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  • 2026-10-08
    Between 1869 and 1939, about 100,000 child immigrants, casualties of unemployment and poverty in Britain, were uprooted from their homes…
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    The IODE, a Canadian women's volunteer organization, was founded by Margaret Polson Murray in 1900, during the Boer War, in…
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    After emigrating from Belfast in 1830, George Browne emerged as one of the most gifted architects of 19th-century Canada. His…
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    At the turn of the 20th century, as Toronto challenged Montréal as the banking capital of Canada, George Cox was…
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    Born at Beamsville and educated at Victoria College and the University of Toronto, Locke taught at Toronto, Chicago and Harvard…
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    Born in Gravesend, Upper Canada, Wrong graduated from Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto, where, in 1895, he became…
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    The tall white pines scattered throughout the Grove are a significant remnant of once-abundant old-growth forests within the territory of…
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    This imposing house is a fine example of the Second Empire style which was popular in Canada in the 1870s…
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    Born in Scotland, Macdonell came to New York in 1773. Commissioned ensign in the Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Regiment) in…
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    At the forks of the Nottawasaga River, Lt.-Col. Robert McDouall, Glengarrly Light Infantry, built the flotilla of boats with which…