Aug 25 2022
August 2022 Back in the “Golden Age” of the railways in Canada, railway stations had impressive and appealing architectural designs. While many were demolished when they were no longer needed by the railway companies that used them, others were restored and re-purposed, sometimes re-located to a new location. The former Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station …
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Aug 25 2022
August 2022 The southern Ontario city of Milton, founded in 1821 by Jasper Martin, has turned a former mill pond into a small picturesque paradise in the middle of a busy and growing city. The mill pond, created by damning part of Sixteen Mile Creek, was used to supply water-power to a grist mill built …
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Aug 25 2022
August 2022 The southern Ontario city of Burlington has many historic homes, some dating back to the early days Upper Canada. One such home can be found in the south-west corner of the city; a two-storey brick house, with a third-storey attic level, known both as the Charles G. Davis house and Woodland Terrace. Located …
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Aug 22 2022
Published in the Toronto Sun, 24 August 2022 Re: “Firing anti-racism group took too long given trainer’s racist comments,” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 22 August): If I didn’t know better, I would have sworn that this column was from satirical news sites like “The Onion” or “The Babylon Bee.” It’s cases like this that highlight …
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Aug 21 2022
August 2022 The small Ontario town of Marmora is home to the preserved ruins of St Matilda’s Church, a church that dates back to the early days of the Province of Upper Canada. Built in 1828, under the supervision of Anthony Manahan, the small 43 foot by 25 foot church was built on the west …
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Aug 20 2022
August 2022 Tudor-style Arts & Craft home, sometimes known as Tudor Revival, Mock Tudor, or Jacobean style, are multi-story houses made of brick with large sections of half-timbered white stucco siding, giving them a medieval appearance. Tudors have steeply-pitched gabled roofs with decorative chimney pots, narrow, multi-paned windows, and wooden front doors. Inside, Tudor-style homes …
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Aug 15 2022
August 2022 The Roseneath Fairgrounds in Roseneath, Ontario, is home to a historic C. W. Parker Carousel; one of only two in Canada, and eight in total in North America. Built in 1906 by the C. W. Parker Carousel Company in Abliene, Kanasa, known as the king in the manufacturing of amusement park rides, it’s …
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Aug 11 2022
August 2022 The Borscht Belt, the colloquial name of the Catskills area of eastern New York State that was once populated with resorts and bungalow communities for Jewish clients from New York City, in an era when Jewish people still faced discrimination elsewhere. Cheap airfare, a decline in passenger rail service, more integration and a …
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Aug 06 2022
August 2022 The Halton County Radial Railway Museum, located in rural Halton Hills, Ontario, is a working museum; Ontario’s first and largest electric railway museum, dedicated to showcasing the history of urban and inter-urban public transit in Ontario. Operated by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA), it focuses mainly on the history of the …
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Aug 03 2022
August 2022 Any music lover in the Muskoka District of southern Ontario knows of The Kee to Bala; more commonly known simply as “The Kee.” The historic concert venue has been entertaining music lovers and those who love to dance to music since opening in 1930. Over the decades, it has played host to some …
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