- 2026-10-08This firm was begun in 1873 when James, William, John and David Gillies purchased a steam sawmill here on the…
- 2026-10-08About 20,000 years ago Ontario was covered by a great glacier, the fourth glaciation in this region within the past…
- 2026-10-08Glendon Hall was the estate of Agnes Euphemia Smart Wood and Edward Rogers Wood. Built between 1920-24, the Italianate-style residence…
- 2026-10-08This log structure, completed in 1837, is the oldest remaining chapel in Ontario built by Congregationalists. Its first minister, the…
- 2026-10-08The regiment of Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles was raised in 1811-12 largely from among the Highland settlers of this region,…
- 2026-10-08From 1817 to 1819, Scottish botanist John Goldie (1793-1886) visited Canada and the northern U.S. to collect plant specimens. He…
- 2026-10-08Named after Thomas S. Gore, an Irishman who settled in this vicinity in 1845, the village of Gore's Landing prospered…
- 2026-10-08Alwington House, which stood on this site, was completed in 1832 by Charles W. Grant, fifth baron of Longueuil. It…
- 2026-10-08Near this site on the Credit River's eastern bank, the government of Upper Canada built a "post-house" or inn in…
- 2026-10-08Grand Bend derived its name from a hairpin turn in the Ausable (Aux Sables) River a short distance inland from…