Dec 29 2019
December 2019 Statues are a common way to commemorate notable people and animals throughout history, and many cities and towns feature an assortment of them. St. Thomas, Ontario, has a statue with an unfortunate significance for the southwestern Ontario town: Jumbo the Elephant. In a time before television or even motion pictures became avenues of …
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Dec 24 2019
December 2019 The southern Ontario town of Dunnville has a unique mascot: the Dunnville Mudcat, “Muddy.” At 50- foot long, and 27-foot high, the statue of “Muddy” is the world’s biggest Mudcat, designed by Mike Walker, a local artist and businessman. The Mudcat has long been associated with Dunnville, which can be caught by anglers …
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Dec 12 2019
December 2019 Artists are always looking for unique way to display their art and Almaguin Highlands artist Peter Camani seems to have found a very unique way to display his sculpture work titled, “The Screaming Heads.” Camani, a retired art teacher who has art works hanging in The Vatican and Buckingham Palace, used his property …
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Dec 10 2019
December 2019 A must-see tourist attraction for visitors to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia is the Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse. Also known by its official name, Peggy’s Point Lighthouse, this iconic and still active lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, marks the eastern entrance to St. Margarets Bay, the still active lighthouse has become one …
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Dec 06 2019
December 2019 The LaSalle Park Pavilion has been a fixture in the park in the Aldershot area of Burlington, Ontario, for 102 years. The park, originally called Wabasso Park, was re-named in 1923 in honour of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the 17th century French explorer who is said to have come ashore in …
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Dec 05 2019
December 2019 Toronto, Ontario, is a city with many heritage buildings and most have unique stories to tell. Briarcrest Manor is just one of those heritage buildings, built in 1935 in what was then Etobicoke Township. Designed in the style of an English country manor by architect Frank Ridley, with elements of the Tudor style, …
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Dec 01 2019
December 2019 When the Canadian Army established Camp Borden, north of Toronto, in 1916, it was to train recruits for the battlefields of Europe. Approximately 350, 000 soldiers trained at the camp built among the sand dunes in Simcoe County. As trench warfare was how much of the war was being fought at that point, …
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Dec 01 2019
December 2019 Atop Citadel Hill in Halifax, Nova Scotia, sits the Halifax Citadel, a star-shaped fort built in 1749 for defence of Halifax and the harbour. Manned by a garrison of British soldiers and after Confederation, Canadian soldiers, it remained an active military installation until 1906, when it became a tourist attraction. Located a short …
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Nov 27 2019
November 2019 The Mather Arch is the centrepiece of Mather Arch Park in Fort Erie, Ontario. Built by the Niagara Parks Commission in 1939 the arch, with its beautiful manicured gardens, is dedicated to Alonzo C. Mather, the architect of the nearby International Peace Bridge. The towering limestone arch was built on seventy-five acres of …
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Nov 26 2019
November 2019 Ontario is home to some of the smallest jails in North America, although none of them are active jails anymore. Not to be outdone, Ontario also has two tiny chapels, one of which holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the smallest chapel in the world. The Living Water Wayside Chapel …
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