Heritage Fair in Burlington: "Down Memory Lane"
Saturday, February 12th, from 10 am - 3 pm
Meet local heritage groups at this all-day special event. Hear speakers and view interactive displays on local heritage-related topics.
The Heritage Fair will feature these interesting seminars:
Courtship in the Victorian Era at 10 am
Interviewing Grannie: doing Oral History in your Family at 10:30 am
Who were the refugees to Canada in 1784? at 11:30 am
Crawford Lake Village at 12:30 pm
Early Burlington Medicine at 1:30 pm
Burlington's Buried History at 2:30 pm
The location is Central Library and all seminars are FREE!
2331 New Street
Burlington, Ontario L7R 1J4
Phone: 905.639.3611
http://www.bpl.on.ca/
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Book Launch for Ontario's Grand River Valley Electric Railways
Railfare*DC Books is set to release a new book on Tuesday February 8th, 2011, with a launch party at 2:00 pm at the Waterloo Region Museum (10 Huron Road, Kitchener).
Ontario's Grand River Valley Electric Railways is an attractive collection of great photographs, maps and scholarship. Author John Mills will be on hand at the launch, as will Ted Wickson, who helped compile many of the photographs. There will also be experts on Canadian railroad history and people who actually worked or rode on the lines.
The St. George Museum and the Paris Historical Society Museum were both able to help out in the project by sharing some of their photos.
For more information visit: http://www.railfare.net/OntariosGrandRiverValley.html
For information and directions to the Waterloo Region Museum, visit: http://waterlooregionmuseum.com/plan-your-visit.aspx
Here is the "blurb" on the book:
This book concentrates on the electric lines of the part of Southern Ontario adjacent to the Grand River (plus a corporate outpost at Woodstock). Naturally fertile and prosperous, this area attracted early settlement which coalesced around two points: the head of river navigation at Brantford, and the waterpower sites at and north of Galt. The latter gave rise to a densely-settled triangle bounded by Galt (which later, with Preston and Hespeler, was incorporated into today’s City of Cambridge), Waterloo, and Guelph, with outliers to the north at the Elmira and Fergus areas.
Such conditions were ideal for the development of local railway transportation which appeared as expected: horsecar lines were built at an early date in Brantford and Berlin/Waterloo, and the Galt Preston & Hespeler was one of the first electric interurban lines in Canada. The vitality of the lines, particularly those in the northerly triangle, was thus established, and it continued for many years. The transformation of the GP&H into the Grand River Railway in the early 1920s was the most complete reconstruction in Canadian electric railway transit history.
The book tells the story of the area's streetcars, trolley coaches, and interurban railways that provided both local and inter-city passenger, freight, and express delivery services to communities such as Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hespeler, Galt, Preston, Brantford, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Port Dover and many more. It explains how the individual railways began, the politics and economics that impacted their development, their rise and eventual decline. Profusely-illustrated with many rare photos, the book features over 200 images, about 50 of them in superb colour. About a dozen maps provide details on where the lines ran, and an equipment list delivers details on the various companies’ rolling stock.
Ontario's Grand River Valley Electric Railways is an attractive collection of great photographs, maps and scholarship. Author John Mills will be on hand at the launch, as will Ted Wickson, who helped compile many of the photographs. There will also be experts on Canadian railroad history and people who actually worked or rode on the lines.
The St. George Museum and the Paris Historical Society Museum were both able to help out in the project by sharing some of their photos.
For more information visit: http://www.railfare.net/OntariosGrandRiverValley.html
For information and directions to the Waterloo Region Museum, visit: http://waterlooregionmuseum.com/plan-your-visit.aspx
Here is the "blurb" on the book:
This book concentrates on the electric lines of the part of Southern Ontario adjacent to the Grand River (plus a corporate outpost at Woodstock). Naturally fertile and prosperous, this area attracted early settlement which coalesced around two points: the head of river navigation at Brantford, and the waterpower sites at and north of Galt. The latter gave rise to a densely-settled triangle bounded by Galt (which later, with Preston and Hespeler, was incorporated into today’s City of Cambridge), Waterloo, and Guelph, with outliers to the north at the Elmira and Fergus areas.
Such conditions were ideal for the development of local railway transportation which appeared as expected: horsecar lines were built at an early date in Brantford and Berlin/Waterloo, and the Galt Preston & Hespeler was one of the first electric interurban lines in Canada. The vitality of the lines, particularly those in the northerly triangle, was thus established, and it continued for many years. The transformation of the GP&H into the Grand River Railway in the early 1920s was the most complete reconstruction in Canadian electric railway transit history.
