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Jen Brennan
Many people are not aware that the Unitarian Universalism faith has been around in Canada since the late 1800s. The congregation in ottawa b...
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Pinhey Estate
Hamnet Kirkes Pinhey, a wealthy landed English gentleman and a successful merchant and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, emigrated to Uppe...
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Fleet Street Pumping Station
The ever-present threat of fire spurred several 19th-century Ontario towns and cities to investigate municipal systems of water supply. Th...
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Aberdeen Pavilion
Built for the Central Canada Exhibition Association, the Pavilion was named after the incumbent Governor General, The Earl of Aberdeen. Kn...
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Church of St. Alban the Martyr
Church of St. Alban the Martyr, ottawa ottawa was selected as the permanent capital of the Province of Canada in 1857. With the growth of...
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Jean-Luc Pilon (Curator of Central Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History)
The gift of time travel In the summer of 1982, I was carrying out archaeological research near the shores of Hudson Bay on the Severn River...
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Waubageshig
Retrieving the Sleigh It is mid-April. My three brothers, Michael, Tom and George, and I are outside playing catch in the warm afternoon sp...
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Lowertown, Ottawa
Lowertown, ottawa
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University of Ottawa, The
This institution was established in 1848 by Bishop Joseph-Eugène Guigues and placed under the direction of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. I...
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Archbishop's Palace, Ottawa
Archbishop's Palace, ottawa
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Timber Rafting on the Ottawa
The rafting of square timber down the ottawa River, begun in 1806, reached its peak during 1861-91 and ended in 1909. Pine "sticks" from .1 ...
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Steamboating on the Upper Ottawa
The first settlement on the Upper ottawa River was the 25 horsepower "Lady Colborne," built in 1853 for service between Aylmer and Chats Fal...
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Ottawa New Edinburgh Club Boathouse
ottawa New Edinburgh Club Boathouse
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Rapids of the Upper Ottawa, The
For over two centuries, the ottawa River was part of the main canoe route to the West. Some of the river's most spectacular and dangerous ra...
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Champlain and the Ottawa Valley, 1613
Champlain and the ottawa Valley, 1613
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Le Droit
In 1912, members of the Association canadienne-française d'éducation de l'Ontario and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate — a religiou...
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Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
Born in Laurierville, Quebec, Marie-Rose Turcot moved to ottawa around the age of 20 to work in the civil service. Later, working as a journ...
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Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton, O.C., C.B.E. 1896-1975
The first woman mayor of Canada's capital, 1951-56 and 1961-64, Charlotte Whitton was born in Renfrew, educated there and at Queen's Univers...
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Elisabeth Bruyère 1818-1876
In the 1840s, Bytown (ottawa) was a growing timber-trade village with a substantial French-Canadian population but no Catholic schools and f...
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Mother Marie Thomas d'Aquin (1877-1963)
Jeanne Lydia Branda grew up near Bordeaux, France. From a young age, she felt called to become a nun and teacher. In 1899, she joined the Do...
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Commissariat Building 1827
This structure, the oldest existing stone building in ottawa, was used as a storehouse, office and treasury during the construction of the R...
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Alexander Cameron Rutherford 1857-1941
The first premier of Alberta, Rutherford was born in Osgoode Township of Scottish parents and educated at McGill University. In 1895, after ...
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Lady Aberdeen 1857-1939
A passionate advocate for social reform, Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks was born in London, England. Following her marriage in 1877 to John Gordo...
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Home Children
Beginning in 1869, British charitable societies removed children from slums and orphanages in congested industrial cities and brought them t...
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École Guigues and Regulation 17, l'
Erected as a school in 1904-05, this building became a centre for minority rights agitation in Ontario early in the twentieth century. In 19...
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Nile Voyageurs 1884-85, The
In 1884, the British Government decided to send a military expedition up to the Nile River to relieve Major-General Charles Gordon, who was ...
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Honourable Hamnet Kirks Pinhey 1784-1857, The
A merchant and ship-owner in his native England, Pinhey came to Upper Canada in 1820. For his services as King's messenger during the Napole...
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Almanda Walker-Marchand and the Fédération des femmes canadiennes-françaises
Almanda Walker-Marchand was the founder and president of the Fédération des femmes canadiennes-françaises (FFCF). Born in Quebec City in 186...
