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  • A Century of Education
    Trace the history of southeast Saskatchewan’s education through pictures and the real life accounts of teachers and students. Some of these teachers taught in a one-room country school while others teach in our modern education system. This exhibit holds over 100 years of education.
  • A Guiding Light
    This community memories project from the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse gives a general introduction into the life of a lighthouse, circa 1870, in Newfoundland. It describes the importance the lightstation had to the people of the area, and indeed the country, as it was one of the first major constructions of a young colony that was barely a decade old in 1843.
  • A Life of Service
    Nurse Myra Grimsley (Bennett) came to Daniel's Harbour, a Newfoundland out port community, in 1921. The war-trained English nurse volunteered for a Newfoundland posting from the British Overseas Nursing Association. For more than 50 years, Newfoundland's Nurse Myra Bennett was the only medical aid along almost 320 kilometres of rugged coastline on the Northern Peninsula. She set broken limbs, performed kitchen table operations by lamp light, sutured and dressed wounds of every description, she delivered more than 700 babies, extracted at least 5000 teeth and ministered medical aid to those suffering from tuberculosis.
  • A Line Through the Wilderness
    A Line through the Wilderness – Humboldt Telegraph Station. In 1878, George and Catherine Weldon set off for the open prairie on a challenging adventure – the development of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Line.
  • A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere
    The Claybank Brick Plant, representative of an industrial process quickly vanishing from the landscape, is unique in that it is the only intact complex of its type and era left in Canada and is the best such example in North America.
  • A Mother's War
    The title for this exhibit, "A Mother's War," came from the pages of Clara Hawker's diaries. These diaries were school exercise books in which Clara wrote of everyday events for her sons to read when they returned from the war.
  • A New Life for an Old Light
    When the West Point Lighthouse Museum was established in 1984, part of its mandate was to tell the story of the West Point Lighthouse and to relate something of the history and culture of the area, especially as it pertained to the sea-faring aspects of West Point as well as a little of how the old Lighthouse has given new life to our little community.
  • A Pictorial from the Northeast Coast of Newfoundland
    In 2002, Sr. Fabien Hennebury of St. John’s bequeathed an extraordinary gift to the French Shore Historical Society. It was a series of remarkable photographs taken by her sister Angela and by her brother Fr. William Hennebury during his eight-year mission between 1939 and 1947 at Sacred Heart Parish, Conche. The collection is now the focal point of a virtual exhibition on the history of the determined people of the northeast coast of Newfoundland who lived and died in beautiful but isolated communities such as Croque, Grand Oies, Fishot Island and Main Brook.
  • A Prairie Mountain Promenade
    A Prairie Mountain Promenade walks viewers through the history, showcased at the new Prairie Mountain Regional Museum (PMRM), of this region of southwestern Manitoba.
  • A Tough Pill to Swallow
    Sundre, Alberta, is a well-established community of 2500 people located on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. Today, residents of Sundre, situated 120 kilometres northwest of Calgary, and 100 kilometres southeast of Red Deer, can reach either of these communities in an hour. However, for many years, Sundre was a remote community that functioned as a regional service centre to a large isolated area. By choosing to live in Sundre and its surrounding area, individuals were choosing a rural lifestyle in a spectacular natural setting.
  • A Window into the Regina Tornado of 1912
    On June 30 1912, Regina was the victim of the most destructive tornado in Canadian history, leaving 28 people dead and 2,500 homeless. The aftermath, which shaped the city’s physical environment and burdened the community financially and psychologically, forever changed the city. The tornado’s legacy is still being felt today, but when the Regina Plains Museum began planning a new exhibition on the subject, it faced a dilemma: what could a new retrospective offer on a story that had been told so many times?
  • A Year at Huble Homestead: 1915
    It is the year 1915. This is the beginning of your stay at Huble Homestead, located at the south end of the portage on the Fraser River, 40 kilometers north of Prince George.
  • Above & Beyond - Early Yukon Aviation
    Early aviation especially in the North has long been the fascination of many and through this project we hope to bring those experiences to the world.
  • Albert County Heritage
    Albert County Heritage takes you on a journey back in time to show you a glimpse of the history of picturesque Albert County, New Brunswick.
  • Alberton: A Typical But Unique Small Town
    Alberton: A Typical but Unique Small Town. This exhibit consists of four parts: Part One is an introduction to the geographical location of the town, its historical development and some of the local architecture, past and present.
  • Algonquins of Pikwakanagan Community
    The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn, a proud and progressive people, have a rich cultural heritage and a strong sense of values. As one of the first peoples to greet explorers from afar, Algonquins adapted smoothly to the changes that trading brought to our community. Our ability to adapt continues, but never at the expense of our symbols, traditions and beliefs.
  • Alice Egan Hagen: A New Woman Embraces Tradition
    Alice Egan Hagen (1872-1972) is considered a pioneer of studio pottery in Nova Scotia. The craft revival was gaining momentum in other countries when Alice Hagen decided, in 1931, to learn to make pottery to teach it to others. She was then about 60 years old. Working in isolation, she experimented with different pottery techniques and clays native to the area. Soon, she had set up kilns at several locales and was conducting pottery classes. She continued to sell pottery from her home in Mahone Bay well after her 90th birthday.
  • Always First
    Of all the militia units assembled throughout the British Columbia region of Thompson-Okanagan, The British Columbia Dragoons (BCD) were the most famous. In two world wars, BCD volunteers marched with their town and country brothers in active service. Theirs were among the most effective of overseas combat units, a heroic wartime tradition maintained by Dragoon reservists in Cold war and peacekeeping missions with regular force soldiers. From the original horse-borne Mounted Infantry to today’s vehicle-borne Armoured Tank and Renaissance, the vintage and contemporary photographs of this exhibit tell the story of one hundred proud years of the British Columbia Dragoons.
  • Andrew King Show Prints
    During the golden years of travelling entertainment companies, circuses, carnivals, acting troupes, and thrill shows criss-crossed the North American continent and stopped in every community with a population of several hundred or more. Many of these companies advertised with brightly coloured posters produced by Andrew King of Saskatchewan.
  • Arnprior through the eyes of a tourist's postcard
    Lumbering towns are not often thought of as tourist destinations, and Arnprior, Ontario, Canada, is no exception. A town built around the lumber industry, Arnprior was a hard-working, hard-drinking village settled mostly by Scottish and Irish immigrants seeking their fortunes.
  • Arrival of the Mounted Police
    In 1874, the North West Mounted Police made their incredible trek across the prairies, where the main force established Fort Macleod. However, part of this force was detached from the main body at Roche Percée and proceeded to the Hudson's Bay post at Fort Edmonton, where they wintered.
  • Arriving at the 6th Siding
    In 1890, a rail handcart moved down a ribbon of steel, the Calgary and Edmonton Rail line that was under construction. Mr. David Shannon, the section foreman, looked around at the land as he pumped his cart to the 6th siding.
  • Atlantic Baptist Churches, Past and Present
    In this exhibit we have attempted to catch a glimpse of "Who Baptists Are" through the histories of a few of the congregation that make up the Convention of Atlantic Baptists Churches. The very first Baptist congregation (church) in Canada was established in Middle Sackville, New Brunswick. It is known as the Middle Sackville United Baptist Church. Dorchester United Baptist Church located in Dorchester, New Brunswick is a rural church whose architecture was influenced by shipbuilders. Farmers and fishermen at the eastern tip of Prince Edward Island formed a large rural Baptist congregation – the East Point United Baptist Church. This church is also known as the Kingsboro United Baptist Church – two names, one congregation.
  • Aviation in Gander Newfoundland - The North Atlantic Aviation Museum
    The Theme of the Community Memories exhibit for the North Atlantic Aviation Museum is Gander's rich aviation history. The exhibit includes personal reminiscences of Gander's early days (pre-WWII).
  • Avonlea's Prairie Pioneers
    In the late 1800’s, a handful of hardy immigrants populated the prairie around what is now the town of Avonlea. A rancher’s nearest neighbour was fifteen miles or half a day’s ride away. The earliest settlers were tested in this new and unforgiving land. With the arrival of the rail, Avonlea became the centre for commerce and trade. Wheat, barley, oats and flax were the main crops grown in rich soil, and shipped out in boxcars. Trains brought dry goods, supplies, lumber and, of course, more homesteaders. Avonlea bustled with activity as homes, stores, equipment dealers and grain elevators sprang up.
