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.
A Look Back â¢ Golden Eagle steamboat sinks in 1947. An aerial view of the striken Golden Eagle at Grand Tower Island in the Mississippi River on May 19, 1947. The steamboat had left the St. Louis levee two days before a seven-day round trip to and from Nashville, Tenn.