- 2026-10-08Settlement of Townsend Township began in 1794 and, within six years, Paul Averill was operating saw and grist-mills on Nanticoke…
- 2026-10-08Settlers were attracted to this vicinity in the 1790s by the area's rich timber resources and the water power potential…
- 2026-10-08Sawmills built by Sheldon Stoddard and the Manhard brothers in 1828-29, during the construction of the Rideau Canal, fostered the…
- 2026-10-08In 1855 a town-plot was laid out here on recently acquired Indian land and named Wiarton, reputedly after the English…
- 2026-10-08In the early 1850s, settlers began moving into the townships in the Queen's Bush north of the Huron Tract. One…
- 2026-10-08The Franco-Ontarian Flag was first raised at the University of Sudbury on September 25, 1975, at a time when Sudbury…
- 2026-10-08An outstanding Canadian artist, Carmichael was born at Orillia, and studied at the Ontario College of Art and L'Academie Royale…
- 2026-10-08This was the home and studio, 1940-48, of the noted Canadian painter Francis Hans (Franz) Johnston. Born in Toronto, he…
- 2026-10-08Begun about 1812, this house, one of the finest country residences of its day, was the home of the Honourable…
- 2026-10-08A pioneer missionary in northwestern Ontario, Baraga was born near Dobrni (Yugoslavia) and ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1823.…