What do you know about Canada?

Back in 1998 we made our first trek up to Ontario, and I expect we’ll continue to do so for the rest of my life.

It all started with taking our kids to a Christian camp http://www.campfirebiblecamp.ca/about.html that was affiliated with our church here in PA. It grew to attending two weeks of camp each summer and taking other kids along – to going to Spring and Autumn youth conferences – to having two of my sons date and eventually marry Canadian women – and another son attending 4 years at Redeemer College http://www.redeemer.ca/up there. So, yeah, my car pretty much knows the way up there by heart – straight up the turnpike to 81 to 690 in Syracuse to 90 West to Buffalo and across the Peace Bridge http://www.peacebridge.com/to Ft. Erie, Ontario and north on the QEW.

Somewhere along the way I decided it would be a good idea to study Canadian History http://www.canadahistory.com/ since we were going up there so often. Having grown up in Detroit, MI where going over to Canada was almost like going over to Camden NJ – http://www.ambassadorbridge.com/except there were a few questions to answer – I thought I k new a lot about Canada.

But generally, very few Americans know much about Canada at all. They are just kind of “there,” and we basically don’t care a whole lot to learn about it.

My first surprise was the anti-American sentiments. More later….