  • Aya's Story
    Aya Higashi, born on Canada’s west coast, has lived most of her adult life in Kaslo, British Columbia. She never chose to grow up there. But after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians, newly labeled enemy aliens, were uprooted and sent to work or to internment camps. Their homes, businesses and possessions were confiscated and sold. Their families were broken up. They lost the rights and freedoms that most Canadians take for granted. Aya Higashi was among them: the government relocated her, along with 1,200 other internees, to abandoned, decrepit hotels and houses in Kaslo, tripling the former ghost town’s pre-war population.
  • Banting Homestead - It's the Best Place for a Kid!
    On the outskirts of Alliston, Ontario sits the homestead where one of Canada’s most famous sons was born. Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin, grew up on this typical Simcoe County farm, located on Lot 2, Concession 2 in Essa Township. This Community Memories exhibit reveals a more personal side of the famous doctor and the Banting family than is found in most history books. The exhibit takes visitors on a tour of the family farm, as seen through the eyes of a child, and features stories of children working and playing on the Banting Homestead.
  • Barbour Site's Display of the Seal Hunt - The Human Side
    Newfoundland has a vast history involving the harvesting of seals. The negative side of the seal harvest, however, often overshadows the hardship endured by the individuals involved in this fishery.
  • Bell Island Mining History
    By the time the last mine closed on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1966, 79 million tons of iron ore had been extracted and sold worldwide over the industry’s 71-year history. The first mine on Bell Island was a surface mine, going underground and breaking out at the sea’s shoreline. But in 1902 the first of four submarine mines was built, extending out for miles under the sea floor. Mining continued at Number Two right up until 1949.
  • Bendale: About Place
    This project invokes the rich history of Bendale, a neighbourhood located in Toronto’s northeast end and the site of Scarborough’s first farm fields. Through the voices, images and documents of the community, it details Bendale’s remarkable transformation from rural crossroads to multicultural suburban centre.
  • Black Gold Pioneers: Alberta's Petroleum Legacy
    Since the beginning of the 20th century, Albertans have been drilling wells searching for black gold and finding adventure and friendship along the way.
  • Blanche Coultis: Pioneering Country Teacher
    Our exhibit features pictures and writings from the collection of Blanche Coultis, a former one-room school teacher in Alberta during late 1930s and early ‘40s. Pictures of her childhood at Steveville, Alberta, are included.
  • Boom, Bust & Bothwell
    Boom, Bust and Bothwell tells the story of the colourful community founded by Father of Confederation George Brown. The exhibition explores how the discovery of oil fuelled the town’s remarkable growth in the 1860s through the 1890s and follows its subsequent decline into a small Ontario hamlet. Although a far cry from the heady days of rough wildcatters, saloons, hotels, brothels and a population of 10,000, when the source served 60 oil wells at one time, this quiet community is still producing oil on a small scale. The citizens have spent the past five years preserving the last remaining original oil field powerhouse and turning it into an open-air museum.
  • Botwood: History of an Airport
    Botwood has played a major role in the history of aviation in Canada. Covering a period from 1920 to 1945 this town was flying high.
  • Bralorne-Pioneer: Their Past Lives Here
    In the Bridge River Valley, carved into the Cariboo Mountains just five hours northeast of Vancouver, memories of booming gold mining towns still echo. Once the richest gold mine in Canada, the Bralorne mine closed 30 years ago, but the town survives and with it a portal to the past, when gold fortunes and mining communities flourished in the Bridge River Valley.
  • Bringing our Past into the Future
    The little hamlet of Cambridge Bay, located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, is one of the richest locales in the North for resources on the history of the Inuit people. This three-part exhibition delves into the archeology of the area, covers the origins of the modern Cambridge Bay community and explores how the elders serve as a link between the past and the future.
  • Bruce Mines: A History of Copper
    Bruce Mines is a community in northern Ontario that originated as a direct result of copper mining in the mid 1800’s. Named after the 1847 Governor General of Canada, James Bruce, the town is located on the north shore of Lake Huron. Initially, settlers were drawn to this area by the stories of ‘native copper’ used and worn by the First Nations people. The potential of the copper deposits caught the attention of the mining industry and attracted investors from the British Isles, and Upper and Lower Canada. In 1847, the first Canadian commercial shipment of copper was exported from Bruce Mines. This initial shipment began thirty years of copper mining history, establishing Bruce Mines as the first successful copper mine in Canada. Today, copper mining in Bruce Mines is non-existent, however we continue to celebrate our unique history with the seasonal operation of the Simpson Mine Shaft and the Bruce Mines Museum.
  • Buchans - History of Mining Town
    The history of the town of Buchans, a former mining town in central Newfoundland, can best be told from the perspectives of the discoverer, the operator, the builder and the residents of Buchans. Work at the Buchans River mine began when Mattie Mitchell, a Mi’kmaq-Montagnais trapper and guide discovered ore at this site in 1905. Eventually, the mine was taken over by the American Smelting and Refining Company. Even though four additional mines were discovered in the area (Lucky Strike, Rothermere, Oriental and Macleans), all were closed in 1984.
  • Building the Past
    "Building a Past" tells the story of the early years of the Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah. Conceived by the Sheguiandah Women’s Institute in 1964, it began life as the Little Current-Howland Centennial Museum. When the museum opened in 1966, it was Canada’s first completed centennial project. It continued to grow under the guidance of George Bishop, its first managing director and over the forty years since then it has thrived. Often called a jewel of a museum, the facility, on an eight-acre site, now has seven buildings, a temporary exhibition gallery and two permanent galleries. A destination point for many visitors to Manitoulin Island and the town of Sheguiandah, it offers a range of exhibitions and activities from April to October. Conveniently located on Highway 6, the museum is a delightful place to stop, learn and rest.
  • Buried Treasures of the Pembina Hills
    This exhibit explores the history of mining operations which led to the discovery of marine reptiles from the late Cretaceous period.
  • Busy Past, Bright Future: Healthcare on Bell Island
    Our Community Memories exhibit examines the history of health care on Bell Island over the last 100 years, with a special focus on the Dr. Walter Templeman Health Centre. Through a series of stories, photos and personal accounts, we share an often forgotten yet captivating tale of personal need, community dedication and adaptation in a time of change.
  • Carbonear Air Cadets
    This Community Memories Exhibit reflects the tremendous pride and respect the town of Carbonear, Newfoundland has for its "589 Carbonear Air Cadet Squadron." In the 1950’s, Carbonear was a busy commercial town of 3,500 residents with close ties to the sea and the fishery, but few organized opportunities for the youth of the community. Then, in the fall of 1954, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets organized a squadron for Carbonear’s teenage boys (girls were included some 21 years later).
  • Cariboo Treasures: Perspectives on a Cariboo Civilization
    As a community, Quesnel, British Columbia, has developed into a prosperous and exciting place, both to live and to visit. This tour involves four main streets in downtown Quesnel: Carson Avenue, Front Street, Barlow Avenue, and Reid Street. As well, to give you an in-depth look into the life of the Cariboo society, we take you inside a household of a pioneer family that lived on Reid Street.
  • Carmacks, Yukon: A Northern Tutchone Homeland
    The Northern Tutchone people have called the area around Carmacks, Yukon home for thousands of years. Before the arrival of Europeans, they governed their own lives and survived from the land by following Traditional Laws passed down for generations. The arrival of the K'uch'an ("Cloud People", i.e. white people) brought massive changes and terrible disempowerment. It is only in the modern era of land claims that Northern Tutchone have regained control of their lives. This story is about self-governance that existed for generations, was taken away, and is now being restored through years of stuggle. The exhibit is presented in three historical sections: Hudé Hudän - "Long Ago People", K'uch'an Adäw - "Arrival of Cloud People", and Akan Dzenu - "Life Today". Each section explores the events of these periods and the impacts they had on Northern Tuchone lives.
  • Castle Kilbride Presents: Tying the Knot
    The quilts featured in Tying the Knot at Castle Kilbride National Historic Site reflect 140 years of family history in Wilmot Township. Specifically, the exhibit reflects wedding quilts.
  • Celebrating Community
    The community of Fort Frances is celebrating its centennial in 2003. In celebrating one hundred years, we are examining our community’s history, from its founding to major developments and the changes that have affected its growth. The exhibit includes photographs, newspapers, oral histories, biographies, family histories and written papers, all of which serve to outline significant events and the contributions of people from the community’s past.
  • Century Settlers of the Edison - Westlock Area
    When the Dominion Land Surveys opened up northern Alberta in 1902 an hour’s drive north of what is now Edmonton, Edison was established as one of the region’s first agricultural and transportation service communities. Little more than a decade later, the railway was built several kilometers to the west and Edison was absorbed by the new settlement of Westlock.