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Thomas McKay 1792-1855
Born in Scotland, McKay emigrated to Canada about 1817 and worked as a mason in Montreal until 1826, when he began building the entrance loc...
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Carlsbad Springs
In the 1860s, local innkeeper Daniel Eastman offered water from the natural mineral springs in this area for drinking and bathing. His inn w...
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Founding of Osgoode Township, The
Named for William Osgoode, the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada, Osgoode Township was established on lands the British acquired from the ...
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Long Island Mill, The
An outstanding example of mill architecture in Ontario, this grist-mill was constructed by Thomas Langrell, an ottawa contractor, for Moss K...
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Christ Church 1838
This handsome stone church, in the style of the early Gothic revival, was built by A. Thomas Christie on land donated by John Cavanagh, one ...
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Richmond Military Settlement 1818, The
In August 1818, some thirty disbanded veterans of the 99th Regiment, led by Captain G.T. Burke, arrived in newly surveyed Goulbourn Township...
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St. John's Anglican Parish
On this site stood the first church to be commenced in what is now Carleton County. Among the pioneers who formed the Richmond Military Sett...
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Mather-Walls House
The Mather-Walls House in Keewatin (now part of Kenora) reflects the vision of one man – John Mather. Mather, a native of Scotland who emig...
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Gilles Roy
The little village of Burritt’s Rapids on the Rideau River south of ottawa is such a beautiful hidden treasure!www.facebook.com/LivinginOtta...
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William Cameron Edwards 1844-1921
A native of Russell County, Edwards entered the family lumber business in 1863. Five years later, he and James Woods established the firm of...
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Samuel de Champlain
Born at Brouage about 1570, this world-renowned cartographer and colonizer sailed from Honfleur in March 1603 on the first of more than twen...
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Champlain's Journey of 1613
The Father of New France, Samuel de Champlain, made the first of two voyages into what is now Ontario in 1613. He travelled up the ottawa Ri...
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Lansdowne Park
Lansdowne Park
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Dey's Skating Rinks
Dey's Skating Rinks
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Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
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Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
Woollen manufacturing emerged as a major Canadian industry between 1840 and 1870. Mills were built in areas like the Mississippi River Valle...
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Rideau Hall Cricket Clubhouse
Rideau Hall Cricket Clubhouse
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Siege of Detroit 1763, The
Shortly after the founding of Detroit in 1701, a village of ottawa Indians was established on the south shore of the river in this vicinity,...
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Bytown and Prescott Railway Company 1850, The
This company, incorporated in 1850, built a railway from Prescott to Bytown (ottawa) for the shipment of lumber and farm products to the mar...
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Elisabeth Bruyère 1818-76
Elisabeth Bruyère 1818-76
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Lieutenant-Colonel John By, R.E., 1779-1836
Born in London, England, about 1779, By graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1799. He was attached to the Royal Engineers...
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Elisabeth Bruyère 1818-76
Elisabeth Bruyère 1818-76
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District Court House and Gaol 1825
In 1816, the ottawa District was established and the Courts of Quarter Session, which at that time possessed local administrative as well as...
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Brockville Tunnel 1860, The
Construction of Canada's first railway tunnel, which runs from this point for 1,730 feet in a northerly direction, began in September 1854. ...
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Heritage Conservation Districts in Ontario
Heritage Conservation Districts in Ontario 134 in full force as of March 2020 MunicipalityMunicipal typeDistrict nameDistrict typeYear in ...
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Samuel de Champlain
Champlain’s journey of 1613
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Lieutenant Christopher James Bell, R.N. 1795-1836
A pioneer of the ottawa Valley lumber industry, Bell had commanded H.M. gunboat "Murray" at the battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain in 18...
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Daniel McLachlin 1810-1872
One of the ottawa Valley's most enterprising lumbermen, McLachlin was born in Rigaud Township, Lower Canada, and by 1837 had built a sawmill...
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Seigneury of L'Orignal, The
This area, the present township of Longueuil, was granted in 1674 to François Prévost, Town Major of Quebec, and was the first seigneury in ...
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Walter Seymour Allward, R.C.A. 1876-1955
A renowned Canadian sculptor, Allward was born in Toronto and attended Central Technical School. He studied under William Cruikshank and Ema...
