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.
Recently a controversy has come up around the naming of the new City of Ottawa Archives Building. In a nutshell, Mayor Jim Watson proposed naming the building after former Mayor Charlotte Whitton. That started a verbal war with the Canadian Jewish Congress. They brought out old arguments saying that Charlotte Whitton
Canada's first hovercraft was an Alligator Boat.
For the purposes of this story let's assume that a hovercraft is a boat that can move across land or water. OK? In that case, Canada's first hovercraft was an Alligator.In the later part of the 19th century and into the 20th century, the
It was June 13, 1833, just east of the small town of Perth, Ontario that a pistol duel was about to begin. The duellers were Robert Lyon and John Wilson, two young lawyers from the town. It is stated that Lyon was sweet on a young local lady named Elizabeth
When you think of crime and gun fights, you may think of the American west of the 18oo's. In the span of a few months, back in the 1920s, the old west was in fact the old east and the location was Port Perry, Ontario. Port Perry was a sleepy
The swastika is a happy symbol perverted by the Nazis in World War II.
The swastika, from the Sanskrit for "good luck", is as ancient as the sea. The symbol has been found from Scandinavia to Africa to North America and Asia. It was the symbol of the Aryans, a race
North America’s Great Lakes are many things:They are an immense inland waterway.
They provide a link to ocean commerce through the St. Lawrence Seaway.
They form part of the longest ‘undefended’ border in the world, if you ignore the armed patrol boats and gunnery ranges.It is not difficult to believe that these legendary
Elizabeth Jane Barnes (nee Martin), was born in Cork, Ireland, though the year of birth is uncertain, ranging from 1744 to 1800. Her age at death is also uncertain, ranging from 90 to 93 years. Certainly, however, Mother Barnes was a remarkable woman. She is said to have been the
While living in Owen Sound (1990 - 2001) I became very much involved with the native people of the area. I helped form "Neighbours of Nawash" an organization to help bridge the gap between the "white" population and their aboriginal "hosts" . Farmers' markets are generally more than just places
When I was a kid growing up on the airbase at Trenton, we used to take day trips to buy shoes. We would go north from Trenton to Batawa, the site of the first company town (outside of an airbase) that I had ever seen.BATAWA HISTORY - (from http://www.bata.it) -
If you are out and about in this great country of ours, you will always be close to history.I was camping the other weekend with the family, at a place called Murphy's Point, near Perth, Ontario. On the drive into this special place, I happened to notice a sign that
