Pizzey's Perch

This week­end is Cana­di­an Thanks­giv­ing, six weeks before our Amer­i­can neigh­bours have theirs. We also beat them to the idea by 43 years. The Pil­grims feast dates to 1621. Sir Mar­tin Frobisher’s expe­di­tion to find the north­west pas­sage held one in present day Nunavut in 1578, to give thanks for the safe­ty of its fleet.… Read the rest