- 2026-10-08Lydia Chase Ranney and her assistant Robert Facey began making cheese locally in the mid-19th century. Ranney shared her knowledge…
- 2026-10-08Patriot, colonizer and priest, he was born in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1804 he came to Canada as chaplain…
- 2026-10-08Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Eby came to Upper Canada in 1806 and purchased extensive lands in this vicinity on…
- 2026-10-08An outstanding humanitarian and churchman, Brent was born near Newcastle and ordained in Toronto in 1887. Following parochial service in…
- 2026-10-08On this site stood the "Bishop's Palace", residence of Bishop John Strachan (1778-1867), built in 1817-18 while he was the…
- 2026-10-08The most important producer of graphite in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century, the Black Donald Graphite…
- 2026-10-08The only government-sponsored Black settlement in Upper Canada, the Oro community was established in 1819 to help secure the defence…
- 2026-10-08The oldest known wrought iron bridge in the province, Blackfriars Bridge was built in 1875 to replace a wooden structure.…
- 2026-10-08On this island, originally known as Hospital Island, stood the sheds erected to house emigrants who were victims of cholera…
- 2026-10-08On January 1, 1790, inhabitants of Augusta and Elizabethtown townships agreed to build a church here in the "burying yard"…