Archive: Coolest Inventions

Buthune House

Norman Bethune of Gravenhurst devised the world’s first mobile blood transfusion units

Insulin plaque University of Toronto © Lucy Izon

Because of the discovery of Insulin at the University of Toronto in the early 1920’s millions of lives have been prolonged

Calgary Stampede Stamps

Canada Post celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede with two of the first Augmented Reality stamps

Photo courtesy Snow Limo

Canadian Snow-Limo invention enables non-skiers to glide down snowy slopes of Sun Peaks, Grouse Mountain and Big White

Author: Rabensteiner / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons

Where would we be without the zipper? Thanks to a St. Catharines company people were able to move past bruising their fingers with buttons

Bell Equipment © Lucy Izon

The world’s first long distance phone call was made from the Bell Homestead near Brantford

Photo: Snowmobile protype - J. Armand Bombarier Museum

Quebec invention – the world-famous Ski-Doo was named because of a typing error

Snow Goggles

Some of the world’s oldest sunglasses were discovered on north Baffin Island. You may see them here

Sick Kids Hospital - Pablum

Pablum – the first food of millions around the world was invented at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children

Westin Hotel Invention of Caesar

Calgary Alberta’s Westin Hotel is where the Bloody Caesar was invented