Ontario is located in central eastern Canada and one of the ten provinces of Canada. Almost 40 percent of Canada’s population lives in Ontario. Land wise it is the second largest province.
Benjamin Drew was an American Abolitionist from the Boston, Mass., area. He traveled through eastern Canada meeting with Blacks, former slaves in the Union, who had come north on the Underground Railway. In 1856 he had published a book of his interviews, entitled,
The Refugee: Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada
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Watson's Mill is a beautiful old building on the Rideau River in Manotick, a suburb of Ottawa. Built by Moss Kent Dickinson and his business partner Joseph Merrill Currier in 1860, the mill used big water turbines to run large millstones to grind wheat into flour. Vermont-born Joseph Currier, was
A couple of years ago I passed by Wawa in Northern Ontario on my way to Thunder Bay. It is always interesting to see what a town will do to get itself noticed. Wawa is known for its big goose statue right on the side of the TransCanada highway. When
What does an axe handle have to do with General Motors of Canada? General Motors of Canada builds cars, don't they? They have always built cars, haven't they?General Motors Corporation, a US entity based in Detroit, traces its history back to 1897 when Olds Motor Company was set up by Ransom
The poem, On The Opeongo Line, was written by Tom Devine who came from Renfrew. Set around the turn of the last century, Devine's "story teller", "from up-the-line", was a delivery person who made his rounds on a horse-drawn cart. The quality of his poem is in the story it
The HMS Nancy was built as a private cargo vessel in 1789 near Windsor, Ontario. During the War of 1812, she was contracted into service and played an important role as a British supply ship. Commanded by a British Naval Officer Lieutenant Commander Worsley for a brief period in 1814,
If I told you I was going for a cup at Tim Hortons you would probable ask, "Which one?". Tim Hortons are as common as weeds in an untended garden. But do you know who Tim Horton was?Miles Gilbert Legen "Tim" Horton born on January 12, 1930 in Cochrane, Ontario. He
The events recorded in this strange Mystery occurred between 1830 and 1840. This all happened within a few kilometers of WALLACEBURG, Ontario.A young man named Mr. John McDonald had acquired a piece of land which was coveted by other people. These "others", headed by an old woman, approached John many
The lighthouse at Windmill Point in Prescott, Ontario wasn't always a lighthouse. Built in the 1820's, the lighthouse was originally a windmill. And it has its place Canadian history also.During the 1820's and 1830's, the British colony of Canada was governed by a small ruling elite. Reformers of the period
Mineral exploration is not an exact science. A great deal of experience, a keen eye and, sometimes, a little luck are part of the equation. Such was the case in Cobalt, Ontario in 1903. Cobalt, in Northern Ontario, is the site of some of the most accessible silver mines in
