August 2023 Fort Henry National Historic Site, located in Kingston, Ontario, is a historic fort that once played a big role in the defence of British North America, one of many that can still be found on the shore of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The original Fort Henry, named after Henry Hamilton, …
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August 2023 An enthusiastic crowd gathered in a parkette across from the Post Office in the Hamlet of Mountain Dale, New York, on 13 August, for the dedication of a historical marker commemorating the Borscht Belt. This was the second of several historical marker dedications scheduled to take place this year and in 2024, in …
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Published in Springwater News, 21 August 2023 “As a fighting instrument of war, which must include an aircraft, an engine and a sophisticated fire-control system, then of course there never was an Arrow.” – David Golden, LLB, LLD (Honours), OC, former Deputy Minister of Defense Production, Deputy Minister of Industry and the first president of …
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August 2023 What started as a rural drive-in theatre in 1966, north of Kingston on McAdoo’s Lane, would later be transformed into a small outdoor entertainment centre in the mid 1990s. Now, it’s all gone, with the property awaiting re-development. The Drive-In opened in 1966, as The 66, with the Mustang Drive-In chain buying the …
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August 2023 Triumphal Arches are decorative free-standing monumental structures that can be found around the world. One of the best known is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Designed in the shape of an archway, with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, are usually decorated with carvings, sculpted reliefs, …
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July 2023 The small community of Limehouse, in the rural southern Ontario Town of Halton Hills, is a former village that dates back to the early days of Upper Canada. Today, it’s home to around 800 people, with a small public school, a community centre and numerous scenic walking trails throughout the Limehouse Conservation Area. …
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July 2023 The Grand Orange Lodge of British America, more commonly known as the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada, is the Canadian branch of the Protestant political and religious fraternal society The Orange Order. Dating back to 1795, the Orange Lodge was founded in County Armagh in Ireland, to commemorate the victory of Protestant William of Orange …
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July 2023 A Russian cargo aircraft that became an accidental fixture at Toronto Pearson International Airport was officially seized by the Canadian government on 10 June. A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, one of the world’s largest civil cargo aircraft, has been grounded at the Toronto airport since 27 February 2022, when Canada’s airspace was …
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June 2023 Southern Ontario is full of stunning geographical features and Hamilton’s Devil’s Punch Bowl is just one of them. Found along the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, a suburb of Hamilton, Devil’s Punch Bowl is a 120-foot ribbon upper waterfall and an 18-foot lower classic waterfall, both a part of the Hamilton Conservation Authority …
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June 2023 The Landscape of Nations Memorial, in Queenston Heights Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, is a living memorial dedicated to the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) Confederacy and Indian allies who supported British forces during the War of 1812. This was the site of the infamous Battle of Queenston Heights, fought on 13 October 1813, in which British …
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