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Japanese-Canadian Road Camps 1942-1944
During the Second World War, the federal government forcibly evacuated Canadians of Japanese ancestry from the coast of British Columbia. In...
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Founding of Renfrew, The
Attracted by the development of the lumbering industry in the Upper ottawa Valley, a few settlers had located in this region by 1830. Six ye...
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Gillies Bros. Lumbering Firm, The
This firm was begun in 1873 when James, William, John and David Gillies purchased a steam sawmill here on the ottawa River at Braeside. Buil...
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Glebe Community Centre
Glebe Community Centre Preserving a community hub's "spirit" Formerly: St. Paul’s Methodist ChurchAddress: 175 Third Avenue, ottawaBuilt: ...
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Macdonell-Williamson House
Macdonell-Williamson House In 1813, after 19 years as a fur trader with the North West Company, John Macdonell (1768-1850) retired to Hawke...
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Rideau Canal 1826-1832, The
Financed by the British government, on the Duke of Wellington's advice, it was built to provide a secure military route between Upper and Lo...
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Nine Mile Portage, The
Site of eastern terminus of an Indian portage from Kempenfeldt Bay to Willow Creek and thence by the Nottawasaga River to Georgian Bay. In t...
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Gateway to Huronia, The
From this lookout may be seen the bay which, during the first half of the 17th century, formed the western terminus of the 800-mile route co...
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Renfrew Millionaires, The
Local tycoon M.J. O'Brien launched a bid to bring the Stanley Cup to Renfrew in 1910 by offering hockey stars like Lester and Frank Patrick ...
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Land and settlement
Land and settlement The story “When Upper and Lower Canada formed a united Canada in 1841, Canadiens were solidly established in three are...
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Temagami Post 1834
The first Hudson's Bay post on Lake Timagami was established on the south shore of Timagami Island in 1834 under Chief Trader Richard Hardis...
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Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott
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Canoe Route to the West, The
Here, when the canoe was the principal means of travel, explorers, voyageurs, missionaries and others bound for the West, left the ottawa Ri...
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Lake Nipissing
About 9000 B.C., when the glacial ice began to retreat from this area for the last time, the Nipissing basin formed an easterly extension of...
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Macdonell-Williamson House
In 1813, after 19 years as a fur trader with the North West Company, John Macdonell (1768-1850) retired to Hawkesbury Township with his wife...
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The founding of L'Orignal
The founding of L'Orignal
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Monck Road, The
This road was constructed for the dual purpose of opening up a wilderness area to settlement and providing an alternative, less vulnerable m...
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Thomas "Carbide" Willson 1860-1915
This house was built in 1895 by Thomas Leopold Willson, an electrical engineer who discovered the first commercial process for the productio...
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Bay of Quinte Loyalist Settlement, 1784
This region was among the first in present-day Ontario to receive loyalist settlers following the American Revolution. Surveying began in 17...
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La Vase Portages
The historic La Vase (Mud) Portages began at the head of the nearby pond. These three portages, connecting Trout Lake and the lower La Vase ...
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Canoe Route to the West, The
The French River formed a vital link in the historic canoe route via the ottawa and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nipissing, which connected the s...
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Explorers of Muskoka and Haliburton
Following the War of 1812, expeditions traversed the wilderness between Lakes Simcoe and Muskoka and the ottawa River, seeking a route acros...
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Opeongo Road
This was one of the "colonization roads" authorized by the Province of Canada in an attempt to open up the districts lying inland from the s...
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Founding of Stayner, The
Settlement on this site began with the arrival in 1854 of the Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron Union Railroad (later the Northern Railway). Ed...
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Charles Rankin 1797-1886
This pioneer surveyor was the pathfinder who opened much of this region to settlement. Born in Enniskillen, Ireland, Rankin came to Upper Ca...
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Understanding adaptive reuse
Understanding adaptive reuse The Trust recognizes the many ways that heritage conservation supports urban regeneration, providing opportuni...
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Founder of Pembroke, The
Peter White, born in Edinburgh, was a merchant seaman when he was impressed into the Royal Navy in 1813 and sent to Canada. Following serve ...
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Pembroke and Mattawan Road, The
Constructed primarily as a supply route to the lumber camps in the Upper ottawa Valley, this Colonization Road was begun in 1853 and opened ...
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Willow Creek Depot
During the War of 1812, the Nine Mile Portage from Kempenfel(d)t Bay to Willow Creek formed part of the vital route, via Yonge Street, Lake ...
