January 2022 Published in Burlington Local News, 30 March 2022 The Beach Strip between the cities of Hamilton and Burlington, in southern Ontario, has been a popular summer destination for residents seeking relief from the summer heat for more 100 years. The Beach Strip is a 4-mile long strip that stretches from Spencer Smith Park …
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January 2022 Kingston Road in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, formerly part of The King’s Highway #2, was once a major east-west travel route in and out of the east end of Toronto. Like many of the provincial highways across Ontario, the section through Scarborough featured an assortment of motels, serving as a haven for …
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January 2022 The historic City of Kingston, Ontario, is known for being the original capital of the United Province of Canada (in 1841) and being the birthplace of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Nicknamed the “Limestone City” because of the many heritage buildings constructed using the plentiful limestone mined in the area, …
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January 2022 The historic southern Ontario town of Picton, dates back to the early days of British North America. First settled in the 1780s by United Empire Loyalists who fled north during the American Revolutionary War, the town was named after Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of …
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January 2022 Talisman Mountain Resort is a name that many in the ski and snowboarding community in Ontario remember fondly. Opened on Christmas Eve in 1963, it quickly became a popular winter destination. Two years later, a golf course and tennis courts were added, with Talisman becoming an all-season resort. Located in the Beaver Valley …
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January 2022 The historic Fryfogel’s Tavern in Perth East, Ontario, is one of a declining number of pre-Confederation buildings remaining in Canada, and is the only structure of its kind within the former Huron Tract. Built in 1844-45, it’s an example of an Upper Canadian building in the Neoclassic-style. Fryfogel’s Tavern was a stagecoach stop …
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December 2021 Carousels have been a popular amusement ride since the early 1800s, when John Joseph Merlin created a carousel in his Mechanical Museum in London in 1803. Originally serving as entertainment for London gentry and nobility, by the mid-1800s, they were a popular feature at fairs and carnivals. The inspiration for Merlin’s creation was …
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December 2021 Ancaster, Ontario, is a historic town in the Golden Horseshoe area of southern Ontario; a town that dates back to the early years of British North America. Founded in 1793, just two years after the establishment of the Province of Upper Canada, now the Province of Ontario, Ancaster was given its name by …
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December 2021 Anyone from the Ontario cottage-country town of Orillia will know the notorious Atherley Arms Hotel. Also known as The First, it has the Tudor-style building has served many functions in the century it has stood at the corner of Highway 12 and Creighton Street. From a hotel for weary travelers and workers in …
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December 2021 Although the Barrie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) closed in November 2020, when it moved into a new building in Orillia, the demolition of the old building a year later really punctuates the end of an era. The OPP came to Barrie in 1946, when the Town of Barrie found the …
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