Guest speaker: Mark Aubin, Author, 'Blight' The 1960s were a time when civic leaders were anxious to bulldoze the past to make way for the modern thruways and dazzling glass towers of the future. What chance did the families and businesses of a working class neighbourhood like Lowertown East have of standing in the way...

Départ* : 13h à l’entrée du cimetière au 160 chemin Beecroft (ouest de Yonge) Fin : retour à l’entrée Guides : Gilles Huot et Rolande Smith Au début du 19e siècle, le terrain occupé par le cimetière York était une ferme qui appartenait à Joseph Shepard. Une avenue tout près porte son nom. Ensuite et successivement un terrain...

Alan Norton, while not a genealogy expert, has extensively researched, over the last 50 years, multiple branches of his family's history. Not only will he share some of the fascinating stories and pictures he uncovered about his family tree, but he will also share some of his learnings for those of you who might also...

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...