- 2026-10-08Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye, was born at Trois Rivières and saw military service in North America…
- 2026-10-08Off this shore lies Silver Islet, once a barren rock, measuring about eighty feet in diameter, where silver was discovered…
- 2026-10-08In 1837, the Simcoe District was established and authority was given for erecting a district court-house and gaol at Barrie.…
- 2026-10-08This famous fur trader and explore, son of a Loyalist officer, was born in what is now Vermont and came…
- 2026-10-08Born in Scotland, Dawson immigrated to Canada as a young man and began his career as a civil engineer. In…
- 2026-10-08On the night of November 24, 1872, the steamer "Mary Ward" ran aground on Milligan's Reef, two kilometers offshore. Recently…
- 2026-10-08This anchor, recovered in 1959, belonged to the steamer "Waubuno", a wooden sidewheeler of some 200 tons that was built…
- 2026-10-08Founder of Ontario's public hydro-electric system, Adam Beck (1857-1925) was born in Baden. He lived in this community until 1885…
- 2026-10-08Born in Newburgh of United Empire Loyalist Ancestry, Aylesworth was educated at the University of Toronto, and called to the…
- 2026-10-08A distinguished authority on tropical diseases, Stanton was born near here and educated at Trinity Medical College, Toronto. In 1907,…