The book tells the story of the area's streetcars, trolley coaches, and interurban railways that provided both local and inter-city passenger, freight, and express delivery services to communities such as Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hespeler, Galt, Preston, Brantford, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Port Dover and many more. It explains how the individual railways began, the politics and economics that impacted their development, their rise and eventual decline. Profusely-illustrated with many rare photos, the book features over 200 images, about 50 of them in superb colour. About a dozen maps provide details on where the lines ran, and an equipment list delivers details on the various companies’ rolling stock.
Historical Storytelling Series at the Waterloo Region Museum
Tuesday February 15, 2011
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Oral Traditions Along the Grand
The Iroquoian Creation story will be shared in "Ojibway Storyteller" Aaron Bell's unique and memorable way. Hopefully, listeners will leave with an open heart, open mind and open spirit!
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Tuesday March 15, 2011
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Iron Horses: Riding the Rails into Canada's Past
Ruth Stewart-Verger presents Train Tales: Negotiating a Canadian National Railway, the 1902 Train Wreck just two miles north of Waterloo; and a humorous and Truly Canadian Train Robbery, interwoven with stories of family railroaders.
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Download the Historical Storytelling Series Brochure 2010-2011 at http://waterlooregionmuseum.com/upcoming-events.aspx
The Historical Storytelling Series is presented by the Friends of Waterloo Region Museum and The Story Barn.
Ticket pricing is $15, $12 for seniors and students. For more information or to purchase tickets call 519-748-1914.
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Oral Traditions Along the Grand
The Iroquoian Creation story will be shared in "Ojibway Storyteller" Aaron Bell's unique and memorable way. Hopefully, listeners will leave with an open heart, open mind and open spirit!
* * * *
Tuesday March 15, 2011
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Iron Horses: Riding the Rails into Canada's Past
Ruth Stewart-Verger presents Train Tales: Negotiating a Canadian National Railway, the 1902 Train Wreck just two miles north of Waterloo; and a humorous and Truly Canadian Train Robbery, interwoven with stories of family railroaders.
* * * *
Download the Historical Storytelling Series Brochure 2010-2011 at http://waterlooregionmuseum.com/upcoming-events.aspx
The Historical Storytelling Series is presented by the Friends of Waterloo Region Museum and The Story Barn.
Ticket pricing is $15, $12 for seniors and students. For more information or to purchase tickets call 519-748-1914.
Family Heritage Day at Westfield Heritage Village
Family Heritage Day
Westfield Heritage Village
February 21st, 2011
From 12:30 pm until 4:00 pm.
Celebrate the Heritage Day and Family Day together. Ontario is a multi-cultural community and our heritage is a shared experience from countries around the world. Participate in fun family activities as you visit the heritage buildings, candy store and unique Gift Shop.
1049 Kirkwall Road , Rockton Ontario
1-800-883-0104
http://www.westfieldheritage.ca
Westfield Heritage Village
February 21st, 2011
From 12:30 pm until 4:00 pm.
Celebrate the Heritage Day and Family Day together. Ontario is a multi-cultural community and our heritage is a shared experience from countries around the world. Participate in fun family activities as you visit the heritage buildings, candy store and unique Gift Shop.
1049 Kirkwall Road , Rockton Ontario
1-800-883-0104
http://www.westfieldheritage.ca
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
BHS Lecture postponed to January 26th
This is a notification that tonight’s Speaker Series: Prisoners of War has been postponed till next Wednesday, January 26th. It will still be held at Myrtleville House Museum (34 Myrtleville Drive) doors will open at 7:00pm and the presentation will start at 7:30pm.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone.
Kimberly Harrington
Office Manager
Brant Historical Society
57 Charlotte St.
Brantford, ON
Telephone: (519) 752 2483
Fax: (519) 752 1931
www.brantmuseums.ca
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone.
Kimberly Harrington
Office Manager
Brant Historical Society
57 Charlotte St.
Brantford, ON
Telephone: (519) 752 2483
Fax: (519) 752 1931
www.brantmuseums.ca
Friday, January 14, 2011
Brant Historical Society presents a talk on Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War
A talk marking the 65th Anniversary of the End of WWII.
Presented by Chad Martin.
Doors open at 7:00pm; presentation at 7:30pm
at the Myrtleville House Museum
34 Myrtleville Drive, Brantford.
Admission is Free to this event.
Sponsored by: Blue Dog Coffee Roasters.
www.brantmuseum.ca
A talk marking the 65th Anniversary of the End of WWII.
Presented by Chad Martin.
Doors open at 7:00pm; presentation at 7:30pm
at the Myrtleville House Museum
34 Myrtleville Drive, Brantford.
Admission is Free to this event.
