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  • 2026-10-08
    The first woman mayor of Canada's capital, 1951-56 and 1961-64, Charlotte Whitton was born in Renfrew, educated there and at…
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    An accomplished British artist who gained prominence in Canadian cultural circles, Charlotte Morrell was born in the country of Essex,…
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    On this site a blockhouse was constructed in 1794 by order of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. He planned to establish…
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    The St. Mary's River was the scene of an international dispute between Canada and the United States in May 1870.…
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    Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwe of the Caribou clan, was born in Shawanaga First Nation. He volunteered at the onset of…
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    Born about 1769, Yellowhead (Musquakle) served with the British during the war of 1812. Named Chief of the Deer tribe…
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    On March 14, 1793 Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Queenston, was bound, thrown in a boat and sold…
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    Begun in 1831 and completed the following year, this frame church was designed in the Gothic revival style, customarily used…
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    This church was built in 1818-19 on land donated by Col. William Caldwell. One of the earliest Anglican places of…
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    This handsome stone church, in the style of the early Gothic revival, was built by A. Thomas Christie on land…