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Charles Sangster 1822-1893
Sangster, one of the most significant Canadian poets of the pre-Confederation period, was born at the naval yard, Point Frederick. In 1849, ...
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John Wesley Dafoe 1866-1944
Born in Bangor Township, Dafoe began his career with the 'Montreal Daily Star' in 1883. Two years later he became editor of the 'ottawa Even...
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Honourable James Cockburn 1819-1883, The
A Father of Confederation, James Cockburn was born in Berwick, England and came to Canada with his parents in 1832. Admitted to the bar in 1...
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Rideau Waterway, The
Constructed in 1826-32 by the British government for military purposes, but used principally for commerce, the Rideau waterway, together wit...
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Canada's First Polish Settlement
The first group of Polish immigrants to Canada, some 300 in number, established a settlement in this area in 1864. Adverse social conditions...
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Hewitt Bernard 1825-1893
Born in Jamaica, Bernard immigrated to Upper Canada in 1851 and settled in Barrie, where in 1856 he established a law practice. He was chief...
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Founding of Carleton Place, The
The families of Edmond Morphy and William Moore became, in 1819, the first settlers on the site of Carleton Place. About 1822, Hugh Boulton ...
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French Settlement on the South Shore
Windsor is the oldest known site of continuous settlement in Ontario. The government of New France, anxious to increase its presence on the ...
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Schooner Town
The Nottawasaga River formed part of a transportation link between Lake Ontario and the upper Great Lakes, which became a vitally important ...
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Haggarts, The
John Haggart, a Scottish stone mason, came to Canada in the 1820s and worked on the Welland and Rideau canals. In 1832, he purchased this pr...
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Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977
Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977 On Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 12:30 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust unveiled a provincial plaque commemoratin...
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"Canada First" Movement, The
Origination in ottawa, in 1868, with informal meetings of a few youthful patriots, "Canada First" was the name and slogan of a movement to p...
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Development of Pelee Island, The
The largest in a string of islands in the western end of Lake Erie, Pelee Island forms, together with nearby Middle Island, the southernmost...
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"Cyclone" Taylor 1885-1979
An outstanding hockey player, Frederick W. Taylor was born in Tara and began his amateur career with the Listowel juniors about 1901. His ex...
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William J. Wintemberg 1876-1941
An outstanding Canadian archaeologist, Wintemberg was born in New Dundee and, as a youth, developed an avid interest in this region's folklo...
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L'École Guigues and Regulation 17
L'École Guigues and Regulation 17
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Bishop Joseph-Bruno Guigues
Bishop Joseph-Bruno Guigues
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Almanda Walker-Marchand and the Fédération nationale des Femmes Canadiennes-Françaises
Almanda Walker-Marchand and the Fédération nationale des Femmes Canadiennes-Françaises The provincial plaque commemorating Almanda Walker-M...
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Artistic expressions
Artistic expressions
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Le Droit
Le Droit On the morning of March 20, 2018, the Ontario Heritage Trust and Le Droit newspaper unveiled a provincial plaque at the École seco...
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Cyclone Taylor
Cyclone Taylor
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The Franco-Ontarian Flag
The Franco-Ontarian Flag
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Municipal heritage registers
Municipal heritage registers Section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act states that the municipal clerk shall keep a register of properties tha...
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St. Jerome's University
The College of St. Jerome's was established in 1865 by Roman Catholic priests from the Congregation of the Resurrection to educate the growi...
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The French presence in Cornwall
The French presence in Cornwall
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"Ontario's Quiet Revolution"
"Ontario's Quiet Revolution"
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The founding of Sturgeon Falls
The founding of Sturgeon Falls
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Chief Francis Pegahmagabow, 1889-1952
Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwe of the Caribou clan, was born in Shawanaga First Nation. He volunteered at the onset of the First World War ...
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Chief Francis Pegahmagabow, 1889-1952
Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwe of the Caribou clan, was born in Shawanaga First Nation. He volunteered at the onset of the First World War ...
- New provincial plaque commemorates Mother Marie Thomas d’Aquin (1877-1963)
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Arlene Chan (historian and author)
Gateway to Ontario Toronto’s Chinatown East has a beautiful gateway – a Chinese architectural tradition first introduced in British Columbi...