  • Charles Macnamara - A Retrospective
    Charles Macnamara lived in Arnprior from 1881 to 1944, and worked as secretary-treasurer for the McLachlin Bros. Lumber Company for 46 years. This exhibit features numerous photographs of his family, friends and the landscape around Arnprior between 1894 and 1900. From 1908 to 1917, Charles Macnamara was involved with the pictorial movement in photography. Several of his award-winning prints from that time are included in this retrospective of his life and photography.
  • Cobequid Bay Shad Fishery
    Prior to European settlement of the Cobequid Bay area, and for a period of one hundred and fifty years following, the Upper Bay of Fundy teemed with shad during the summer months.
  • Colourful Characters in Historic Yale
    This exhibit brings to life the exciting history of the town of Yale through small biographies of the colourful characters that have shaped its future, many who contributed largely to the destiny of British Columbia.
  • Commanda: A Changing Community
    The general store was the hub and the heart of the community for the 19th-century settlers who braved harsh conditions to forge new lives for themselves in Canada—and the Commanda General Store was a classic of its kind. In the late 1800s, the village of Commanda sprang up as a way station along the Old Nipissing Road—one of the last routes built to entice immigrants to Ontario’s near north. James Arthurs, who would go on to establish the 162 Battalion and to become a senator, opened the Commanda General Store in 1885 to serve this hardy group.
  • Coppsville/Clarksville aka Chalk River
    For many years before its name became synonymous with the Canadian nuclear industry, Chalk River, Ontario was a vibrant centre of activity in the Upper Ottawa Valley. Most early pioneers lived within a three-mile radius of the village as it exists today, but some settled as far away as the Deep River and Wylie districts.
  • Corner Brook - A Pulp and Paper Community
    In 1922 Corner Brook was a small but thriving community on the Humber Arm of the Bay of Islands in Western Newfoundland. Sawmilling had been an important activity since the 1860's and the arrival of the railway in 1898 provided a reliable transportation link with the rest of Newfoundland and indeed the world.
  • Country School Memories
    Country School Memories grew out of a research project conducted by the Melfort and District Museum to collect images, data and memories from the over 80 schools that made up the Melfort School Unit #54–an area approximately 100 km (north to south) by 50 km (east to west), with Melfort, Saskatchewan situated roughly in the middle.
  • Digby County: A Journey Through Time
    As a proud four-hundred-year-old community, oral history has always been a critical part of the culture of Digby and Digby County. Today, the core of the region’s collective memory is based on written interviews conducted with the community’s elders, whose recollections have been safeguarded for future generations. The interviews describe how families have evolved since the pioneer days; how churches have always played an important part in our social interaction; and how groups such as the Lions Club, Knights of Columbus and Eastern Star are helping meet the needs of our citizens today.
  • Effect of Quakers on the Development of Newmarket
    Newmarket, Ontario lies near the origin of four river watersheds - the Humber, the Don, the Holland and the Rouge, a key location which evolved as a community because of decisions by two men, one an important aristocrat, the other a Quaker immigrant.
  • Elmira Railway Museum - End of the Line
    Prince Edward Island came into Canada via the railroad. Determined to forge an independent path, the Island chose not to join the new country when it was created in 1867. However by 1871, Islanders decided their road to continued prosperity had to include a railway, and so they began to build one. Unfortunately, the railroad took longer and cost much more than planned. In 1873, running out of money, with the railroad only three-quarters complete, Islanders faced two choices – collapse or Confederation.
  • Facades of Wingham - Past and Present
    Come explore the main street of Alice Munro’s hometown of Wingham, Ontario, Canada. Many Munro fans know it as "Jubilee". In the following six-part tour of Wingham's main street -Josephine Street- experience the buildings and landmarks that enrich and inform Munro's celebrated short stories. Tour down the streetscapes of today and yesterday meeting the builders, seeing the buildings they erected, and hear the secrets that lie locked in brick and cement.
  • Farm Tractors
    The Sunnybrook Farm Museum’s collection of tractors spans the years from the 1910s to the 1960s.
  • Faspa Country: a Herbert story
    "Faspa" is a low-German, Mennonite term used for a typical late afternoon lunch that for generations has been served in Mennonite homes.
  • Fernie Centennial Memories - A History of Team Sports in Fernie
    Fernie has been intimately tied to society’s need for coal. The abundance of this resource attracted a wave of immigrants to the Fernie area beginning in 1897.
  • Fleur-De-Lys Then and Now
    The sea played a vital role in the history, culture and livelihood of most Newfoundlanders, especially those in out port communities like Fleur De Lys. It not only provided nourishment, and economic livelihood for the people within these communities, but it also completely shaped their way of life and identity.
  • Francophones of Newfoundland & Labrador
    When one thinks of the early settlers of Newfoundland and Labrador, they think of the English and Irish in Newfoundland, and the Innu in Labrador.
  • Fredericton's York County Jail, 1842 - 1996
    It once housed a Columbian drug dealer and a notorious serial killer. It was the site of a double hanging in 1949. But after 154 years as a storied penal institution located in downtown Fredericton, the York County Jail was finally closed as a prison in 1996. It is now home to the Science East Association's Science Centre.
  • From Saltfleet to Stoney Creek
    Stoney Creek is the eastern portion of the City of Hamilton that has evolved from a landscape of fruit farms into a suburban community known for light industry, but traces remain of the Saltfleet Township that was.
  • From Tree to Sea: Boat Builders of the Sunshine Coast
    Boat building has provided the means of transportation for generations of Sunshine Coasters. Many pioneers built their boats from materials salvaged from the beaches and the abundant forests.
  • George Johnston and His World: Life and Culture of the Inland Tlingit
    The Inland Tlingit are descendants of the Coastal Tlingit who migrated into the Yukon Territory, Canada, from what is now Southeast Alaska. Their entry to the interior via the Taku River to Atlin, British Columbia, then overland to Teslin, came during the 19th century.
  • Getting Here From There
    "Getting Here From There: Transportation in the Revelstoke District" explores the difficulties of setting up transportation routes through this Rocky Mountain area. The exhibit opens in the time of the first explorers and First Nations, a time when the region’s waterways were vital to the fur trade and the gold rush. The exhibit then moves to the perilous construction of the railway in this area, the effect of the railway on the town’s development and the influence of a land dispute between the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the original town site owner, A. S. Farwell.
  • Gimli: The Evolution of a Community
    This Community Memories exhibit traces the evolution of Gimli, Manitoba from a colony of rough hewn cabins in "New Iceland" 125 years ago to today’s thriving resort community on the shores of the tenth largest freshwater lake in the world.
  • Grand Forks' Wartime Memories
    As part of Grand Forks' Wartime Memories, three veterans of the Second World War who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force were interviewed by local secondary school pupils. These decorated veterans are Hume Ritchie, Dave Dale and Albert "Chick" Talarico.
  • Greece Then, Greece Now: The Hellenic Community of Saskatoon
    An exploration of both the relationship between daily life in modern and ancient Greece, and the history of Greek immigrants to Canada and more specifically, Saskatoon.
  • Growing up in Bedford 1914 - 1930
    Our exhibit, entitled "Growing up in Bedford- 1914-1930," is based on presentations given by noted local historian, Marion Christie. This is Marion's story, told first-hand, about what life was like in Bedford during that time. She recounts stories of her home, family, school, church and community lives, the First World War and the Halifax Explosion. Marion's stories are supported with archival photos.
  • Growing Up In Peterborough: A Century of Stories
    When the City of Peterborough, Ontario celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005, reminiscing about the way things used to be was an important part of the occasion. "Growing Up in Peterborough: A Century of Stories" is a collection of these reminiscences, memories of how the city came to be the city it is today.
  • Haida Memories
    The Haida Memories exhibition casts light on the rich heritage of the northern Haida from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Ancient Haida society, matrilineal in structure, was traditionally divided into two clans, Ravens and Eagles. Families with common ancestry formed lineages and inherited property, titles, names, crests, masks and even songs. There are fifteen such lineages, each with its own myths, histories and cultural heroes. Their stories are told with the help of thousands of photographs generously shared for this exhibition by over two dozen community members and organizations.
  • Hamilton Mack Laing
    Hamilton Mack Laing, naturalist, author, photographer, and artist, made his home in Comox on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
  • Heart of the Village: Memories of The Blacksmith Shop
    The following pages are devoted to the blacksmiths who lived and worked in the small communities dotting the Gaspe Coast. Several family histories and biographies of blacksmiths have been collected through archival and oral history sources. These biographies include the Watson family blacksmiths, the Gilker family blacksmiths, and the individual stories of Arnold George Gilker, William Moreau, and Obadiah Lot Vardon. A comprehensive list of all the blacksmiths serving the various communities along the Gaspe Peninsula between 1831 and 1881 has also been compiled from four surviving census records.
