- 2026-10-08The lock at Magnetawan, built by the Ontario Government, 1883-6, was replaced in 1911 by the present concrete structure. The…
- 2026-10-08The first steamboat on the Magnetawan River was the 10 m "Pioneer", built in 1879 for service between Magnetawan and…
- 2026-10-08Son of a British army officer, Stuart was born in Jamaica. After fourteen years' service as a commissioned officer in…
- 2026-10-08Born and educated in Prescott, Walsh was trained at military schools at Kingston and by 1873 had attained the rank…
- 2026-10-08This pioneer historian, author and soldier was born in Queenston. His family moved to Amherstburg about 1802, and at the…
- 2026-10-08Aeneas Shaw, a son of Aeneas, 9th Chief of Clan Ay, was born at Tordarroch, near Inverness, Scotland. A Loyalist,…
- 2026-10-08In 1832, Jesse Lloyd, a Quaker who had come from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada about 1812, purchased 60 acres of…
- 2026-10-08Designed by architect Thomas Lamb for entrepreneur Marcus Loew as the Canadian flagship of his American theatre chain, these double-decker…
- 2026-10-08After the Great Western Railway reached London in 1853, local businessmen and politicians began promoting a competitive line south to…
- 2026-10-08An outstanding example of mill architecture in Ontario, this grist-mill was constructed by Thomas Langrell, an Ottawa contractor, for Moss…