Claire Campbell
@clairecampbell.bsky.social
Expat 🇨🇦 environmental historian; lover of flowers, wind over water, ice cream, & Jane of Lantern Hill.
This is a common motif in late-19th century cartoons about 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 relations: Uncle Sam as a morally repugnant sleazebag.
À propos of nothing.
#cdnhist McCord Museum, tinyurl.com/yc2zpdka
À propos of nothing.
#cdnhist McCord Museum, tinyurl.com/yc2zpdka
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a common motif in late-19th century cartoons about 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 relations: Uncle Sam as a morally repugnant sleazebag.
À propos of nothing.
#cdnhist McCord Museum, tinyurl.com/yc2zpdka
À propos of nothing.
#cdnhist McCord Museum, tinyurl.com/yc2zpdka
When you're an environmental historian, and your twelve-year-old is training on a shiny new soccer turf in Chester, of course you want to see what used to be there, right?
#envhist ca. 1917 c/o PSU tinyurl.com/yks4jxj9
@philadelphiaunion.bsky.social
#envhist ca. 1917 c/o PSU tinyurl.com/yks4jxj9
@philadelphiaunion.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When you're an environmental historian, and your twelve-year-old is training on a shiny new soccer turf in Chester, of course you want to see what used to be there, right?
#envhist ca. 1917 c/o PSU tinyurl.com/yks4jxj9
@philadelphiaunion.bsky.social
#envhist ca. 1917 c/o PSU tinyurl.com/yks4jxj9
@philadelphiaunion.bsky.social
When the keeper's clearing has to go to the next level.🇨🇦 ⚽❤️
tinyurl.com/2rva5yj3 (CBC)
tinyurl.com/2rva5yj3 (CBC)
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When the keeper's clearing has to go to the next level.🇨🇦 ⚽❤️
tinyurl.com/2rva5yj3 (CBC)
tinyurl.com/2rva5yj3 (CBC)
"On the crown of a hill, for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree." ~ Bliss Carman
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"On the crown of a hill, for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree." ~ Bliss Carman
What a glorious time of year.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What a glorious time of year.
Look, as a history professor, I'm just chuffed to see someone bringing the archival receipts. tinyurl.com/56ktcp8n [CBC]
tinyurl.com/eb2bfn7z
@museemccordstewart.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/eb2bfn7z
@museemccordstewart.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Look, as a history professor, I'm just chuffed to see someone bringing the archival receipts. tinyurl.com/56ktcp8n [CBC]
tinyurl.com/eb2bfn7z
@museemccordstewart.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/eb2bfn7z
@museemccordstewart.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
200 years ago, though we may have escalated from 'mischievous.' The Acadian Recorder, 1 January 1825.
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
200 years ago, though we may have escalated from 'mischievous.' The Acadian Recorder, 1 January 1825.
Cough cough cough
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Cough cough cough
Another deliciously autumnal postcard from PA: the rasp of a chill breeze through a ghostly field of cornstalks.
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Another deliciously autumnal postcard from PA: the rasp of a chill breeze through a ghostly field of cornstalks.
First frost, central Pennsylvania, 2025. It’s beautiful.
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
First frost, central Pennsylvania, 2025. It’s beautiful.
My dad took this photo in the fall of 1969 (I'm pretty sure) off the dock of Camp Hurontario, in the Georgian Bay. I've been hearing the water lapping all morning.
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My dad took this photo in the fall of 1969 (I'm pretty sure) off the dock of Camp Hurontario, in the Georgian Bay. I've been hearing the water lapping all morning.
In 1964 Congress declared October 9 Leif Erikson Day. He never came here. Good job, America.
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 1964 Congress declared October 9 Leif Erikson Day. He never came here. Good job, America.
Happy Sea Ice Birthday Day to all who celebrate. @whoi.edu
tinyurl.com/msjajhtn
Peter Rindisbacher, "Discovery of the first Ice in the neighbourhood of Greenland, June 26, 1821" @library-archives.bsky.social tinyurl.com/b5d8dkrt #envhist #cdnhist
tinyurl.com/msjajhtn
Peter Rindisbacher, "Discovery of the first Ice in the neighbourhood of Greenland, June 26, 1821" @library-archives.bsky.social tinyurl.com/b5d8dkrt #envhist #cdnhist
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy Sea Ice Birthday Day to all who celebrate. @whoi.edu
tinyurl.com/msjajhtn
Peter Rindisbacher, "Discovery of the first Ice in the neighbourhood of Greenland, June 26, 1821" @library-archives.bsky.social tinyurl.com/b5d8dkrt #envhist #cdnhist
tinyurl.com/msjajhtn
Peter Rindisbacher, "Discovery of the first Ice in the neighbourhood of Greenland, June 26, 1821" @library-archives.bsky.social tinyurl.com/b5d8dkrt #envhist #cdnhist
As a Canadian, and a mother of a goalkeeper, I endorse this.
