If you're visiting during this season, it's in your best interest to book at least several weeks early to ensure hotel availability and decent room rates. Key Events: 1  Formula One: Grand Prix of Canada (June). 2  Montreal International Jazz Festival (June-July).
On October 25, 1865, the legendary SS Republic sank 1,700 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic. With Odysseyâs 2003 discovery of the SS Republic, the shipâs remarkable legacy lives on as her story is chronicled in publications, television documentaries and exhibits.
On February 15, 1898, a mysterious explosion sank the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor, triggering a war between the United States and Spain. The Maine had come to Cuba to protect American citizens while Cuban revolutionaries were fighting to win independence from Spain.