The Village of Wildfield has a vibrant history spanning over 200 years. Join us when lifelong Wildfield resident Dan O'Reilly recounts family and village history through anecdotes, facts and photographs. Wildfield is the site of St. Patrick's Church, the 2nd oldest church in the Archdiocese of Toronto. But there are many other historical facts about...
Ron Williamson presents “The Discovery and Investigation of the John Butler Homestead: Perspectives from Two Decades Later” In addition to delineating the foundations of the John Butler Homestead, which are now interpreted on the site, ASI investigations yielded over 50,000 ceramic sherds and over 14,000 animal bones. These finds allowed our archaeologists to reconstruct the...
While breaking down his ancestral brick wall, which had him stumped for almost thirty years, Paul Barber, a Caucasian born and raised Canadian, found out that his through his maternal side, the Hendersons, he was part of African-American history. Join us to hear Paul Barber recount the family journey that led him to Orillia where, the...
Join by Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3614629408?pwd=dnp2a0R3TGEySXgzVmdpR0NRendIQT09 Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 7:20 pm. – 9:00 pm. Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. These migrants are called “home children” because most went from an emigration agency's home for children in Britain to its Canadian receiving home. The children...
Featuring guest speaker, Jean Rae Baxter, UE, who will be talking about her latest book, The Knotted Rope. The Knotted Rope, the sixth and final novel in what has become known as the “Forging a Nation” series, is set in Niagara in 1793 during the last days of slavery in Upper Canada. It returns to the subject...
