Nov 26 2019
November 2019 In the middle of Newmarket, Ontario, sits an odd-looking arch structure crossing over the Holland River. This structure was once a part of early public transportation system in the Greater Toronto Area. Built in 1909 by the Toronto and York Radial Railway (T&YRR) Company, this reinforced concrete arch was built as a trestle …
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Nov 12 2019
November 2019 A historic aircraft production plant in the Downsview area of north Toronto got a new lease on life, one that is quite fitting, thanks to the efforts of designers MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects and Stantec, Architects in Association, and Bondfield Construction. Once housing the original production plant for the de Havilland Aircraft Company of …
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Nov 08 2019
November 2019 Beside the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Headquarters in Orillia, Ontario, there is a small cemetery with a particularly tragic past. While death is a sad thing, most cemeteries provide some comfort and solace to surviving family and friends of the deceased interred in the cemetery; a place to visit to remember and reflect …
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Nov 02 2019
November 2019 In Ontario in the mid-1990s, the Ontario government under Premier Mike Harris made an attempt to reform incarceration for youth offenders in the province and Project Turnaround was the result. In 1997, a small youth jail was opened in Hillsdale, Ontario, taking over the facilities of Camp Hillsdale, a former adult offender agricultural …
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Oct 29 2019
October 2019 Canada’s military has been involved in many battles and campaigns throughout the history of Canada, but none lasted as long or were arguably more important to the Allied victory in Europe than the Battle of the Atlantic, a campaign that lasted the entire duration of World War II. Along with British, Commonwealth and …
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Oct 24 2019
October 2019 HMCS Haidia, the last surviving Royal Canadian Navy Tribal-class destroyer, has been called the “Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy;” a ship that sank the most enemy surface tonnage of any other ship in the Royal Canadian Navy. Celebrated RCN Vice-Admiral Henry “Harry” DeWolf, CBE, DSO, DSC, CD, was the first commanding …
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Oct 21 2019
October 2019 About four miles north-west of the Borough of Allenwood, Pennsylvania, is the Town of Alvira. Now a ghost town, this once bustling community is now known as the home of the United States federal prison, Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood. For urban explorers, there is a different reason to go to this deserted town: …
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Oct 21 2019
October 2019 For the 6th year in a row, volunteers descended upon Pennsylvania’s “Lost Town,” the Borough of Centralia, a mostly-vacant borough with an underground mine fire that has been burning beneath it for 57 years and counting. Organized by the non-profit organization EPCAMR (Eastern PA Coalition of Abandoned Mine Reclamation), since its inception in …
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Oct 18 2019
October 2019 Have you ever wondered what it’s like is jail, but didn’t want to go through the bother of committing a crime? Well, the good news is that there are many former jails and penitentiaries that are open for public tours. Some, like the former Carleton County Jail in Ottawa, Ontario, also double as …
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Oct 06 2019
October 2019 Victory Village is a residential neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, with a historic connection to Canada’s aviation industry. Situated in the former Village of Malton, next to Toronto Pearson International Airport, the neighbourhood had its beginnings during World War II, when Canada played a vital role in aircraft production for the war effort. In …
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