Since the last post, I have been working on finding source material, mostly through old newspapers (using Google News Archive Search) ranging from directly after the fire, to twenty five years later. Though an extensive number of newspapers discuss the fire, unfortunately there seems to be a very small amount of information regarding the subject of arson, and the cause of the fire. The papers tend to agree that it was likely a German spy who started the fire, but give no evidence to back up these claims – therefore, throughout my spare time in December I plan to locate better primary sources that relate to the possibility of arson as the cause (possibly checking the National Archives and for Museums within the Ottawa area that discuss this). Secondly, the map of Parliament Hill is close to completion, and therefore almost ready to be embedded into the templates when the time comes.
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