Oct 20 2023
October 2023 Shipping canals have been an important part of water-based transportation of people and goods for centuries. The Erie Canal is a 351-mile long historic canal in upstate New York, running east-west from the Hudson River at Waterford, north of Albany, to Lake Erie at Tonawanda. As with most canals, a series of locks were constructed …
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Oct 14 2023
October 2023 Since the early days of British North America, many towns and villages sprung up around rivers, where water-powered mills were built so that local farmers could easily transport their grain there to be milled. These communities were dependent on their local mill as bread was a staple part of the diet. Watson’s Mill is …
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Oct 10 2023
October 2023 The Sound of Music Festival is an annual music festival in Burlington, Ontario, held in mid-June over the Father’s Day weekend. The free-admission festival, with paid VIP upgrades, is held in Spencer Smith Park along the city’s waterfront and throughout the downtown core, billing itself as “Canada’s Largest Free Music Festival.” Just two of the …
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Sep 21 2023
September 2023 A large crowd gathered on 18 September in a small park in Bradford, Ontario, for the official re-naming of Middleton Park to Constable Devon Northrup Memorial Park, in honor of the fallen 33-year-old South Simcoe Police officer killed in the line of duty almost exactly a year prior. On 11 October 2022, South …
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Sep 17 2023
September 2023 Black Creek Pioneer Village, previously known as Dalziel Pioneer Park, is an open-air living heritage museum in Toronto, Ontario, in 1960, consisting of more than 30 historic buildings arranged in a village setting. Built on the original farm of Daniel Stong, an of Upper Canada, the village is a recreation of life in 19th-century …
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Sep 08 2023
September 2023 Little Canada is a unique tourist attraction that lets you take a trip across Canada, all without having to use a plane, train, or automobile. Previously known as Our Home and Miniature Land, Little Canada can be found at Young-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Opened on 5 August 2021, the attraction the …
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Sep 08 2023
September 2023 If you want to take a summer day to walk along a 1 kilometre-long sunflower trail, or pick your own wild flower bouquet, then Laura’s Farm Stand is worth the visit. Located on Highway 27 in Essa Township, south of Barrie, Ontario, farmer Laura Currie and her husband welcome visitors to their farm …
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Sep 07 2023
September 2023 They are with us for such a short time, but for many of us, the memory of them stays with us for as long as we live. For almost 50 years, the Ancaster Pet Cemetery has been the final resting place for the beloved furry friends of Hamilton-area residents. Established by Hamilton veterinarian …
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Sep 06 2023
September 2023 In a column published recently in the Toronto Sun, columnist Lorne Gunter notes, in reference to comments by federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, “Guilbeault criticized Atlantic Canadian regulators and refiners for passing on the cost of recent federal carbon and clean fuel tax increases – nearly 20% in the four eastern provinces – …
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Sep 04 2023
September 2023 On a small wooded property, sloping down to the shore of Lake Ontario, in Patterson Park in the west end of Kingston, sits an unassuming limestone house, boarded up but seemingly maintained to a certain degree. The house, known as the Peter Wartman House, is an example of an early Loyalist farmstead in …
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