Sponsored by: Blue Dog Coffee Roasters.
www.brantmuseum.ca
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
GRCA hosts Heritage Day Workshop on February 11th
The Grand River Conservation Authority has announced it will hold its annual Heritage Day workshop this year in Breslau on February 11th.
The theme is Culturally Created Communities: Rooted and Growing in the Townships.
The workshop will be held at the Breslau Community Centre, 200 Woolwich Street South.
This year it celebrates the unique facets of rural heritage in the Townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot and their contribution to “sense of place” and prosperity.
A registration form and schedule is available on www.grandriver.ca.
The Heritage Day workshop is an annual event which circulates to a different part of the watershed each year with a focus on Grand River’s heritage.
The Heritage Day workshops have been a great place to learn about projects, share ideas and meet others who share a love of local heritage and culture.
The theme is Culturally Created Communities: Rooted and Growing in the Townships.
The workshop will be held at the Breslau Community Centre, 200 Woolwich Street South.
This year it celebrates the unique facets of rural heritage in the Townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot and their contribution to “sense of place” and prosperity.
A registration form and schedule is available on www.grandriver.ca.
The Heritage Day workshop is an annual event which circulates to a different part of the watershed each year with a focus on Grand River’s heritage.
The Heritage Day workshops have been a great place to learn about projects, share ideas and meet others who share a love of local heritage and culture.
Brant County Digital History Finds International Audience
New grant used to increase online history collection
St. George, ON – From Iceland to Chile, South Africa to St.George, people are discovering their past with the County’s online digital history records and thanks to a new grant, it’s only going to get better.
The South Dumfries Historical Society, in partnership with the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, the Paris Museum and Historical Society, and the County of Brant Public Library, announced today that they have received a $29,300 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
The South Dumfries Historical Society and its partners hope to preserve our community’s history, and to make it more accessible and interactive through free online access.
Previous projects on the County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections have generated a lot of online interest, with users from as far away as Chile and Iceland benefitting from the wide range of historical information in the collection.
This collection expansion will encompass St. George, Glen Morris, and other corners of the South Dumfries area.
Lana Jobe, Curator at the Paris Museum points out that, "Even the Paris area has a rich heritage as part of South Dumfries Township, prior to annexation. We are very proud to be involved in such an important project."
Over the next 15 months, the partners will work to digitize their historical collections and present them online through various websites, including the County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections at http://images.ourontario.ca/brant.
A virtual tour of the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead will also be created, allowing visitors from all over the world to get a glimpse inside this unique historical artefact.
“We’re so excited that this website is finding an audience! We’ve had emails from people in South Africa and Iceland telling us how happy they were to find pieces of their family history online. Closer to home, the community has been very involved in identifying mysterious people and buildings in some of the lesser known images. We’re very happy with the ongoing dialogue about county history,” says Christine MacArthur, project manager of the Library’s Digital Historical Collections.
A leading grantmaker in Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation strengthens the capacity of the voluntary sector through investments in community-based initiatives. An agency of the Government of Ontario, OTF builds healthy and vibrant communities.
www.trilliumfoundation.org
St. George, ON – From Iceland to Chile, South Africa to St.George, people are discovering their past with the County’s online digital history records and thanks to a new grant, it’s only going to get better.
The South Dumfries Historical Society, in partnership with the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, the Paris Museum and Historical Society, and the County of Brant Public Library, announced today that they have received a $29,300 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
The South Dumfries Historical Society and its partners hope to preserve our community’s history, and to make it more accessible and interactive through free online access.
Previous projects on the County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections have generated a lot of online interest, with users from as far away as Chile and Iceland benefitting from the wide range of historical information in the collection.
This collection expansion will encompass St. George, Glen Morris, and other corners of the South Dumfries area.
Lana Jobe, Curator at the Paris Museum points out that, "Even the Paris area has a rich heritage as part of South Dumfries Township, prior to annexation. We are very proud to be involved in such an important project."
Over the next 15 months, the partners will work to digitize their historical collections and present them online through various websites, including the County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections at http://images.ourontario.ca/brant.
A virtual tour of the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead will also be created, allowing visitors from all over the world to get a glimpse inside this unique historical artefact.
“We’re so excited that this website is finding an audience! We’ve had emails from people in South Africa and Iceland telling us how happy they were to find pieces of their family history online. Closer to home, the community has been very involved in identifying mysterious people and buildings in some of the lesser known images. We’re very happy with the ongoing dialogue about county history,” says Christine MacArthur, project manager of the Library’s Digital Historical Collections.
A leading grantmaker in Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation strengthens the capacity of the voluntary sector through investments in community-based initiatives. An agency of the Government of Ontario, OTF builds healthy and vibrant communities.
www.trilliumfoundation.org
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