Our vibrant history possesses deep, strong roots reflected in the solemn dignity of our Aboriginal people��s ceremonial traditions, their artistry and culture, and re?constructed native villages. Stout stone forts, timber-walled outposts, and pioneer museums in small towns across Canada mark centuries old travel routes of fur- trading voyageurs and early settlers. I once found myself in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, enthralled by a display of dozens of historic barbed wire designs Prairie settlers had invented. Some explorers�� settlements go back a thousand years to Newfoundland, where the Vikings first set foot on North American soil at what��s now one of Canada��s thirteen World Heritage Sites �� L��Anse aux Meadows. Share our history with us, as it��s retold and relived by descendants of our early explorers and of our Aboriginal peoples.