We pack a lot into the pages of every issue of Kayak, but there’s always more great stuff we just can’t fit in. So join Teeka and Beau, our otter mascots, to find out more about the theme of each issue, or just pick up some random bits of Canadian history.

Pop quiz - September issue

The September pop quiz is open until midnight (Central Time) September 30, 2016. All entries must be complete and correct in order to be eligible for the draw. The winning entry will be drawn randomly from the pool of entries with all the correct answers. Only one entry per person. Contestants must be aged 14 or under. The winning entry will receive a free one-year gift subscription for a friend or classroom.*

* Sorry — this free gift subscription offer is eligible for Canadian addresses only; other charges may apply for US and Foreign deliveries.

The draw for this quiz will be held on October 3, 2016. The winner will be announced on October 4 through our Twitter and Facebook network and printed in the September issue of the magazine.

  
1. What is the name of the B.C. town that was one of the biggest in North America for a while during the Cariboo gold rush of the 1850s?:
2. What was the name of the First Nation whose people lived on the island of Newfoundland, and were destroyed by settlers because of disease and fighting?:
3. What was the name for farmers in New France who worked on land owned by seigneurs?:
 


 


 





In 1824 in Quebec City, an inventor named Noah Cushing filed the first patent in Canadian history

How fast can you put this jigsaw puzzle back together?

Test your shipwreck knowledge with this quiz.