  • History of Railroading on Cape Breton Island
    From an extensive archival library of information dating back to the early days of the railroad on Cape Breton Island, the Orangedale Railway Museum has assembled an exhibit on the railway’s contribution to the development of this area and to the building of a nation. Central to the exhibit is the museum itself, built as a railway station in 1886 for the original Intercolonial Railway (ICR). Now one of the oldest railway stations in Nova Scotia, the Orangedale Railway Museum retains many of the unique construction features and building designs of this era.
  • Hometown Sports Heroes
    Rural communities have made an important and lasting contribution to New Brunswick’s sports heritage, and none more so than the international border town of St. Stephen, situated on the St. Croix River across from Calais, Maine, US.
  • Horse Tales from the Drumheller Region
    Horse Tales chronicles the critical role of horses in the lives and livelihood of pioneers in the Drumheller, Alberta region. Horses transported people, goods and crops. They pulled wagons, sleighs and equipment. Ranchers used them for herding cattle. Farmers used them to draw implements for sod-breaking, sowing and harvesting crops. In words and images, some of the descendents of these pioneers describe life as a pioneer rancher, farmer or homesteader.
  • Hudson's Hope Pioneers in Pictures
    As the year 2005 quickly approaches, so does the 200th birthday of our town, and the residents of Hudson’s Hope start to think back about the history of our community.
  • Hulls on Hurontario: Collingwood's Maritime Legacy
    Collingwood was, and still is, directly affected in many ways by the marine history of the community. From the very early years of the 1850s when the harbour was used primarily for boat building, through its era as a vital east-west link across the continent, to its importance as a shipbuilding town, Collingwood maintained strong marine roots. Many of its major industries over the last century and a half came to Collingwood because of its vital transportation links.
  • Human Interaction with Nature
    Human Interaction with Nature, Dryden Ontario explores the relationship between humans and the natural environment as a defining factor in the development and sustainability of a community. The exhibit begins with the interaction of the First People with the forest, a relationship critical to their very survival. Moving on, the exhibit reveals that European settlement of the Dryden area through mining, farming, forestry and pulp and paper production has had both positive and negative effects on the natural environment. Finally, the exhibit illustrates how the forest has inspired creativity by showcasing three local artists.
  • In the Footsteps of a Founder
    At the beginning of the 20th century, nearly 1,000 nuns affiliated with les Soeurs de Notre-Dame du Bon-Conseil de Chicoutimi braved adversity and hardship to bring learning and knowledge to the remotest areas of Quebec’s Sagueanay Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord regions, as well as to Africa and Chile. The forward-minded sisters not only taught high school, but also trained the very teachers who would later aid them in their work. Following in the footsteps of the order’s founder, Reverend Mother Françoise Simard, these sisters took an active part in helping develop today’s Quebec and in moving it resolutely forward.
  • Influences of Emma Lake Art School
    Conceived during the Great Depression on the prairies, the Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus was the first of its kind, connecting prairie artists to the wider scope of the international art world in a setting of breathtaking boreal splendor. Officially, 2005 marks the seventieth year of Kenderdine Campus and the fiftieth year of the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop. This virtual exhibit of work from the Art Gallery of Prince Albert's Permanent Collection showcases the impact of Emma Lake Art School on prairie artists and the Kendardine site’s continuing influence as the University of Saskatchewan's arts campus and environmental research centre.
  • It Happened at Moose River
    On Easter Sunday April 12, 1936, disaster struck the Moose River Gold Mine. Three unsuspecting men, Dr. David Robertson, a well known pediatrician at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Herman McGill, a Toronto lawyer, and Alfred Scadding, the timekeeper for the Gold Mines, went down into a shaft that had been closed because it was unsafe. Little did they know that they would be stranded down in the mine for ten days and only two of them would survive.
  • Jasper Park Volunteer Fire Brigade: A Community History
    The history of the Jasper Park Volunteer Fire Brigade is one that is full of community memories. In the early days of Jasper, the town site depended on those who volunteered their time and lives in order to battle the flames.
  • Journey through a Union Built Town
    Port Union, journey through a " Union Built Town," founded in 1916 by Sir William Ford Coaker and the Fishermen's Protective Union. Follow in the footsteps of the union leader, Sir William Ford Coaker, and the union members and discover how a union changed the social fabric of a country.
  • Keeping the Faith: Judaica From The Aron Museum
    This online exhibition will lead you through the holidays, rituals and customs of the Jewish faith and show how a unique art – the art of Judaica – developed in correspondence with Jewish tradition. The art objects provide a passage into the past, allowing the opportunity to explore Jewish history, stories of the Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom community, as well as the memories of Temple members.
  • King Seaman - His Legacy Continues
    This project describes the life and achievements of Amos "King" Seaman, a merchant, landowner, businessman, and philanthropist who lived in Minudie, Nova Scotia, from 1796 until 1864, and became one of Canada’s wealthiest men in his time. We describe life in this once bustling rural community from the 1850s to 1950s, depicting local industries including farming, fishing, grindstone quarries and lumber mills, as well as the one-room school, church and social events.
  • Kinghorn School Days
    Between 1895 and 1936 the one-room school house at Kinghorn in King Township, Ontario was run by one individual, a no-nonsense teacher named Walter Rolling. Walter and his family offer us a chance to explore how people adapt to communities, and communities grow around people, especially special people.
  • Kirkland Lake: A Jewish History
    The town of Kirkland Lake once had a vibrant and thriving Jewish community. Its origins were found in the great waves of migration to Canada in the early twentieth century from the area of east Europe known as the Russia Pale.
  • Lake Ainslie - The Settlers Story
    This Community Memory exhibit traces the settlement of East Lake Ainslie from its beginning in 1820. Located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the settlement began at the shores of and in the hills above the lake.
  • Lest We Forget
    The Lest We Forget Project is a community-based program that researches the lives of soldiers whose names are found on cenotaphs across Canada. Smiths Falls high school students created this museum display after collecting names inscribed on their local cenotaph and completing primary research through Library and Archives Canada. As part of the final component of the research, the students traveled to Europe to visit the cemeteries where these soldiers are buried to take digital images and to complete a grave rubbing.
  • Life, Love and Laughter
    This virtual tour is conducted by a community member, John Cochrane, portraying a surveyor, A.S. Hern, after whom the town was named in 1918.
  • Like a Falling Leaf - The 1954 Plane Collision Over Moose Jaw
    At 10:02 a.m. on Thursday, April 8, 1954 a Royal Canadian Air Force Harvard trainer collided with a Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star passenger plane in the skies over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, scattering wreckage and debris over a three-mile radius in the city’s northeast end. One of the North Star’s engines landed on Moose Jaw’s main street. The fuselage crashed into the house at 1324 Third Avenue North East, missing Ross Public School and the 360 students inside by only 166 yards.
  • LSSR - 105 years of Service - June 2005
    The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (LSSR) has a long and honourable history, from the creation of the first militia unit at Port Arthur in 1885 through to the present day. This Community Memories exhibition is built around six storylines. The first, which covers the 96th District of Algoma Battalion of Rifles, details regimental affairs from 1885 to 1896. In 1905, the unit adopted a new name "the 96th Lake Superior Regiment" and the second storyline covers the time period following the name change up until the First World War in 1914.
  • Lytton, Transformed by Transportation
    This Community Memories Project traces the development of Lytton in parallel to the transportation routes that have gone through the Village, and defined its development. Lytton, British Columbia, is located at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers.
  • Marine History of Yarmouth Nova Scotia
    In the late 1800s, a time when Yarmouth, Nova Scotia's fleet could boast of being the second largest in Canada, its sea captains were renowned in seaports around the world. The era produced a wealth of ship paintings, artefacts and documents that are now housed in the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives and form the core of a virtual exhibition. The exhibition is built around twelve stories about the captains and ship owners of the era and delves into the basic history of Yarmouth shipping, the types of vessels used, where they went and what cargoes they carried.
  • Memories of Oyster Pond's Village Store: 1891-1975
    For 84 years the Hosking General Store served the coastal community of Oyster Pond, Nova Scotia in the care of three generations of storekeepers: Mrs. Florence Mitchell (1891-1918), "Willie O" Mitchell (1918-49) and finally, Garth & Mildred Hosking (1949-75).
  • Memories of Red Lake: Why We Came, Why We Stayed
    Red Lake Memories: Why we Came; Why we Stayed. Red Lake is a small gold mining community in Northwestern Ontario.
