Events Calendar

Learn to dress a goose feather and the teachings of caring for your feathers. Teachings on smudging with your feathers! Drumming With Community to follow rain or shine! Call the Mattawa Museum (705-744-5495) to reserve your free kits. Donations accepted to the Mattawa Museum. The workshop will be held under the canopy tent beside the...

Join us on the Museum’s front lawn for a “treasurers” sale, historic demonstrations, activities, a pig roast, live music and more! Vendors and musicians to be announced soon! Free admission from 11 am to 3 pm.

Learn to make a Dream Catcher and the significance of the dream catcher. Call the Mattawa Museum (705-744-5495) to reserve your free kits. Donations accepted to the Mattawa Museum. The workshop will be held under the canopy tent beside the Museum - Explorers Point, 285 First Street.

Join authors Bonnie Sitter, Judy MacKinnon, and Kelly Young as they share the insights and inspirations behind their works about Northern Ontario's school railcar program, the history of Paisley and the Travel Writer mystery series set in Bruce County. This lively wine and cheese reception is hosted by the Bruce County Genealogical Society and the Bruce County Historical...

Toronto Branch is pleased to present this year’s Toronto History Lecture: The Tragic Fate of Huron Elliott: A Forgotten Indigenous Worker on Toronto's Water Tunnel Project. Our speaker is researcher, writer and urban planner Eric Sehr. One of the most significant projects undertaken in Toronto during the early 1900s was the construction of the Water Supply Tunnel...

The Albion Bolton Historical Society along with Heritage Caledon will once again participate in Bolton's Midnight Madness on August 11th between 6 and 11 PM. Queen Street will be closed to traffic between King and Mill Streets. Heritage Caledon will have their tent set up to display posters of local Bolton and Albion photographs. ABHS...

Join us for the public opening of Freeman Station! After years of careful restoration and dedicated work by our volunteers, we are thrilled to invite you to explore this historic train station, which has been an essential part of Burlington's landscape since 1906. ‍During your visit, you can expect to: -- Take a tour of...

Good news from Wesleyville Heritage Village! We’re now working with the United Church of Canada on a lease with the Friends of Wesleyville Village for community use of the Church for at least another 50 years. When approved this new lease would secure community investment in the restoration and upgrade of the Church building required...

Make a small traditional Woodland style dot painting. Drumming With Community to follow rain or shine! Call the Mattawa Museum (705-744-5495) to reserve your free kits. Donations accepted to the Mattawa Museum. The workshop will be held under the canopy tent beside the Museum - Explorers Point, 285 First Street.

Join us for “Beyond HFR: Advancing Passenger Rail Across Canada”, an online lecture on August 17! An acronym for High Frequency Rail, HFR is one of Canada’s biggest projects yet. The goal is simple, to connect different parts of Canada by rail at faster speeds than we’ve never seen before. Join Terry Johnson, Vice President...

Presented by Rochelle Bush Lectures are $10 for the general public or free for members of the Niagara Historical Society. Call to reserve your spot as seating is limited.

Au 18e siècle, les rivières se déversant dans le lac Ontario faisaient partie d’un réseau de captage et de contrôle des fourrures amérindiennes. Elles étaient des lieux de traite et de troc. Les Français commerçaient en bordure du Portage de Toronto, parallèle à la rivière Humber, ils y construisent des « magasins royaux » pour...

Explore the Town of York on foot with our Museum Coordinator! Imagine a Toronto where the tallest building is only three stories high, where Lake Ontario reaches Front Street, where the wagon wheels grind through the muddy roads, the air smells of smoke and animal, and the surrounding lands is farms, fields, and forests. This...

Explore the Town of York on foot with our Museum Coordinator! Imagine a Toronto where the tallest building is only three stories high, where Lake Ontario reaches Front Street, where the wagon wheels grind through the muddy roads, the air smells of smoke and animal, and the surrounding lands is farms, fields, and forests. This...

Primrose Hill Manor, locally know as the Doctor's House, is open for guided tours. This 1880's heritage landmark property is one of the most significant heritage properties in all of Kawartha Lakes. Come explore the attic, the basement and everything in between. Just 90 minutes north east of Toronto. The tour is $20 per person and...

Hand sew a doll, stuff it and sew on the hair. Learn the teachings of the doll. We'll make matching ribbon skirts at a later date. Call the Mattawa Museum (705-744-5495) to reserve your free kits. Donations accepted to the Mattawa Museum. The workshop will be held under the canopy tent beside the Museum -...

The Science North Bluecoats are bringing Natural Curiosities to the Mattawa Museum on Wednesday, August 23rd from 10 am until 4 pm. Exhibit will be outside under the tent. Admission is free.

Primrose Hill Manor, locally know as the Doctor's House, is open for guided tours. This 1880's heritage landmark property is one of the most significant heritage properties in all of Kawartha Lakes. Come explore the attic, the basement and everything in between. Just 90 minutes north east of Toronto. The tour is $20 per person and...

Hand sew a doll, stuff it and sew on the hair. Learn the teachings of the doll. We'll make matching ribbon skirts at a later date. Call the Mattawa Museum (705-744-5495) to reserve your free kits. Donations accepted to the Mattawa Museum. The workshop will be held under the canopy tent beside the Museum -...

University of Michigan researcher, Dr. John O'Shea, will be making a presentation on his discovery of Indigenous hunting structures on the Amberley-Alpena Land Bridge that, after the last Ice Age, was exposed at the bottom of what would eventually become Lake Huron. Presentation length of approx. 1 hour. Registration not required.

Celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the Town of York founding! Join us at Toronto's First Post Office to celebrate the 230th anniversary of the establishment of the Town of York! Try your hand writing with a quill and catch up with our staff to learn about the founding of the Town that would eventually become...

Join us for a program in the galleries once a month when we discuss the life and times of a famous or infamous person or event from the past. Free admission. No reservations required.  

Don’t miss your opportunity to register for the Buxton History and Genealogy Conference. This year’s conference, part of the 100th anniversary Buxton Homecoming celebration, will take place on Friday, September 1st, 9:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. at the Buxton National Historic Site. Registration fee of $40 includes hot lunch. PROGRAM: --Morning Coffee and registration available from 9:00....

Primrose Hill Manor, locally know as the Doctor's House, is open for guided tours. This 1880's heritage landmark property is one of the most significant heritage properties in all of Kawartha Lakes. Come explore the attic, the basement and everything in between. Just 90 minutes north east of Toronto. The tour is $20 per person and...