- 2026-10-08About 820 m southwest of here, on August 7, 1903, two lumbermen seeking timber for railroad ties made the initial…
- 2026-10-08Largely financed by the citizens and town, Cobourg's railway to Peterborough was chartered in 1852 and opened in 1854. Like…
- 2026-10-08An Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River, Tom Longboat was one of the world's great long-distance runners.…
- 2026-10-08This celebrated Canadian army nurse and public health authority was born in Port Arthur. In 1909 "Beth" Smellie became night…
- 2026-10-08Founder of the "Talbot Settlement," he was born at Castle Malahide, Ireland, a member of the Anglo-Irish nobility. In 1805,…
- 2026-10-08Built by John Howard (1803-1890), it was named after Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. Howard, an architect and…
- 2026-10-08In 1830 Indians of the surrounding region were gathered on a reserve along a newly opened road connecting The Narrows…
- 2026-10-08Cole Shoal Lighthouse was constructed in 1856, one of nine nearly identically designed lighthouses on the Canadian side of the…
- 2026-10-08Established by the Reverend Alexander Macdonnell, father of Roman Catholic education in Upper Canada and later Bishop of Kingston, the…
- 2026-10-08A native of Holland and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, Van Egmond settled in this region in 1828. Under the…