Sep 01 2024
September 2024 There are many ghost towns and vanished villages across Canada and the world. Some died off when the local industry that sustained them dries up. Some towns are simply absorbed into the growing communities around them. The former Village of Kempenfelt, now a part of the southern Ontario City of Barrie, is just …
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Aug 30 2024
August 2024 The Peterborough Musicfest just finished it’s 37th year as an outdoor summer concert series, held on Wednesday and Saturday nights in Del Crary Park, along the shore of Little Lake. Ell headlined the 10 August show, the third last show of the summer series that included a wide variety of original artists and …
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Aug 22 2024
August 2024 An enthusiastic crowd gathered in a parkette in the Hamlet of Woodridge, New York, on 25 August, for the dedication of a historical marker commemorating the Borscht Belt. This was the ninth in a series of historical marker dedications, and the last one for 2024, that have taken place in this historic part …
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Aug 18 2024
August 2024 Like many towns that go back to the days of Upper Canada, Lindsay, Ontario, has a long history with railways that crisscross the country and played a major role in settlement and growth of Canada. The first railway to arrive in Lindsay was the Port Hope, Lindsay & Beaverton Railway (PHL&B), originally chartered …
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Aug 14 2024
August 2024 It’s considered a historic landmark, one that provides a great view of the surrounding terrain around Butternut Creek, a little to the west of Peterborough, Ontario. Built for the Midland Railway of Canada, a historic railway that ran from Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, to Midland, on Georgian Bay, as the “missing link” …
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Aug 08 2024
August 2024 Covered bridges were once quite popular across North America throughout the 19th century. Back when wood was inexpensive and commonly used in bridge construction, there was an obvious benefit to adding walls and roofs to slow deterioration caused by rain, snow and the sun. Covered bridges, a timber-truss structure with a roof, decking …
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Aug 08 2024
August 2024 Along the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, New York, there is an odd looking structure in a riverfront park that looks oddly like a stone chimney that you might find in a log cabin. Well, it actually is an old Stone chimney that was once part of a two-storey barracks on the site …
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Aug 08 2024
August 2024 The newest museum in Ellenville, New York, continues to grow. While it’s not officially expected to open until 2025, a soft opening that started in the summer of 2023 has allowed the museum to display of some of the exhibits already in their possession. This is allowing the museum to continue to raise …
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Aug 03 2024
August 2024 In the immediate years after the First World War, cenotaphs and monuments were built across Canada to honour and memorialize those who died during the war. One of the most prominent memorial towers in Canada is the Peace Tower, built as a part of the Centre Block of Canada’s Parliament building, and completed …
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Aug 03 2024
August 2024 Note: This article was originally part of my Borscht Belt series profiling multiple former hotels and bungalow colonies. As I have photographed the Nevele Grand more than any other hotel over the past 6 years, I decided to make this entry a stand alone. You can start here for other articles in my …
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