Tune in as Natalie Bull, executive director of the National Trust for Canada, launches Canada Historic Places day with an exclusive tour of King’s Landing.
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“Building” History explores history on the streets of the Blue Mountains, ON through local buildings.Discover something new or help the Craigleith Heritage Depot add to our knowledge of the area.Do you know your building’s history?Thursdays at 11:00 am on our Facebook page (@CraigleithDepot).Help our Museum “build” Blue Mountains history!
During the months of May to October the Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site offers a self-directed driving tour starting at the museum’s driveway entrance. 2020 we are offering this tour, free of charge. Download the Oil Heritage District Driving Tour map, print it out at home and head to Oil Springs. Keep an eye out […]
Join us as we celebrate the beginnings of opening back up Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks! Self-guided and Guided tours are now available starting Friday July 11th, and occuring every Friday for July and August. We are currently accepting tour bookings by appointment only at this time, so please pre book your time […]
Historic Places Day Open House We are so excited to open on Saturday July 4th 10am – 4:00pm for our ALL NEW Self Guided Tours. All public Health protocols are in place and we hope you will join us. After an extensive restoration the Fitzgerald Rig, the largest of its kind in the World is once […]
As Vancouver’s new National Historic Site, take the journey back. in time to pre-war Powell Street, home of over 8000 Japanese Canadians and 400 businesses. Learn about the extraordinary story of the our organization and how we are one of the only properties returned to any Japanese Canadian after the WWII Internment. We will […]
Historic Places Day Event – 4 Jul 2020 YouTube Premiere at 11am Part I https://youtu.be/E6xG77aKnpw Whether you are a resident of London, ON, or leave in another province (or anywhere across the world), you may have heard of the military base in our city. But did you know that the building identified as “A” Block […]
Explore Toronto’s railway past! “Mechanical Marvels” will explore how railway technology was developed and how trains in Toronto changed the physical landscape of the city. Mechanical Marvels will transport visitors to the largest ever passenger car yard in Canada, and paint a picture of Toronto’s industrial boom. Mechanical Marvels is an approximately 30-minute, […]
Uncover stories of the railways’ impact in Toronto “Tales of the Rails” will uncover how Toronto’s railways shaped the social landscape of the city since their introduction in the early 1800s. How were Toronto’s oldest communities impacted by the development of the railways? Join us to find out! Tales of the Rails is […]
We are happy to announce that we are reopening on July 4th – and with a new exhibit! #SpringsAndScavengers brings you up close (but not too close) to the story of water and waste management in early Victoria. ..Through images, stories, and artifacts—including a spectacular collection of chamber pots— the exhibit weaves a story of […]