This episode looks at two fellow East Coasters Frederic Gisborne and Abraham Pineo Gesner.

In part one the massive multi-year effort for Gisborne to span the Atlantic Ocean with a cable to connect the old and new worlds with the lightning on a wire of instant morse code communications in the 1850's

Part two will look at NS Geologist Abraham Gessner and his invention without which those first automobiles weren't going anywhere.

This is the story of Canada's first two female Doctors, Emily Howard Stowe and Jennie Kidd Trout.

This is the amazing story of a very brilliant young man who not only explores the early world of radio communications, he goes on to invent the A.C. vacuum tube which allowed us all to have a radio in the front room and gather around to listen to Saturday night hockey games!

This episode will take you back and explore the invention of hockey in Canada. Some call it Ice Hockey some call it Hurley on ice, we call it shinny, or just the Good 'ol Hockey Game!

You'll also learn about the invention of key hockey equipment like the goalie mask and the jockstrap as well as the invention of those table top rod hockey games we all played as kids in the 60,s and 70's!

The introduction to the OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! Podcast.