- 2026-10-08On July 12, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull, Commander of the North Western Army of the United States, landed with about…
- 2026-10-08Hungarians came to Ontario in significant numbers during three distinct waves: the first between 1920-30, the next after the Second…
- 2026-10-08The viral disease of smallpox — widespread in 19th century Ontario — flared up in a severe epidemic in Hungerford…
- 2026-10-08When completed in 1905, the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway, or Portage Railway, provided a crucial 1.8-kilometre link connecting…
- 2026-10-08The college was founded by the Right Reverend Benjamin Cronyn who, following his election in 1857 as first Anglican Bishop…
- 2026-10-08In the adjacent Narrows joining Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching are the remains of Indian fish weirs. They were noted by…
- 2026-10-08In 1827 Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop of the Canada Company opened the line of the Huron Road some 95 miles…
- 2026-10-08On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel hit southern Ontario with 110 km/h winds and over 200 mm of rain. Many…
- 2026-10-08This stone house, completed by February 1837, was first occupied by Dr. John Hutchison, Peterborough's first permanently established physician. A…
- 2026-10-08In the 1870s, economic distress prompted mass emigration from Iceland. On September 25th, 1874, 352 Icelanders, exhausted and weakened by…