- 2026-10-08This flour mill was built on the Credit River southeast of the village of Streetsville in the mid-1830s by John…
- 2026-10-08Local tycoon M.J. O'Brien launched a bid to bring the Stanley Cup to Renfrew in 1910 by offering hockey stars…
- 2026-10-08Early in his celebrated career the explorer La Salle played a principal role in the expansion of the French fur…
- 2026-10-08Born a slave in Virginia, Burns escaped from servitude in 1854 and fled to Boston, where he was arrested under…
- 2026-10-08This outstanding educationist, journalist and clergyman, the son of an Anglican Loyalist, was born near Vittoria. He entered the Methodist…
- 2026-10-08Born at St. Sulpice, Quebec, and ordained in 1849, Father Lacombe took up mission work at Fort Edmonton in 1852.…
- 2026-10-08The Port Burwell lighthouse was constructed in 1840. It was part of a national network of light stations equipped with…
- 2026-10-08The first white settlers on the site of this town, then known as Indian Village, arrived about 1865. In 1869…
- 2026-10-08This road follows the general route of the Indian portage from Lake Simcoe to Balsam Lake. The portage was first…
- 2026-10-08This church was constructed in 1875 and dedicated in 1876 as the Parish Church of the Sacred Heart by Bishop…