Maple the Moose, Canada's FIFA mascot.
tinyurl.com/ubay2naa
Maple the Moose, Canada's FIFA mascot.
tinyurl.com/ubay2naa
September 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As a Canadian, and a mother of a goalkeeper, I endorse this.
Maple the Moose, Canada's FIFA mascot.
tinyurl.com/ubay2naa
Maple the Moose, Canada's FIFA mascot.
tinyurl.com/ubay2naa
Scrolling through autumnal Canadian art is officially the best part of my day. Tom Thomson, "The Lake, Bright Day" (1916)
@gallery.ca tinyurl.com/yedf4szh #envhist #cdnhist
@gallery.ca tinyurl.com/yedf4szh #envhist #cdnhist
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Scrolling through autumnal Canadian art is officially the best part of my day. Tom Thomson, "The Lake, Bright Day" (1916)
@gallery.ca tinyurl.com/yedf4szh #envhist #cdnhist
@gallery.ca tinyurl.com/yedf4szh #envhist #cdnhist
History is an act of imagination, etc., so how to convey the literally-breath-taking experience of Quebec in winter without stuffing the class in a freezer. #envhist #cdnhist
Caroline Bucknall-Estocourt, "Winter scene on the St. Lawrence at Quebec," 1844, LAC tinyurl.com/9f7ejdsm
Caroline Bucknall-Estocourt, "Winter scene on the St. Lawrence at Quebec," 1844, LAC tinyurl.com/9f7ejdsm
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
History is an act of imagination, etc., so how to convey the literally-breath-taking experience of Quebec in winter without stuffing the class in a freezer. #envhist #cdnhist
Caroline Bucknall-Estocourt, "Winter scene on the St. Lawrence at Quebec," 1844, LAC tinyurl.com/9f7ejdsm
Caroline Bucknall-Estocourt, "Winter scene on the St. Lawrence at Quebec," 1844, LAC tinyurl.com/9f7ejdsm
Apparently, the best thing you can do to boost your immune system is to reduce long-term or chronic stress.
<looks around>
Well, that’s hilarious.
<looks around>
Well, that’s hilarious.
September 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Apparently, the best thing you can do to boost your immune system is to reduce long-term or chronic stress.
<looks around>
Well, that’s hilarious.
<looks around>
Well, that’s hilarious.
Because you could be grading, or you could be looking at something like this.
« Plan de la rade, baye et port de Chibouctou ou d'Halifax» 18thC #envhist #cdnhist @labnf.bsky.social rb.gy/qbsqv8
« Plan de la rade, baye et port de Chibouctou ou d'Halifax» 18thC #envhist #cdnhist @labnf.bsky.social rb.gy/qbsqv8
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Because you could be grading, or you could be looking at something like this.
« Plan de la rade, baye et port de Chibouctou ou d'Halifax» 18thC #envhist #cdnhist @labnf.bsky.social rb.gy/qbsqv8
« Plan de la rade, baye et port de Chibouctou ou d'Halifax» 18thC #envhist #cdnhist @labnf.bsky.social rb.gy/qbsqv8
Today I'm teaching about the 17th-century Chesapeake, & the 1619 Project. This is for my son, who couldn't do a project on family history last year because he can't fully know where his ancestors on his father's side came from.
I learn a lot from him.
(He did a project on Sierra Leone instead.)
I learn a lot from him.
(He did a project on Sierra Leone instead.)
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today I'm teaching about the 17th-century Chesapeake, & the 1619 Project. This is for my son, who couldn't do a project on family history last year because he can't fully know where his ancestors on his father's side came from.
I learn a lot from him.
(He did a project on Sierra Leone instead.)
I learn a lot from him.
(He did a project on Sierra Leone instead.)
We can do it - at least for now. Thanks, science.
September 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We can do it - at least for now. Thanks, science.
August 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Water Resources is a unique class at Bucknell because engineers learn a little history, too. Today we talked about unintended consequences, & why dropping beavers by parachute isn't a great idea. tinyurl.com/5nj9c9mj
Suffice to say none of the students were expecting this. #envhist
Suffice to say none of the students were expecting this. #envhist
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Water Resources is a unique class at Bucknell because engineers learn a little history, too. Today we talked about unintended consequences, & why dropping beavers by parachute isn't a great idea. tinyurl.com/5nj9c9mj
Suffice to say none of the students were expecting this. #envhist
Suffice to say none of the students were expecting this. #envhist
When your eleven-year-old says, "Tackle football, or real football?" - you know you're raising him right.
August 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When your eleven-year-old says, "Tackle football, or real football?" - you know you're raising him right.