Ontario Re-Visited ~ Catching the Experience! History in Motion ~ Back in Time Tour One! Lang Pioneer Village Museum Established in 1967 by the County of Peterborough to commemorate the centennial of Canada’s Confederation, Lang Pioneer Village Museum seeks to preserve the history of the area.
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Controversy ~ Historians, Artifacts and Accuracy Mr. Will Baird, former manager of Fort Henry National Historic Site, talked to me today about one of my favorite topics … authenticity, accuracy and the controversy that may occur between true historians and re-enactors, re-enactments. Mr. Baird gave me a very
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site A historic waterway The Sault Ste. Marie Canal was constructed between 1889 and 1895 to bypass the turbulent rapids of the St. Marys River and to provide the last link in Canada’s Great Lakes St. Lawrence shipping
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Hot Stuff? (Clothing) “But wool was used for hundreds of years, if not thousands, because it was one of the most widely available, inexpensive, and versatile fabrics available to humanity until the last 40 years or so. Depending on the weave and thickness, wool
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ History Does Matter! From Part of an Interview with the Former Minister of Canadian Heritage by Judi “Scoop” McWilliams Ontario Visited/War of 1812 Celebrations had the pleasure of interviewing a number of Historians, re-enactors, Politicians, organizers and leaders about Canadian History. As a prelude
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Algonquin Provincial Park Algonquin Provincial Park has been part of my life for a very long time. First as a child, when my parents took me and my brother and sisters and later, as an adult taking my own children there. Fall in the
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ History’s a Play! For several year’s, we visited Prescott and the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival. The plays we like most are the ones especially written about the War of 1812, our “history in a play”!
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Lang Pioneer Village Museum Lang Pioneer Village Museum (Keene, Ontario) Judi and I have been visiting, enjoying and volunteering at this wonderful “Living Village Museum” since 2007. It is a great Ontario attraction for the whole family to visit.
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Re-enactor Gear GRANDAD’S HISTORY OF CANADIAN RE-ENACTING NOTE: This is an excerpt from a wonderful article written by Gavin K. Watt. The whole article can be found at http://royalyorkers.ca/history_of_reenacting.php. If you are interested in re-enacting, this is a great article to read.
Read more →Ontario Re-Visited ~ Life as a Pioneer Pioneer life revolved around providing the basic necessities of existence in a northern wilderness — food, shelter, fuel and clothing. Pioneering life was integral to family life and provided social stability for the settlement of a larger population across the
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