- 2026-10-08A pioneer in the field of transportation, Merritt was born in Bedford, New York and settled at Twelve Mile Creek…
- 2026-10-08Physician and poet, William Henry Drummond was born in Ireland in 1854, and came to Canada with his parents about…
- 2026-10-08An outstanding Canadian archaeologist, Wintemberg was born in New Dundee and, as a youth, developed an avid interest in this…
- 2026-10-08In this house, built in 1818, William Kirby, F.R.S.C., historian, novelist, poet and editor of the Niagara Mail, lived from…
- 2026-10-08Canada's tenth prime minister was born in Berlin (Kitchener) on December 17, 1874. A grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie, he…
- 2026-10-08Born in Iverness-shire, Scotland, McGillivray joined the North West Company in 1784, became a partner in 1790 and its principal…
- 2026-10-08Financier, philanthropist and historian William Perkins Bull was born in Downsview, Ontario, in 1870. Bull attended Osgoode Hall Law School…
- 2026-10-08William Pope grew up in the lush countryside of southern England and studied painting at the Academy of Art, London.…
- 2026-10-08This resident of Cobourg was the province's leading stage coach proprietor from about 1830 to 1856. His Royal Mail Line…
- 2026-10-08Ontario's oldest continually operated agricultural fair received its patent on March 29, 1808, from Francis Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada.…