new vocabulary being introduced to Canadian Vernacular via Bangalore....
If you'd like to add any, just send an email....

Shoe Bite: The pain that new shoes/boots cause when first wearing them. - I'm getting shoe bite from these new boots.

Piddle: The act of urination. - I need to piddle

Chamiana: Tent/gazebo. - There's a nice chamiana

links to other websites

Here are some links to other sites:

Destination Nord Ouest - French language reality tv program that retraced the Voyageur route.
http://tva.canoe.com/emissions/destinationnorouest/

2011 Cross Canada Cannoe trips
http://www.transcaneauda.ca/
Candian Canoe Odyssey Human propelled journey from Pacific to Atlantic
http://www.atikokanyouth.org/track_our_paddler.html
http://www.canoeacrosscanadaforsickkids.com/
http://www.mountains2montreal.ca/
2010
2010 DTB trip (dead link)
http://kristinaleidums.weebly.com/a-cross-country-canoeing-journey.html
http://www.ilyacoureurdesbois.com/
2009
http://www.canoeacrosscanada.ca
2008
Rich site for historic maps and link to David Thompson Brigade 2008 (original content modified)
2004
http://www.clippercanoes.com/cross_canada.php
Future trips and general resource
Voyageur Brigade Society
Canada Canoe Pageant for Expo 67, CBC content.
http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/exploits/clips/7716/&ref=spe
The Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant as Historical Re-enactment (link to academic research)http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_canadian_studies/v040/40.3dean.html

The Institute for Canadian Citizenship (with whom we have no affiliation)
http://www.icc-icc.ca

Forensics.ca - Forensic Science Portal
http://www.forensics.ca

The year 2007 marks the 150th anniversary of the selection of Ottawa as Canada’s capital.
http://www.capcan.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-58245&lang=1

Parsi Worship Ceremony

We stopped at a town called Chapeau this morning on Allumette island.
It's a mainly English speaking community in eastern Quebec reliant on
beef farming and tourism. When addressing a local resident for
directions in French I was ignored but once I switched to English we were pointed
the right way. Our trip may be demonstrating a natural east-west
development for Canada but so far one cannot disprove the 2 solitudes....
We used the internet quickly and stopped by the local bakery for some
great cinnamon buns and the Canadian icon of butter tarts. Later in the
day we were caught in the widest section of Lake Coulange during a
torrential downpour. We pulled up on an island and after standing and
waiting for the rain to stop we decided to set up the tent to keep dry
and warm. Ben is not praying to a Parsi god but trying to dry the
inside of the tent.
We had some time to look at our rough map and are estimating arriving in
Aylmer between 5-5:30pm and on the water at the museum of civilization
between 7-7:30pm on Friday September 14. There are a few significant
portages before Ottawa so plans are yet flexible.