Canuck letter became a focal point during the US 1972 Democratic primaries, when a letter published in the Manchester Union Leader implied Democratic contender Senator Edmund Muskie was prejudiced against French-Canadians. He soon ended his campaign as a result. The letter was later discovered to have been written by the Nixon campaign in an attempt to sabotage Muskie. A brand of firearms engineered and distributed by O'Dell Engineering Ltd since 2014 includes the Canuck 1911, Canuck Over Under and Canuck Shotgun. Media In the opening of Thornton Wilder's 1938 play Our Town, Polish and "Canuck families" are mentioned as living on the outskirts of the prototypical 1901 New Hampshire town. In 1975, in comics by Richard Comely, Captain Canuck is a super-agent for Canadians' security, with Redcoat and Kebec being his sidekicks. (Kebec is claimed to be unrelated to Capitaine Kébec of a French-Canadian comic published two years earlier.) Captain Canuck had enhanced strength and endurance thanks to being bathed in alien rays during a camping trip. The captain was reintroduced in the mid-1990s, and again in 2004. The Marvel Comics character Wolverine is often referred to affectionately as "the Ol' Canucklehead" due to his Canadian heritage. Soviet Canuckistan was an insult used by Pat Buchanan in response to Canada's reaction to racial profiling by US Customs agents. Sport The Canada national rugby union team (men's) is officially nicknamed Canucks. The Canucks rugby Club, playing in Calgary since 1968. The Crazy Canucks, Canadian alpine ski racers who competed successfully on the World Cup circuit in the '70s. The Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team, with their former goaltender, Roberto Luongo, having a depiction of Johnny Canuck on his goalie mask. During the Vancouver 2010 Olympics official Canadian Olympic gear bore the term. References External links History of the Vancouver Canucks National Hockey League team Canuck Unlimited Canadians airplane crews who operated in Southeast Asia during World War II Johnny Canuck: with a stamp illustration Captain Canuck: with a stamp illustration The Word Detective Regional nicknames Canadian demonyms 1830s neologisms