- 2026-10-08An elegant example of a residential terrace in the Second Empire style, Cox Terrace was constructed in 1884, during a…
- 2026-10-08In October 1783, at Carleton Island near here, Captain William Redford Crawford of the King's Royal Regiment of New York…
- 2026-10-08Canada responded to the withdrawal of almost all British troops in 1871 by raising permanent militia garrisons at two locations…
- 2026-10-08On the evening of September 9, 1954, 16-year-old marathon swimmer Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake…
- 2026-10-08At least 9,000 years old, the Cummins site is one of the most significant of several Palaeo-Indian archaeological sites that…
- 2026-10-08Raised in Port Perry, D. D. Palmer was self-educated, well read, and keenly interested in spiritualism and alternative medicine. While…
- 2026-10-08David Milne was one of the first Canadian artists to explore modernist styles and subject matter. His paintings, watercolours, and…
- 2026-10-08This observatory helped establish academic astronomy in Canada. C. A. Chant, a founder of the discipline in Canada, championed its…
- 2026-10-08Davidson Black was born and educated in Toronto. He had begun a career in medicine when Sir Grafton Elliot Smith…
- 2026-10-08The "Beaver" was developed in 1946 at Downsview under P.C. Garratt of DeHavilland Canada for flying in the Canadian north.…