Our end-of-the-year field trip today was Upper Canada Village. (Which happens to be about 2 hours away.) It's a re-make of what a small town would be like in the 1800's. You can go in the shops and houses where there are actors explaining life in a certain building. For example, the dressmaker yelled at the girls wearing "trousers." Are soccer shorts trousers? Apparently they are!
For those who don't know, back in the 1800's, Canada was ruled by the Brittish. They split the country into two parts. (Ontario and Quebec were the most important parts) Lower Canada was most of (up North). And Upper Canada was much smaller. It consisted of North/Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. Everyone important lived in Upper Canada because that was where most trade happened and the country was governed. Trades would happen via the "Fleuve St. Laurent" which was divided between Upper and Lower Canada.
(I basically just translated a history lesson from French to English for you!)
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