July 1st we celebrated Canada Day. It was great to see so many pics online of friends and family get togethers, and all the fun had at the Waterfront and at Fort William Historical Park.
As we continue to celebrate this great country of ours…….here’s something fun to share: CANADIAN INVENTIONS (I bet you might be shocked by some of these). Check it out:
Ambrosia apples – cultivated in B.C in the early 90s
Beaver Tails – fried dough pastry in the mid-70s
Butter Tart
Canola Oil – in the 70s
Hawkins Cheezies
Coffee Crisp chocolate bar
Instant mashed potatoes – early 60s
Nanaimo Bars – 1953
The very first internet search engine – ARCHIE, 1988 at McGill University
IMAX movie system
Blackberry device
Walkie Talkie
Snowblower, 1927
Steam powered foghorn, 1859Easy-Off oven cleaner
Egg carton
Garbage bag
Kerosene
Lawn sprinkler
Wonderbra
Insulin, 1922
UV Index – by Environment Canada
Basketball, 1891
5 pin bowling
Hockey in the 1800’s
Goalie mask
Instant replay
Caulking gun
Paint roller
AND……..ready for this one:
Peanut butter – a Canadian chemist in 1884
