Government House SK is proud to be part of Historic Places Days. This year’s theme is Makers from Coast to Coast to Coast: Honouring Arts, Crafts and Storytelling . In celebration of #HistoricPlacesDays, join us Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 from 1 – 4 p.m. and experience what was once domestic chores of the Victorian […]
Lachine Canal | National Historic Site of Canada, 1929
Montréal, Québec
Lachine Canal | National Historic Site of Canada, 1929
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Dominion Square Building
Montréal, Québec
A landmark historical building facing Dominion Square Park, HO of Montreal Gazette.
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Connaught Park • Pierre Elliot Trudeau Rose Garden, Town of Mont-Royal
Mount Royal, Quebec
Connaught Park • Pierre Elliot Trudeau Rose Garden, Town of Mont-Royal, ‘Garden City’.
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Bibliothèque Île-des-Moulins, c. 1846 | Vieux Terrebonne, Qc
Terrebonne, Québec
Bibliothèque Île-des-Moulins | Vieux Terrebonne, classified historic in 1973.
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Enjoy FREE admission to the Bytown Museum with the purchase of an ice cream!
Fort Macleod Provincial Historic Area
Fort Macleod, Alberta
Visit Fort Macleod’s Provincial Historic Area and experience where the west began.
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Make a square for the Bytown Museum’s paper quilt! Decorate a small cardboard square to show off your favourite thing, the place you call home, or a cool pattern. Then join the museum’s mosaic of squares in our giant paper quilt!
You are invited to celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and traditions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples at the Bytown Museum Pop-up market featuring local Indigenous vendors and makers Touch tables with traditional sacred medicines and Métis sashes Learn about the 3 Sisters with family-friendly crafts Dance performances by the Lyons Sisters and more!
Health care and nursing, both formal and informal, have a long and colourful past in Bytown (later Ottawa). Individuals and organizations affected and saved countless lives. Wives of canal workers nursed their injured husbands. Early doctors cared for patients, including an ailing Lieutenant-Colonel John By. Nuns risked deadly diseases to assist new immigrants. Trained nurses […]