  • Millertown 1900 Men - Horses - Oxen - Steam
    In 1900, logging entrepreneur Lewis Miller built a town in the wilderness of central Newfoundland for loggers and their families and then, with enthusiastic capital venture vision, built a railway to link the logging camp to the coastal port of Little Burnt Bay, where tugs and ships waited to transport the logs to the outside world. The shipping port became known as Lewisport; the town on Red Indian Lake was called Millertown. Millertown was more than just the first planned, built community in Newfoundland. It boasted a steam-driven sawmill, an ultra-modern facility at the turn of the century.
  • Millet Through One Hundred Years
    Millet officially became a town on June 17, 1903. It was formed by an Order in Council under the authority of section 3 of the Village Ordinance of the North West Territories.
  • Mining History on the Baie Verte Peninsula
    There’s a rich mining history in Baie Verte, Newfoundland that continues to the present day—and the Miners Museum in the community digs deep into its lore. Located at Terra Nova Mine, which operated from 1860 until 1864 and again between 1901 and 1915, the exhibit covers the range of minerals and rocks found in the Baie Verte Peninsula that made the mines a valuable going concern.
  • Mission Farms & Farmers
    Our Community Memories exhibit celebrates the vital role of agriculture in the growth and development of Mission and surrounding district, where the efforts of agricultural workers sustained the community and enhanced its well-being.
  • Mosquito Aircraft Production at Downsview
    Production of the CD "Mosquito Aircraft Production at Downsview" was the culmination of decades of research by dedicated enthusiasts in Canada, the U.K., and U.S.A. Over 1000 photos and illustrations of the Canadian-built Mosquito aircraft were available from various public and private archives, and from these about 300 of the best were selected for the project. This selection was further edited down to 225, plus cover shots.
  • Murder in Navan
    "Murder in Navan" recounts the events surrounding the murder of OPP Constable Harold (‘Hal’) Dent by "foreign thug" John Miki on Thursday, June 20th, 1940 at the Navan train station.
  • Mysterious 36
    Gold on Bonanza Creek! After the discovery of gold in the Klondike in 1896, word spread to the rest of the world and thousands of stampeders headed for Dawson City.
  • Nightingale of the North-Georgina Stirling
    How did a young girl from an outport community on the northeast coast of Newfoundland gain international recognition on the stages of the world? The Twillingate Museum Community Memories project tells the story of Twillingate-born opera singer, Georgina Stirling.
  • Norris Arm: Those Pine Clad Hills
    "When sun rays crown those pine clad hills"... Such is the story of Norris Arm, Newfoundland, beginning in the late 1800’s. The large stands of pine enticed several entrepreneurs to settle and develop industries in Norris Arm – including sawmilling, shipbuilding, railway and aviation. With an abundance of pine timber, Norris Arm’s first commercial sawmill was built in the late 1800’s to the early 1940’s.
  • On The Ice
    This Community Memories exhibit celebrates Manitoba’s rich Olympic heritage, from the province’s first appearance at the Olympics in 1920 where it won a gold medal for Canada, to the most recent Olympics in Salt Lake City.
  • On the School Benches
    The exhibit presents an online experience of student life in schools run by the Ursulines during three centuries of history. This long tradition can be discovered through objects from the collection of the Musée des Ursulines de Trois-Rivières, as well as photographs, archival documents and first-hand accounts by students, teachers and administrators
  • On to White Rock: A Building's Journey Through Time
    On New Year’s Day in 1913 a new train station opened on the shore of Semiahmoo Bay in White Rock, British Columbia, a tiny community in the southwest corner of Canada. There, it welcomed the trains of the Great Northern and the Burlington Northern (later known as the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe) as they rolled by on their way to Vancouver or Seattle. Over the decades, the station, a focal point of the community for most of its existence, has become as much an icon to the town as the huge white boulder from which it takes its name. From the early 1900s to the 1950s trains brought hordes of summertime visitors to the sandy beaches of Semiahmoo Bay from all over the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
  • On the Trail of Silver
    In a unique outdoor museum in the town of Cobalt, Ontario, visitors can trace the steps of silver miners at the turn of the century. The 20 sites on the Heritage Silver Trail offer an insight into the working conditions endured by miners at the Cobalt Mining Camp after the discovery of rich silver ore deposits in 1903.
  • One Man's History in Wood: the John McCrea Collection
    Between 1937 and 1957, the last 20 years of his life, artisan John McNeely McCrea reproduced finely detailed models of the furnishings, homes and buildings used by Ontario pioneers. This exhibit, put on by the cultural division of the Museums and Heritage Services of the City of Toronto, showcases a large portion of the total collection of McCrea’s work, which was formerly held by the Royal Ontario Museum. Each duplicate, whether it takes the form of a tiny flycatcher on a mantle or a large grist mill, is true to the original and a testimony to the permanent legacy McCrea left behind of pioneer Ontario’s "wooden age."
  • One Room Country Schools
    In the rolling foothills of Alberta, there were at one time 14 country schools around Caroline, a small town just east of the Rockies, each school the hub of its community, where children learned lifelong lessons of honesty, thrift, respect and citizenship and neighbours gathered for pie socials and picnics. This exhibit tells their story, from 1908 when the first schoolhouse opened in Caroline until the last of the country schools closed its doors, relegated to history by the school buses that carried children to Caroline’s new, much larger central school.
  • Origins of Skiing in Canada's National Capital Region
    This exhibit traces the origins of trail and downhill skiing, ski jumping, and trail and lodge development in the National Capital Region from the late 19th century to the early 1960s.
  • Ortona - The Canadian Battle - December 1943
    Beginning December 21, 1943, troops from Canada fought a savage battle to oust German soldiers from the Italian coastal port of Ortona, on Italy's Adriatic coast.
  • Our Mothers' Patterns
    The inspiration for this exhibit came from a collection of dresses donated to the Japanese Canadian National Museum by Mary Ohara, typical of those worn in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Sewing then was not only necessary for women of all ages to provide custom-made inexpensive clothing for themselves and their families, but was also a primary source of income for many Japanese Canadians excluded from mainstream businesses or professional occupations. These women established their own shops or made clothing for clients from their homes after attending dressmaking academies.
  • Papertown, The Dalhousie Story
    The Town of Dalhousie has been through some very distinct periods between its founding in 1825 and today. Prior to 1825, few showed much interest in the northern part of the province, but in that year the Great Miramichi Fire raged through central New Brunswick and into Maine, destroying the forests that were the mainstay of the province's economy.
  • Pioneer Days
    How the early pioneers came to and settled in Cartwright and the surrounding area and what it was like to live in those days. Where did these pioneers come from and what were they looking for? What did the settlers find in Cartwright? The Badger Creek Museum follows their dreams and with stories, pictures and artifacts describes the challenges they overcame, the churches, schools and businesses they built, the pioneer life they lived.
  • Places of Our Hearts
    A shocking upheaval swept through central New Brunswick in the summer of 1952, an upheaval that affected twenty communities and 750 families in Queens and Sunbury Counties.
  • Plain Living in Osgoode Township
    In the exhibit, we explore several aspects of life in the Township of Osgoode over the years, from its first permanent settlers in 1827 to today. The exhibit takes the visitor through the history of the Township, selected elements of the Society’s extensive collection of artefacts, and then on into interesting and unusual aspects of life and living, from trading post operation, apiary, foundry, dousing, trapping, midwifery, telecommunications, woodworking crafts, sport, and remembering those who served.
  • Play Hard, Play Fast, Play Ball!
    In the 13 years following World War II, a time when people were feeling exuberant and expressing that exuberance in play, Nova Scotia was home to one of the most exciting baseball leagues in Canada. It was a league that would produce over 40 Major League players. In 1946, the Halifax & District Baseball League began life with a mixture of homegrown talent and imports from the eastern seaboard of the United States. Halifax, Dartmouth, Truro, Liverpool, Kentville, Stellarton and Middleton were the locations of some great teams, players and characters during the summers of the 1940s and 1950s. Nova Scotians were enamored of these teams, which helped create strong community identities and fostered fierce rivalries.
  • Plowing A Furrow To Victory
    This exhibit documents the history of plows, focussing on one plow in particular, the "Fleury #53 Scotch Thistle" walking plow, which was donated to the Ross Museum in 1999. Also told is the story of a young man, Harris S. Brown, from Westmeath Township, Ontario, Canada, who in 1896 and 1900, used this plow with his team of horses to win prizes at two major plowing matches. The importance of horses in pioneer days, as well as the capabilities and care of horses and work done by horsepower, is emphasized throughout this exhibit.
