Speaker: Bill Aird, Board Member of the North York Historical Society The land area that is currently known as North York was home to Aboriginal peoples for millennia before the coming of settler populations from Europe. In the first part, we discuss the process which lead to the exclusion of the aboriginal people from this...
Speaker: Ray Peacock Ray Peacock will talk of the historical background leading to the building and launch of the ship near what is now Kingston in 1780, her involvement in the defence of the border, and her subsequent loss and discovery in Lake Ontario. His slides include stills of the sunken ship when she was found and...
The North York Historical Society’s Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday December 8, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting, online or by phone, using Zoom. The speaker for this AGM will be Rob Leverty, Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society, presenting “Coming Full Circle: Lessons Learned from the History...
Herb Carnegie – an exceptional man and a community builder in the history of North York. His skills as a hockey player never got him to the NHL because of racist policies against Blacks. After a successful career in the industrial leagues, he went on to set up a hockey school, have a successful career...
The NYHS is pleased to welcome Brian Weller on March 16, 2022 at 7 pm who will be presenting the Thompson Pioneer Family, beginning with the arrival of William John from Inverness, Scotland in 1830….and what effect the Family had on Willowdale! Grandson of Wesley Thompson who was willed the Thompson Family Farm in 1948,...
