Thunder Bay Railway Historical Society 2018 AGM
Location: Confederation College, Shuniah Building Room C217
Location: Confederation College, Shuniah Building Room C217
Speaker: Plum Johnson – They Left Us Everything Plum Johnson is a Canadian writer raised in Oakville, who won the RBC Taylor Prize in 2015 for her memoir They Left Us Everything. In it, she describes discovering history in what parents leave behind, and about the importance of preserving it to make sense of the...
Enjoy all the traditional Christmas Treats in our Decorated Victorian Town Hall while Mrs. Dickens reads from her husband's “Little Christmas Book.”
The program will be a Scottish-themed historic kitchen demo and tasting of Edinborough cookery teacher Mrs Nourse’s shortbread and a Scotch whisky drink (Athol Brose), from the Loyalist era – both recipes with an unusual twist, followed by a tour of Campbell House. Price $15.00 per person (cash at the door) Date: Friday, February 1st, 2019, ...
Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum in co-operation with the Welland Historical Museum is pleased to present the travelling exhibit "SECRETS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" In the 1850s, approximately 40,000 Black refugees entered Canada from the United States. This interactive travelling exhibit from The Welland Historical Museum explores slavery, the Underground Railroad, a secret...