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Renfrew Millionaires
Renfew Millionaires The bilingual plaque reads as follows: RENFREW MILLIONAIRES In 1910, local tycoon M.J. O'Brien bankrolled a new hocke...
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Roy MacGregor
Roy MacGregor
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Franco-Ontarian Flag, The
The Franco-Ontarian Flag was first raised at the University of Sudbury on September 25, 1975, at a time when Sudbury was experiencing unprec...
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Mother Marie Thomas d'Aquin (1877-1963)
Mother Marie Thomas d'Aquin (1877-1963) On October 13, 2022, the Ontario Heritage Trust unveiled a plaque to Mother Marie Thomas d’Aquin,...
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Philip Pritchard (Vice President, resource centre and Curator, Hockey Hall of Fame and Keeper of the Stanley Cup)
Ontario and the Stanley Cup Hockey is Canada’s national sport, and there is nothing more synonymous with hockey than the Stanley Cup. The t...
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Resources
Resources For more information about trails and their benefits, please visit of our partners’ websites below: Provincial Bruce Trail Cons...
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Larry Wayne Richards (former Trust Board member, Professor Emeritus and former Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto)
Ontario trains My first views of Ontario were from a passenger train 45 years ago. In 1972, I crossed the border at Detroit and took a trai...
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French-Canadian Settlement and the CPR in the Mattawa Area
French-Canadian Settlement and the CPR in the Mattawa Area On October 27, 2008, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Mattawa Bonfield Economi...
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Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum Many United Empire Loyalists settled in the St. Lawrence Valley after the American Revolution. Dr. Solomon Jones (1756-1822...
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Jeanne Lajoie, 1899-1930
Jeanne Lajoie, 1899-1930
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Artistic representations
Artistic representations Samuel de Champlain’s publications are full of vivid descriptions of encounters with new landscapes, waterways and...
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The Renfrew Millionaires
The Renfrew Millionaires
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Champlain and Huronia, 1615
Champlain and Huronia, 1615
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Eleanor McMahon (Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport)
A Place to Stand As Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, I’ve had the privilege to meet many proud, talented and hardworking Ontarians t...
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Jeanne Lajoie, 1899-1930
Jeanne Lajoie, 1899-1930
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Kristen McLaughlin
I am not from Ontario. I moved here recently, in September of 2016. My home is in the west, having grown up in Alberta and gone to school in...
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Franco-Ontarian Flag, The
The Franco-Ontarian Flag The plaque commemorating the Franco-Ontarian Flag was unveiled by the Ontario Heritage Trust and l’association can...
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Collections
The Trust is the custodian of more than 25,000 cultural artifacts related to its properties ... ... furniture, ceramics, textiles...
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Snowshoes
Snowshoes
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Bibliography
Bibliography Armstrong, Joe C.W. Champlain. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1987. Assembly of First Nations. To the Source: The First Nation...
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Anne Heggtveit
Anne Heggtveit
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Trust easement properties that are also museums
Trust easement properties that are also museums Easements create partnerships between the Trust and property owners to ensure the conservat...
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Colonel Darby Bergin, 1826-1896
Colonel Darby Bergin, 1826-1896 On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Regimental ...
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Vicki Keith
Vicki Keith
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The Hockey Song
The Hockey Song
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Aboriginal/French exchanges
Aboriginal/French exchanges The story “The story began with a First Nation alliance and a Roman Catholic mission, developed with official ...
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Canadian 4 x 100-metre track relay team of 1996
Canadian 4 x 100-metre track relay team of 1996
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People, stories and traditions
People, stories and traditions What is now known as Ontario has been home to generations of Indigenous peoples with diverse histories and s...
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Further reading
Further readingBiggar, H.P., ed. The Works of Samuel de Champlain. Six Volumes. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1922-1936. Cappella, Ėmilie...
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Cold War defence and military restructuring
Cold War defence and military restructuringIntroduction Many historians trace the origin of the Cold War to one of the most unlikely places...
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How to research a heritage property
How to research a heritage property Getting started Researching a property can seem like a daunting task, but by exploring the holdings of...
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Gardiner, Grace and Neilson Properties
Gardiner, Grace and Neilson Properties
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Bruce Kidd
Bruce Kidd
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Ontario's sports timeline
Ontario's sports timeline
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Background
Background Samuel de Champlain (1574-1635) has been described as a skilled sailor, meticulous cartographer, cunning soldier1 and effective ...