  • Point Atkinson Lighthouse: Maintaining the Light
    The lighthouse at Point Atkinson was built in 1875 to protect Vancouver's growing international shipping trade. While the first keepers struggled with adapting to the isolated location and stayed only a few years, later keepers stayed for many decades. The isolation was eased by the increasing proximity of the city of Vancouver and its suburbs. Keepers and their families had challenging but interesting lives. Keepers often struggled with low wages and the constant demands of the job. Wives and children helped out the keeper, while keeping up with housework, cooking, and attending school. During World War II, Point Atkinson was used as a base from which to protect the Port of Vancouver.
  • Police are People Too!
    Dedicated to the police officers and civilians of the Greater Sudbury Police Service, this exhibit offers a unique opportunity to understand the real—the ordinary—lives of those charged with protecting public safety, those who live by the words, "our community, our commitment."
  • Port in a Storm: The Newman Wine Vaults of St. John's
    One of the oldest standing structures in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Newman Wine Vaults Provincial Historic Site is the location of the only historic wine vaults in the province. Port in a Storm details how Newman and Company, the English mercantile firm active in Newfoundland’s cod fishery from the mid-1500s to the early 1900s, built the Wine Vaults and began a 300-year-old tradition of maturing Portuguese port wine in Newfoundland.
  • Powering Up Rural Manitoba
    Slowly, very slowly, electricity crept through the countryside of Manitoba in the early years of the last century, until a dynamic effort after World War II "electrified" 50,000 farms in just 10 years. The Manitoba Power Commission was created in 1919 to bring the benefits of hydroelectric power to rural Manitoba and gradually lit up 202 towns and villages in the southern part of the province over the next 20 years.
  • Prairie Fire
    Prairie Fire shows the formation of a Bible school as one aspect of the evangelical force that swept the Canadian Prairies. The school is the Full Gospel Bible Institute (FGBI), located in a prairie town -- Eston, Saskatchewan. We trace its development from its humble beginnings to the degree granting institution it is today. We pay particular attention to student life, including life as a foreign student. Finally, we note the dynamics between the school and the town of Eston.
  • Prelude to Confederation
    The Mockbeggar Plantation in Bonavista is the birthplace of Confederation in Newfoundland. It is now a Provincial Historic Site and restored to represent the 1939 period, when it became the home of its most notable owner, Senator F. Gordon Bradley.
  • Preserving the Tradition of T'lina Making
    Each spring, families of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation journey to a sacred place along the coast of British Columbia known as Dzawadi, or Knight Inlet, to follow the age old tradition of rendering what is called t’lina from the oil of the tiny eulachon fish.
  • Prince Edward Island - Memories of WWII
    This exhibit tells the story of seven Prince Edward Islanders and their experiences during World War II.
  • Port Moody May Days
    Originally the ancient Roman celebration "Floralia", May Day became a custom when the province of British Columbia was colonized, but the occasion was honoured with unusual enthusiasm in Port Moody from 1930 to 1972.
  • Remembering Homer Watson
    From an early photo taken in 1865 to the art exhibit planned for 2005, this project relates the legacy of renowned Canadian landscape artist Homer Ransford Watson, spanning a timeline of 140 years.
  • Remembrance and Hope
    The people of Innisfail participated in several 20th century wars. Predominantly settled by people of British origin, these residents of Innisfail and District retained a strong identity with Britain. When the call went out for people to join in the war effort during World War I, a proportionately large fraction of the male population answered and a proportionately large number (at least 55) died. Similarly, a relatively high proportion of young men from the region enlisted to fight in World War II, but the death toll was not nearly as severe.
  • Restoration of Lester-Garland House
    The Trinity Community Memories project tells the story of the Lester-Garland House, its reconstruction, between September 30, 1996 and June 21, 1997 and the use of the facility since it’s opening on June 25, 1997.
  • Restoration of the Doucet House - Phase 1
    This exhibit chronicles the restoration of the Doucet House which began in January 2003 and ended eight months later in August. The Doucet House is an old Acadian log home and quite possibly the oldest house on Prince Edward Island.
  • Riverton Musical Memories
    The Riverton Musical Memories exhibit features musical talent from a small Manitoba village and its surrounding community.
  • Salute to our Veterans
    This exhibit celebrates veterans from Okotoks and District: those from here, and those who moved here in later years.
  • Saskatoon and the Second World War Experience
    The last global conflict of the twentieth century wreaked havoc around the world, but this exhibition, Saskatoon and the Second World War Experience, focuses on the changes experienced by one small Canadian prairie city. The exhibition has three story lines— "Saskatoon before September 1939," "Saskatoon People and Places," and "Saskatoon Military Effort from 1939 to 1945"—designed to portray the events, cityscape, and experiences of Saskatoon residents of the time.
  • School Days Gone By
    The “School Days Gone By” exhibit, produced by the Morse Museum and Cultural Centre, outlines various aspects of rural school life in Saskatchewan from 1912 to 1979.
  • School Days of Port Moody
    “The Schools of Port Moody” chronicles the history of the buildings used for education in Port Moody, British Columbia from 1883 to 1973 and includes some of the students and teachers that attended them.
  • School Yard Memories
    General Currie Heritage School/Richmond Retired Teachers' Association Heritage Committee. Location: The City of Richmond is located in the southwest corner of the lower mainland on Canada's Pacific Coast, in the province of British Columbia.
  • Scrapbook History: Voluntary Women's Groups of Today
    A Scrapbook History: Voluntary Women's Groups of Torbay, Newfoundland" documents the history and contributions of voluntary women’s groups in the community, through materials originally gathered by women volunteers
  • Seeking the Story of Mission Beach
    When the Reverend Dr. Gerald Hutchinson moved to Pigeon Lake in 1948, he asked his neighbours, "Why is this place called Mission Beach?" When a satisfactory answer wasn’t forthcoming, Dr. Hutchinson spent years researching the story of the first mission west of the Red River settlement. His painstaking research led to the designation of Rundle’s Mission as a Provincial Historic Site and a National Historic Monument. In September 2001, Dr. Hutchinson received a Lifetime Achievement award from Museums Alberta for his work.
  • Serving King and Country: Transcona`s Hometown Heroes
    "Serving King and Country: Transcona’s Hometown Heroes" explores the experiences of a small, tightly knit railway town whose social consciousness was forever changed by the events of WWI and WWII. Transcona, Manitoba began as an industrial centre for the railway, home to one of the largest repair shops in Western Canada. During both wars, Transcona railway workers served King and Country through their work at the "Shops". In jobs that were deemed essential for the war effort, they helped maintain a national railway system that was vital to transport military troops and supplies across Canada. They also worked on secretive operations that included manufacturing munitions and building Canada’s only armour plated train.
  • Setting the Stage: Stratford Circa 1953
    Setting the Stage tells the story of how Stratford's business and community leaders came together to transform the now-famous Stratford Festival from vision to reality, and offers a rich evocation of the setting in time and place from which the Festival arose.
  • Settlers' Effects Brought to Craik and Aylesbury
    For the purposes of this exhibit, the Craik area includes the community of Craik and surrounding communities, especially Aylesbury, all situated approximately midway between Saskatchewan's two largest cities, Saskatoon and Regina. This area is part of what is now commonly referred to as the Mid-Lakes region. Featured are images associated with arts and crafts, documents, books, food preparation, furniture, clothing, jewelry, storage and farming.
  • Shelburne County Men: Second World War and the Korean War
    This exhibit honours the men of Shelburne County who gave their lives in the Korean and Second World wars. Their photos portray their youth; their letters and diaries, the countryside; the realities of war, their hopes for an end to the hostilities and a return home to loved ones.
  • Some Boats and Boatbuilders from Central Bonavista Bay
    The Glovertown Heritage Society is happy to present “Some Boats and Boatbuilders from Central Bonavista Bay.” The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has a proud and distinguished record of boatbuilding–one that continues today and extends back to the days when only Aboriginal people lived here.
  • Steveston Recollections, The History of a Village
    The Steveston Historical Society invites you to take a journey through time. This chronicle tells the story of the village of Steveston, a unique farming and fishing community at the mouth of the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada.
  • Subsistence of Early Outport Newfoundlanders
    Set in Elliston on the east coast of Newfoundland at the tip of the historic Bonavista peninsula, this Community Memories Exhibit illustrates the rugged life of outport Newfoundlanders in the early 1900s.
