Kingston has long relied on haunted walks and its role as penitentiary warden of the nation to bolster its tourism. Queen’s doctoral candidate Kaitlyn MacDonald’s research into what is called “Dark Tourism” will delve beyond the superficial into the historical construction behind our fascination with the abnormal and suggest ways in which such analysis may be used to...

Simcoe County Historical Association invites you to attend this special evening to share the memories of WWII as brought to us by the photographs collected by Mark Burchell and his father John. John served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserves during World War 2. The photographs tell the story of a sailor going through...

Annual General Meeting/Show & Tell A brief AGM of LMHS executive members reports of 2023 activities. This is followed by attendees showing items about London and area and giving brief history about or maybe asking for help identifying the object. The speaker programme for the London and Middlesex Historical Society takes place on the third Wednesday...

Join us for “Laying the Tracks to Victory: Sergeant Biggs and the Canadian Railway Troops of the First World War,” an online lecture on November 16! Did you know that Canada during the 1910s had the best and most experienced trainmen in the world? These Canadian railway professionals were recruited to build & maintain thousands...

Is it a bird?  Is it a plane? Is it . . .  your own flying creation?  Did you know that during WWII airplanes were built here at Canadian Car and Foundry? These were the famous Hawker Hurricanes.  Come to the Thunder Bay Museum for a PA Day about the air, the sky, and things...