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Homewood Museum
Step back in time to 1800. Get a glimpse of the life of Dr. Solomon Jones (1756-1822), a United Empire Loyalist and the area’s first physici...
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French Community in Welland
French Community in Welland On March 24, 2009, the Ontario Heritage Trust and ACFO Niagara unveiled a provincial plaque at Sacré-Cœur Roman...
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CFCL Radio
CFCL Radio On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 2 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre unvei...
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Web resources
Web resources Dictionary of Canadian Biography Samuel de Champlain: www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=34237 This websit...
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Jeanne Lajoie 1899-1930
Jeanne Lajoie 1899-1930 On October 28, 2008, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the City of Pembroke and the Centre culturel francophone de Pembro...
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1611-20
1611 à 1620
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Aurora Armoury
Aurora Armoury On Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 7:30 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment)...
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Champlain and Tadoussac, 1603
Champlain and Tadoussac, 1603
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Environment
Interpretive theme for 2021: The Environment This year, the Trust will explore the importance of the environment both in terms of the conte...
- Doors Open Ontario is back! 13 weekends, 22 events and hundreds of places to visit for free in 2023
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Ontario's 20th-century Black heritage
Ontario's 20th-century Black heritage Racism and discrimination against Blacks did not disappear with the abolition of slavery, but continu...
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Chief Francis Pegahmagabow, 1889-1952
Chief Francis Pegahmagabow, 1889-1952 On June 20, 2015, the Ontario Heritage Trust and Wasauksing First Nation unveiled provincial plaques ...
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Sport heritage resources and links
Sport heritage resources and links The sources listed below are not a comprehensive inventory of sport history in Ontario, but provide an...
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Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill 1855-1935
Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill 1855-1935 On May 15, 2010, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Canadian Navy unveiled a provincial plaq...
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Naval and military establishments on Lake Huron
Naval and military establishments on Lake Huron On Friday, August 8, 2014, a provincial plaque commemorating the Naval and Military Establi...
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Holland’s Landing Depot
Holland’s Landing Depot On September 30, 2010, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Town of East Gwillimbury unveiled a provincial plaque at ...
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Design
Interpretive theme for 2022: Design Design is the spark from which the creative process unfolds. It is defined by the ingenious ways in whi...
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Links and resources
Links and resources Aboriginal/French exchanges More about Samuel de Champlain The Canadian Encyclopedia Dictionary of Canad...
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Founding of the Town of Latchford, The
The Founding of the Town of Latchford On July 15, 2009, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Latchford Heritage Board unveiled a provincial p...
- Doors Open Ontario returns with more in-person events for 2022 season
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C. Beck Manufacturing Company
C. Beck Manufacturing Company On Friday, September 9, 2005, at 2 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Penetanguishene Centennial M...
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French presence in Hearst, The
The French presence in Hearst On Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 4:30 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Town of Hearst unveiled a pr...
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Food
Interpretive theme for 2023: Food How does food connect people? The heritage of food and foodways is broad and multifaceted – ranging from ...
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Communication
Interpretive theme for 2019: Communication In 2019, the Ontario Heritage Trust explored the theme of communication by examining how verbal ...
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Founding of Englehart
Founding of Englehart On July 26, 2008, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Englehart Centennial Committee and the Town of Englehart unveiled a...
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Sacré-Cœur Parish
Sacré-Cœur Parish On January 30, 2009, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Sacré-Cœur Roman Catholic Church unveiled a provincial plaque at ...
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Louise de Kiriline Lawrence 1894-1992
Louise de Kiriline Lawrence 1894-1992 The provincial plaque commemorating Louise de Kiriline Lawrence was unveiled by the Ontario Heritage ...
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2017
The following were the artists in residence in 2017: Robin Richardson – writer and visual artist from Toronto, Ontario Robin Richardson ...
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Sexual Diversity Activism at the University of Toronto
Sexual Diversity Activism at the University of Toronto On November 2, 2011, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexua...
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2019
The following were the artists in residence in 2019: Rabindranath Maharaj – author Ajax Rabindranath Maharaj is the author of six novel...
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Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L. 1848-1924
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L. 1848-1924 On Saturday, September 3, 2005, at 2 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Foundation unveile...