  • Summers By the Lake: The History of Grimsby Park
    Not long after United Empire Loyalists from New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey settled in Grimsby, Ontario in 1787, travelling preachers known as circuit riders began providing spiritual support to the community’s many Methodist settlers. The time was the early 1800s and it is to this era that the origins of Grimsby Park can be traced.
  • Survival of A People: Using our Natural Resources 1875-1975
    Long and Brier islands were well established and self-sufficient communities by 1875. The great majority of families earned their living from the fishing industry, either in boats or another fishing-related business.
  • Tackling the Timbers in Mission
    Logging was one of the earliest industries in Mission, B.C. Its history begins in the 1880s with logging for barrel staves and sternwheeler fuel, moving on to the manufacture of railway ties for the Canadian Pacific Railway, dimensional and finished lumber, and the production of shakes, shingles and lumber products.
  • Tall Trees and More...
    The story of Milltown-Head Bay d’Espoir in Newfoundland is the story of tall trees and more. It’s a place where residents traditionally made their living on land through logging and shipbuilding in contrast to the seafaring folk of the province’s south coast. While early export records of most Newfoundland communities show the number of salt fish shipped each season, Bay d’Espoir, accounted for the amount of boat framing and planking, shingles and timber taken out each year.
  • Taming the Kootenay
    By the 1880s, the rich agricultural potential of the Creston Valley, in south-astern British Columbia, had been recognized, provided the broad floodplain could be reclaimed from the annual floods of the Kootenay River which meanders through it.
  • T.B. Macauley and Mount Victoria Farm
    T. B. Macaulay, President of Sun Life Company from 1915 to 1934, bought Mount Victoria Farm in 1900. It was simply a country home and hobby farm until the 1920s when Macaulay bought “Old Joe,” a prize-winning Holstein bull, and six pure-bred Holstein cows. By applying the principles of genetics, which guided his actuarial tables at Sun Life, Macaulay was able to create an excellent herd. Members of this herd, which was dispersed upon his death in 1942, are the ancestors of most pure-bred Holstein cattle in the world today.
  • Telecommunications Visions from the Past
    North Sydney, Nova Scotia, is situated on the north side of Sydney harbour. Since its founding in 1871, it has been a home port to the fishing fleets of the world, coal tramp streamers, warships, convoys and the Newfoundland ferries. The chief claim to fame of this small port town is that it served for 87 years as the main communication centre linking Europe and North America.
  • That Was Phoebe: A Community Remembers its Past
    The story that follows is about a historical home, called Greenwood, and its past. It also tells us about the life of Phoebe Nobbs Hyde, the last of five generations to live there.
  • The Arm Lads Brigade
    The Arm Lads Brigade (ALB) was a paramilitary organization for young men and boys. It was founded in Durrell, Twillingate Island, Newfoundland, Canada, in 1908 by a visiting soldier.
  • The Cable Building Story
    In 1910 Western Union Telegraph Company selected Bay Roberts, Newfoundland to be the repeater station site for their transatlantic cables going from England to New York.
  • The Canso Causeway's History and Impact
    The deep waters of the Gut of Canso, now referred to as the Strait of Canso, have played a defining role in the lives of the residents of this part of Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia since it was first settled in 1784. We will look at the history of the communities, railroading, and transportation across the Strait before 1955, lobbying for a fixed link, construction, official opening ceremonies and the immediate and long-term impact of the construction of the Canso Causeway and Canal on the people.
  • The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Saint John
    This exhibit illustrates the role and impact of Jewish women within the Saint John Jewish community, and their involvement with Saint John society from 1858 to the present day.
  • The Colbys of Stanstead
    Taking a casual stroll through Stanstead, Quebec, a visitor cannot help but notice that the name, ‘Colby’ occupies a special prominence in this small village just across the Canada-U.S. border from Derby Line, Vermont. There is Colbycroft, the street. There is Colby House, the administration building of Stanstead College. Carrolcroft, once the stately, granite home of the Colby family, is now the home of the Stanstead Historical Society. Colby is inscribed on many tombstones in Crystal Lake cemetery. There are no Colbys living in Stanstead today but the family connection survives. The last Colby to reside in the village, Helen Lovat Colby died in 1998, six years after she had donated Carrollcroft and all its furnishings to the Stanstead Historical Society.
  • The Dickson Store
    This exhibit tells the story of the first and only general store in the Danish community of Dickson,Alberta. Dickson is the oldest Danish settlement in western Canada. In 1903, 17 Danish settlers came from Nebraska to Dickson in the hopes of establishing a future for their families. The struggles and hardships were endless, but they worked together to build a strong community. In 1909, as the population grew, it became evident that a local outlet for supplies was needed. Carl and Laura Christiansen, part of the original group of settlers, purchased land and built the Dickson Store.
  • The Fairfield Excavations
    Rediscovered in the late 1930s, the site of Old Fairfield Village was excavated early in the career of Wilfrid Jury, who was later responsible for excavating Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Midland, Ontario. This exhibit investigates not only the recovery of historical artefacts, but also the process of archaeology as it existed 60 years ago, and its impact on a small community.
  • The First Shot Rang Out
    The First Shot That Rang Out takes a look at the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed encounter of the 1885 North West Uprising. The Battle took place between the Métis, along with their supporters, and the North West Mounted Police, who were aided by a group of volunteers.
  • The French Block
    The French Block was an "apartment" building that existed from 1920 to 1956 on South Street in the coal mining and fishing town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. This exhibit is the story of six families, living in their four-room apartments, who became a tight-knit community.
  • The French Connection
    This project relates the history of the French settlers whose adventurous spirit first brought them to the banks of the Detroit River three centuries ago. Their folk carving and the genesis of the Francophone custom of wood crafting will be prominently featured in this exhibit.
  • The History of Olympic Bids
    The community of Whistler, nestled in the coastal mountains on the west coast of British Columbia, has a world-class reputation as one of the best ski destinations in the world.
  • The History of Shipbuilding in Marystown, NL, Canada
    This exhibit traces the history of the first settlers to the businesses that built and owned ships in the area, the ships that were built for World War II at Marystown Co, the wooden longliners built at the Marystown Shipyard, to steel shipbuilding and repairs at the Marystown Shipyard and Cow Head facility.
  • The History of the Independent Record Labels
    This exhibit illustrates the evolution of the record industry in Montreal, using images of performers and craftspeople, studios, sound recording devices, record sleeves, musical scores, magazine illustrations, posters and advertisements. All genres of music recorded by the industry are documented, including song, jazz, popular music, classical, contemporary and folk.
  • The Hubbard Expeditions
    In 1903, Leonidas Hubbard, a reporter from New York, came to Labrador to do an expedition for a magazine he was working for. He wanted to travel where no white man has ever gone before.
  • The Impact of the Railway on the Sutton Region
    For nearly a century, the town’s people would move to the rhythm of the railway. Several generations of Sutton residents found jobs that were directly or indirectly related to the railway. In fact, agriculture, industry, tourism and every sectors in between, would greatly benefit from the infrastructure and advantages that rolled into town with the train.
  • The Joy of Effort - A History of Physical Activity
    The following acknowledgement was recorded in the Almonte Gazette around 1880: "Its manufacturers have given it a worldwide fame.
  • The Leprosy of Tracadie
    When leprosy appeared in the northeastern region of New Brunswick at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the province of New Brunswick built a hospital on Sheldrake Island, near Chatham to prevent the spread of the disease. Between 1844 and 1949, everyone affected by leprosy was sent to this lazaretto. In 1849, the lazaretto was moved to Tracadie.
  • The Lobster Plug Story in West Pubnico
    During the years following the expulsion of the French colonists from “Acadie” in 1755, and their subsequent return some 12 years later, the small village of West Pubnico retained its traditional way of life. As a result, it has become known as the oldest region remaining Acadian after 350 years. Through the hardships, this tiny village in Nova Scotia survived and flourished, and was once known as “the lobster plug capital of the world.
  • The Loyalist Link: The Forest and The Sea
    Located on the southwestern shore of Nova Scotia, Port Roseway (later named Shelburne) became a major refuge for United Empire Loyalists at the close of the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the American colonies.
  • The Potato Industry: Alive in O'Leary, PEI
    We invite you to join us on a journey of learning about the potato, from its beginnings as a wild food source in South America, to its current status as the fourth largest commercial crop in the world.
  • The Riverboat Era
    This virtual exhibit deals with the riverboat era of Ryerson Township, specifically Burk’s Falls. The Magnetawan River flows through the town of Burk’s Falls, and in 1901, when the Magnetawan River Railway company built a rail line into the town, the combination of river and rail made Burk’s Falls an ideal site for tourism as well as industry.
