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The First Road Trip
From: Canada's Main Street
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In this chapter, Baird traces the first transcontinental automobile journey across Canada in 1912, when Thomas Wilby and driver Jack Haney attempted to win the Todd Medal by driving from Halifax to Victoria without entering the United States.
Contributors
Craig Baird
Craig Baird is the creator and host of Canadian History Ehx, a podcast that delves into Canada's history to tell the story of the good, the bad and the weird of our history. Currently the top Canadian history podcast in Canada, he can also be heard across Canada each weekend talking about Canada's history on the Corus Radio Network. If he isn't writing about Canada's history, and sharing our nation's stories online, he is visiting historical locations and traveling to second-hand book stores to build his research library. He currently lives in Edmonton.
