Ontario Heritage Trust

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Calling all Ontarians! Join us from February 20-26 as we celebrate Heritage Week 2012!

Join our special Heritage Week launch event in Toronto on Friday, February 17 at the new Parliament interpretive centre ...

Samuel de Champlain: Perspectives

Explore the life and journeys of Samuel de Champlain in this new online exhibit. (Image: George A. Reid, c. 1908, Library and Archives Canada/George Agnew Reid fonds/C-011016) ...

Parliament

Built 1797, burnt 1813, back 2012 ... visit the site of Ontario’s first purpose-built parliament buildings in Toronto. (York, Upper Canada, c. 1804 (detail), Elizabeth Frances Hale; Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, 1970-188-2092)

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News and Events

June 24, 2012

EVENT – A celebration of hats at Fulford Place

Join us on June 24 for a retrospective millinery fashion show and tea
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April 13, 2012

Canadian Songbook Concert – Steven Page

Roy Thomson Hall presents their inaugural new series, Canadian Songbook Concerts

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March 17, 2012

An Audience with William Roache

Coronation Street’s Ken Barlow is touring Canada. His unique one-man show – An Audience with William Roache – stops in Toronto at the Winter Garden Theatre

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March 16, 2012

EVENT – Film screening at Enoch Turner Schoolhouse

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Enoch Turner Schoolhouse will host a screening of KANATA: An Irish Story
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March 01, 2012

EVENT – John Parmenter Robarts honoured through Premiers’ Gravesites Program

Join the Ontario Heritage Trust for the unveiling of a marker commemorating the gravesite of the Honourable John Parmenter Robarts, premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971

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February 24, 2012

Canadian Songbook Concert – Whitehorse

Roy Thomson Hall presents their inaugural new series, Canadian Songbook Concerts

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February 17, 2012

2011 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award recipients announced

TORONTO – As part of the province’s Heritage Week celebrations, the 2011 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards will be presented for outstanding contributions to the identification, preservation, protection and promotion of Ontario’s heritage

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February 20, 2012

Heritage Week 2012

The Ontario Heritage Trust has chosen the theme of “Defending a nation” to celebrate Heritage Week 2012

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February 20, 2012

EVENT – Celebrate Heritage Week at Fulford Place

Join us at Fulford Place during Ontario Heritage Week (February 20 to 26, 2012) and celebrate the province’s rich and diverse heritage through a series of free talks and tours

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February 17, 2012

Ontario Heritage Trust celebrates volunteers and communities for achievements in conservation

TORONTO – Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust announced the recipients of its annual programs recognizing contributions to conserving Ontario’s heritage

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February 17, 2012

Ontario Heritage Trust launches Heritage Week 2012 with opening of Parliament interpretive centre in Toronto

TORONTO – Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust hosted a special event at its new Parliament interpretive centre to kick off the province’s celebrations for Heritage Week 2012

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Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site

Learn about Josiah Henson, recognized for his contributions to the abolition movement and for his work in the Underground Railroad

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Ontario's Places of Worship

Discover Ontario’s Places of Worship and see how they have influenced the history of our province

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Fulford Place

Enjoy a tour of this magnificent 20,000-square-foot, 35-room Edwardian mansion in Brockville on the sweeping shores of the majestic St. Lawrence River. Tour period rooms and landscaped grounds.

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Slavery to freedom

During the 19th century, thousands of enslaved and many free African-Americans fled the United States and made their way to freedom in Canada. Ontario was one of their primary destinations.