Canada Day, July 1
According to Canadian-born contributing editor Barry Estabrook, Canada Day “is pretty much the same as the Fourth of July except much lower key, as befits a commemoration of Queen Victoria signing a note saying it was perfectly fine with her if a bunch of mutton-chopped geezers on the other side of the Atlantic decided that it wouldn’t hurt if the British colonies in North America formed a loose confederation but didn’t become independent from Mother England. No, no, no. That would be rude and ungrateful. The fireworks aren’t as impressive; the beer, however, is better.” A slightly more unusual Canada Day tradition is the annual Saturna Island Lamb Barbeque, pictured above. (Shucks, and to think we just missed it.)
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