  • The Roots & Birth of Mirror 1870 to 1930
    Detailing the history of our community and its roots between the years of about 1870 and 1930, our exhibit tells the story of how Western Canada became populated. Concentrating on our particular part of the West, it explores the challenges of homesteading and describes how people would uproot their lives to journey to a land in hopes of new opportunities, in search of success, or merely to survive. For many, it was the adventure of their lives.
  • The Saskatchewan River - Highway Through History
    The "Highway Through History" exhibition recounts the extraordinary importance of the lower Saskatchewan River to the region around The Pas, Manitoba. This iconic river was a vital route for the exploration and industry that opened the territory now known as western Canada. From the time of pre-contact First Nations travel through the fur trade era to the settlement and industrialization of the first half of the 20th century, it was the main transportation artery for people of the area.
  • The Silver King - From Discovery to Community
    When the Hall brothers of Colville, Washington discovered substantial deposits of copper and silver on Toad Mountain in British Columbia in 1886, the rush was on and the Silver King mine and the founding of Nelson followed rapidly. With the mine came the need for transportation routes and Nelson expanded quickly, building wagon roads, railroads, and launching steamboats to move the ore. Although operations at the Silver King mine and the associated smelter began to founder by the turn of the century, the impact on Nelson and the surrounding community was irreversible. This exhibition explores how the discovery of silver left its social, economic and industrial legacy on this community.
  • The Souls of Black Folk: Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Community
    During the nineteenth century, escaped slaves and free blacks migrated to Canada with dreams of a better life, a world that promised both opportunities and obstacles. African Canadians helped forge Canada, yet by the end of the nineteenth century, increased European immigration pushed Black Canadians into the lowest status, lowest pay, menial / unskilled jobs. Despite these restrictions, African Canadians set down roots and proudly established their own communities.
  • The Sterling Flour Mill
    Built by hand over 11 months by hardworking pioneers with a vision, the Sterling Flour Mill soon became the 'hub of the wheel' with spokes leading out to the surrounding district.
  • The SWISHA Project
    The School House Museum's presentation of “The SWISHA Project” leads the viewer through the 1940s construction by the Ontario Hydro Power Corporation of a major hydro electric power dam on the Ottawa River at Des Joachims (pronounced locally as ‘D'Swisha’), Quebec, Canada.
  • The War Years Remembered
    The "War Years Remembered" is an exhibit that features the impact of WWII (1939 – 1945) upon the people of Wetaskiwin, Alberta and its surrounding area. A collection of images, documents, interviews and reminiscences are portrayed in six storylines.
  • The Wood Mountain Sports and Stampede
    For over 100 years, The Wood Mountain Sports and Stampede has been an enduring tradition in this close-knit community, ever since the North-West Mounted Police first organized the event as a way of celebrating Dominion Day. Even the Depression and World War II couldn't stop the Stampede: in fact it provided much needed diversion and fun during difficult times.
  • The Work of the Blacksmith - Green Family Forge, Trinity, NL
    The first snowfall of the season in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, and outside the Green Family Forge men wait for the blacksmith to put winter shoes on their horses, a common sight in communities on Canada’s east coast. This virtual exhibit follows the inner workings of the Green Family Forge in five sections: the members of the Green Family; a brief history of blacksmithing; the restoration process that brought the forge back to life as a living history museum; some examples of more than 1,500 artifacts currently on display; and finally, how things are made at the forge including the items that our own blacksmith makes to sell at our gift shop.
  • The World at Our Doorstep
    Industrial Cape Breton has changed severely in the last decade: municipal units were amalgamated into the new Cape Breton Regional Municipality, the steel plant closed in 1999, and the coal mines were shut down in 2000.
  • Through the Eyes of Everett Baker
    "Captured most people there" (excerpted from Everett Baker's diary, July 16, 1958) best describes Everett Baker's passion for Saskatchewan people, places, and events. Through the use of photography, this amateur photographer captured the lives and events of everyday individuals living in Saskatchewan from the late 1930s to the early 1970s.
  • To Honour Those Who Served
    The Beaches Heritage Centre proudly presents "To Honour Those Who Served". The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has a proud and distinguished record of involvement in the major world conflicts of the twentieth century.
  • Tracks of Time
    Follow the Tracks of Time and realize the history and impact of the rail industry in North Bay, Ontario. Examine images and artefacts from the collection of the North Bay Area Museum.
  • Traditional Boat Building of Winterton
    Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador, has a long boat building history tied to the settlement of the area and its traditional way of life. Our exhibit shows the boats that were built here, their use in the inshore fishery, and the boat building skills that were handed down from one generation to the next for at least 400 years without any written records, plans or instructions.
  • Tuhaalruuqtut Ancestral Sounds
    Against a background of photographs from the farthest north, the Inuit elders of Baker Lake sing and tell of great exploits and suffering. Their story is one of endurance, patience, courage, frailty, joy and a common bond with all the people of this vast, bountiful, beautiful and sometimes frigid land.
  • Twentieth-Century Todmorden: A Community in the Don Valley
    By the middle of the nineteenth century, the community of Todmorden Mills, located on the Don River, provided lumber, flour, paper, bricks and beer for the growing city of Toronto. While Todmorden's nineteenth-century history has been well documented, its twentieth-century stories have received less attention. Few people realize that Todmorden remained a vibrant community well into the twentieth century.
  • Up in Flames: The History of Fire in Muskoka Region
    This Community Memories exhibit illustrates the terrible impact of catastrophic fires on Port Carling and the surrounding Muskoka region. The disastrous town fire of 1931 destroyed nearly all of Port Carling’s main street, wreaking economic devastation in a town already reeling from the Depression and the downturn in tourism.
  • Vatnabyggd: An Icelandic Settlement in Saskatchewan
    Few people realize that Saskatchewan was once home to the largest Icelandic community outside Iceland. The biggest such settlement was Vatnabyyður, or Lakes Settlement. During the province’s homestead period, between the late-19th and early-20th century, settlers could claim up to 160 acres of land for ten dollars, provided they built on it within three years. In 1891, this policy attracted two young ranchers of Icelandic origin living in Thingvalla near Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, who, after a long, dry spell, travelled west to find a reliable source of water and hay for their cattle and sheep. In 1892, more Icelandic families began arriving at Fishing Lake, near the current Saskatchewan towns of Foam Lake and Kuroki, drawn not only by the lake water but also by a dry marsh bed to the south that had hundreds of acres of tall grass for making hay. More settlers from Thingvalla followed over the next eight years, and soon Icelanders from all over the continent and from Iceland itself converged on Vatnabyyður.
  • Victorian Fashions in the Upper Ottawa Valley
    On September 22, 1998, and again on April 20,1999, the Ottawa Valley Historical Society presented “Victorian Fashion Show: 100 Years of Fashion from 1840-1940,” drawing on the collection of the Champlain Trail Museum.
  • Virtual Battlefield: The Museum and Its Community
    In 1789, widow Mary Jones Gage and her two children, James and Elizabeth, made the journey from New York State to Saltfleet Township (Stoney Creek) in Upper Canada.
  • Visiting the Memories of our Past
    The Big Droke Foundation exhibit, “Visiting the Memories of Our Past”, has become an integral part of the theme of the Bird Cove Interpretation Centre. The theme “Past, Present and Future” has been created at the Interpretation Centre.
  • Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
    Beginning with an introduction to Wallace, Nova Scotia, this study tells the story of the nearly 200 years of sandstone quarrying at Wallace and Wallace River. Starting in 1811, Wallace stone has been used in buildings in at least nine Canadian provinces and several American states, including Massachusetts, New York, and California. Its beauty, durability and access to shipping made it a prize for building contractors.
  • Windows On The Past: A Virtual Tour of Mahone Bay
    The historic town of Mahone Bay, settled in the 1764 on the rocky coast of Nova Scotia, reflects its illustrious past in wonderfully preserved architecture. Wooden buildings feature pedimented dormers, gingerbread decoration, raised eyebrow trim over windows, Italianate entrances and the classic Lunenburg Bump. Stories recorded from the town’s early days as a centre for shipbuilding and fishing tell tales of trips to the Grand Banks, shipwrecks, the August Gales, privateers, rum running and trade throughout the maritime world.
  • Women's History of the Southwest Coast of Newfoundland
    This exhibit features stories of women from South Branch to Rose Blanche. These stories show the role that women played in the development of the history of the southwest coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • World War I - A Commemoration of Residents from Trinity and Area
    August 14, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. Four days later, Newfoundland, the oldest colony of the British Empire, telegraphed London committing the colony to raise one thousand men for the naval service and several hundred for land service abroad.

 
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