Tour Leaders: Patrick Okens and Lance Gleich Topic: “Could the Humber River Have Become Brûlé Lake?” Time: 1:30 pm Please mark your calendars for the FREE annual walking tour of the Swansea Historical Society, scheduled between 1:30 and 3:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, June the 8th, 2024. In 1929, a coalition of amateur sports leaders called for the creation...

As in past years, this FREE guided walking tour will retrace a portion of Simcoe's 1793 expedition up the Toronto Carrying Place portage route. As in past years, Part 1 of the tour will start at 9:30 am at the Rousseau plaque (8 South Kingsway, beside the Petro Canada station), heading north, mainly along Riverside...

Please mark your calendars for the next meeting of the Swansea Historical Society, scheduled for 7:30 pm, Wednesday evening, November the 6th, 2024.  We hope you can join us, either in-person or on-line. Our speaker for November will be Ken Stark, discussing both the natural and human history surrounding the Grenadier Pond. The presentation will cover the...

SPEAKER: Hilary Dawson – “Finding 19th-Century Black History in Toronto”. February is Black History Month, and we have invited Hilary to share her interesting and little-known stories concerning the contributions of Toronto's Black community in the 1800s. Hilary spoke to the Swansea Historical Society on a related topic more than 20 years ago, and we...

We hope to see you at our April 2, 2025, meeting where our speaker will be Jim Adams, presenting "Digging Deep into the History of Runnymede -- the 'In-between Neighbourhood' ". Jim Adams is a local historian and author who has been researching the history of one of West Toronto's smallest neighbourhoods -- Swansea's neighbour...