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Battle of Moraviantown, 1813 (Battle of the Thames)
Battle of Moraviantown, 1813 (Battle of the Thames) The Ontario Heritage Trust and the Battle of the Thames Commemoration Committee unveile...
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Flying Frenchmen, The
The Flying Frenchmen The Flying Frenchmen plaque series commemorated a group of three original players for the Montreal Canadiens. A plaque...
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News
News
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Industry and research
Industry and research
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Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague School
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague School On Monday, September 25, 2023, the Ontario Heritage Trust unveiled a provincial plaque in Sudbury to commemo...
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Rivers and Streams Act of 1884
Rivers and Streams Act of 1884 On August 20, 2009, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the McDonalds Corners-Elphin Recreation & Arts unveiled a...
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St. George the Martyr Anglican Church
St. George the Martyr Anglican Church On August 15, 2012, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the parishioners of St. George the Martyr Anglican...
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2018 recipients
Recipients of the 2018 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards
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Schools and students at war
Schools and students at war
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Windermere
Windermere On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Township of Muskoka Lakes unveiled a provincial plaque to c...
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Civilian victims of war
Civilian victims of war
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Ontario Sport Awards winners
Ontario Sport Awards winners The Ontario Sport Awards Program was formally established in 1975, but started in 1965 by honouring sport achi...
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Dialogue on the Diaspora: A Black Heritage Expo
Dialogue on the Diaspora: A Black Heritage Expo Thomas H.B. Symons, C.C., O.Ont, FRSC, LL.D., D.Litt., D.U., D.Cn.L., FRGS, KSS – Chairman,...
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Ontario Human Rights Code
Ontario Human Rights Code On June 15, 2012, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Ontario Human Rights Commission unveiled a provincial plaque...
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French presence in Lafontaine, The
The French presence in Lafontaine On Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 11 a.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Township of Tiny unveiled a pro...
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St. Thomas Canada Southern Railway Station
St. Thomas Canada Southern Railway Station On June 17, 2011, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the North America Railway Hall of Fame unveiled...
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Women’s Law Association of Ontario
Women’s Law Association of Ontario On February 27, 2020, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Women’s Law Association of Ontario unveiled a p...
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Military operations and experiences
Military operations and experiences
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Modernizing the Canadian Forces
Modernizing the Canadian Forces Introduction Since the end of the Second World War, the Canadian military has developed new capabilities, ...
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Cold War air defence
Cold War air defenceIntroduction On July 27, 1953, an armistice brought an uneasy end to three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula. A...
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Queen's Park, Toronto
Queen's Park, Toronto On July 6, 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveiled an Ontario Heritage Trust provincial plaque to commemorate t...
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Champlain through the eyes of North Americans
Champlain through the eyes of North Americans Samuel de Champlain has come to mean many things to many people. His varied identities and ac...
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Biographies
Biographies John Ecker, Chair, Whitby John Ecker of Whitby is a communications, marketing, branding and fundraising executive. Most recent...
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John Parmenter Robarts, Premier of Ontario, 1961-71
John Parmenter Robarts, Premier of Ontario, 1961-71 Gravesite commemoration of the Honourable John Parmenter Robarts, Premier of Ontario, 1...
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Sydenham Public School
Sydenham Public School On June 10, 2009, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Friends of the Sydenham Public School unveiled a provincial pla...
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Dale Estate, The
The Dale Estate On September 12, 2012, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the City of Brampton and Friends of the Dale Estate unveiled a provincia...
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Timmins
Timmins On August 7, 2012, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the City of Timmins unveiled a provincial plaque at Hollinger Park in Timmins, On...
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Donning the khaki
Donning the khaki
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Timeline
Timeline
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The Fenian Raids in Canada West
The Fenian Raids in Canada WestIntroduction In 1866, John O’Neill led between 700 and 800 armed Irish-American republicans and supporters o...
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Pendarves — Cumberland House
Pendarves — Cumberland House On December 7, 2010, the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and the Ontario Heritage T...
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Battles in Upper Canada and the Great Lakes
Battles in Upper Canada and the Great Lakes
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Hugh Burnett and the National Unity Association
Hugh Burnett and the National Unity Association On July 31, 2010, the Ontario Heritage Trust unveiled a provincial plaque – as part of the ...
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2019 recipients
2019 recipients of the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Awards