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PREFACE The making of this book was an act of love Those of us who worked together to produce it offered it as a special tribute to celebrate Canada's 115th birthday and the patriation of the Constitution of Canada. This edition is a special anniversary reprint. The photographs were selected...

INTRODUCTION E^ arthling. A simple word that expresses the common reahty we share with all > the organisms that live on this planet. The earth is home to us as well as to the elephant, the shrew, and the sycamore tree. We are neighbors and relatives. Yesterday our ancestors swam in the same seas...

áíta TURN-OFTHE'CENTURY TORONTO BRITISH IMMIGRANTS AT UNION STATION TORONTO During the early 1900s, Canada was a young country with a fast-growing population. Thousands of hopeful immigrants seeking prosperity were drawn to Canada by the federal government's offer of free land in the West....