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2026-10-08

Burwash Industrial Farm was established in 1914 based on the revolutionary premise that low-risk inmates would benefit from the exercise…

2026-10-08

The Elgin Settlement, also known as Buxton, was one of several organized Black settlements in Ontario in the 1800s. Named…

2026-10-08

This company, incorporated in 1850, built a railway from Prescott to Bytown (Ottawa) for the shipment of lumber and farm…

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The Hudson's Bay Company established Lac La Pluie House on this site in 1818. It was renamed Fort Frances in…

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This imposing structure was erected in 1872-73 to house the public market and administrative offices of the rapidly expanding municipality…

2026-10-08

This house, one of the finest remaining examples of domestic Georgian architecture in Ontario, was commenced in 1816 and completed…

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In November 1794, William von Moll Berczy (1744-1813), colonizer, road builder, architect and painter, brought the first settlers to Markham…

2026-10-08

When the first German settlers led by William Berczy arrived in this area in 1794, they were accompanied by the…

2026-10-08

Built by Loyalist settler Peter Ferguson in 1784, the original log cabin on this site is one of the oldest…

2026-10-08

Perhaps the most fervent of the Methodist sects, the Bible Christian Church was formed in southwestern England in 1815 and…