Inventions

In 1979, Scott Abbott, a Montreal sports editor, and Chris Haney, a photo editor, invented this board game. They could not find all the tiles when playing Scrabbles so, they created a new game.

Don Hings invented what he called the "packset" in 1937. When Canada declared war on Germany two years later, he went to Ottawa to redevelop the device for military use.

In 1911, Joseph Coyle of Smithers found an excellent new use for paper. This newspaper editor is from British Columbia.

The idea was first conceived to clean up train tracks. A Toronto dentist named Dr. J.W. Elliot invented it.

This object has a messy history. Canadian Norman Breakey invented it in 1940, but an American inventor named Richards C. Adams tweaked the design and filed the first patent. It is very useful when you have a large surface to cover.

It is in 1967 that filmmakers founded this company. In fact, Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroiter, and Robert Kerr and engineer Robert C. Shaw Kroiter produced the first film in 1970.

Road trips were never the same after 1854. Samuel McKeen from Nova Scotia created a device that measured distance with every revolution of a carriage wheel.

In 1884, a Montreal pharmacist envisioned his food option. In fact, Marcellus Gilmore Edson thought about this nutty ointment like product for everyone, espacially for people who cannot chew.

CBC Television producer George Retzlaff used a kinescope when he created something in 1955 that is very useful in sports. The first time it was use was during a broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada

In 1939, the Montreal's Canadian Lady Corset Company first licensed the trademark "______". Then, the company renamed it in 1961. It is  something very useful for women.

Got a dollar? In 1862, Thomas Sterry Hunt invented the something that makes U.S. bills green.

Walter Harris Callow, a blind, quadriplegic veteran, invented the first ___________ in 1947. He took his first and only ride after death, when his body was transported for his funeral.

This food didn't just grow on trees back in the day. In 1811, farmer John began grafting a wild apple tree at his South Dundas farm. People began enjoying the fruits of his labor in 1835.

John Michael Lyons of New Brunswick changed travel when he invented the first ______ in 1882. The revolutionary document contained information about the bag's point of departure, destination, and owner.

Toronto scientists Frederick Banting, Charles Best (pictured) and, James Collip discovered a hormone naturally produced by the pancreas. They learned how it could treat diabetes and that is how they created it in 1922.

With stretchy, waterproof polyethylene at their disposal, Harry Wasylyk of Manitoba and Larry Hansen of Ontario invented the first ___________ for commercial use in 1950. Union Carbide Company bought the idea and brought Glad into homes.