From the Avro Arrow to the engine inside half the world's turboprops: the true engineering stories of Canada and America's long rivalry, and the lesson each one leaves behind. One premium book. Instant download.
Every machine our channel covers, gathered into one beautiful book you can read cover to cover. Written plainly, no engineering degree required. Just the true story of what Canada built, and where America came in.
The Avro Arrow flew in 1958 and was cancelled in 1959. The single afternoon that sent Canada's best engineers south.
How one small Canadian turboprop, the PT6, ended up powering aircraft all over the world.
The Beaver was built for rough northern strips and became one of the most trusted aircraft ever made.
A water bomber that fills its tanks while skimming a lake, and the fires it was built to fight.
A trade fight, a surprise deal and a Canadian jet that became the A220 built in Alabama.
How a Canadian company built business jets that the whole world wanted to fly.
Big, readable type. Archive photographs with credits. Diagrams that explain how each machine works. Tap any page to look closer.
This is a real, finished book, not a stack of blog posts. Professionally typeset, with sources at the end of every chapter.
Not just history. Each story leaves you with one principle for your own work and life, plus a short exercise to try.
Engineering thinking. Why simple beats clever, why constraints drive design, and how failures teach more than successes.
Business and strategy. What happens when you depend on a bigger neighbour, why great products die without a customer, and how small players win niches.
Decision making. What leaders knew, what they ignored, and how to judge risk before it is too late to change course.
A brilliant product with only one customer is one decision away from dying.
Who is the one customer your work depends on? What would you do if they said no tomorrow?
Forged North grew out of the Foundry YouTube channel, which tells Canadian engineering stories in full. Here is where the channel stands, and what viewers say under the videos.
"A wonderful testament to Canadian engineering and ingenuity."
"Little noise, great projects, the Canadian way!"
"All Canadians and the people of Quebec must feel proud of this company. I recently flew on a 220 and was thoroughly impressed."
Channel figures as of October 2026. Comments are quoted word for word from public YouTube comments on Foundry videos. They are about the videos, not about this book.
A premium digital book (PDF) covering 24 of the machines, projects and breakthroughs Canada built, and where America fits into each story. You download it instantly after purchase and it is yours to keep.
No. Every chapter is history and engineering that stays true. Nothing in the main text depends on this week's headlines.
Not at all. Every chapter is written in plain language, with a diagram that shows how the machine works. If you can read a magazine, you can read this.
Each chapter is fact-checked before it is finished, and the sources are listed at the end of the chapter. Photos carry their photographer and licence.
No. It is a standard PDF that opens on any phone, tablet, computer or e-reader. You can also print your favourite pages.
It covers the same world, but goes deeper: more history, diagrams, sources and a lesson in every chapter.