I guess the name of this delicious beverage is all the proof one needs ~ Canada Dry Ginger Ale is a Canadian invention. "In 1890, Chemist John J. McLaughlin of Toronto, started to manufacture soda water, which he sold to drugstores in siphons as a mixer for fruit juices and flavoured extracts. "14 years and hundreds of experiments later, McLaughlin finally perfected the formula for his Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale. He also developed mass bottling techniques and served Canada Dry wherever people gathered. In 1923, P. D. Saylor and Associates purchased the entire company from the McLaughlin family and formed the public corporation, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc. "The perfect mixer to mask the taste of home brew during Prohibition, Ginger Ale became a roaring success during the '20s and saw the high price of 35 cents for a 355ml bottle. During the '30s Canada Dry introduced both Club Soda and Tonic Water. In the '50s and '60s, Canada Dry was the first of the ma...