This video introduces Fairfield House, built in 1793, west of Kingston, Ontario, and the Fairfield Homestead Heritage Association which promotes the preservation of the building with its rare evidence of building techniques and interior detailing from the Loyalist era. https://youtu.be/5GJxoCqxbx8

Join us as Natalie Bull, Executive Director of the National Trust for Canada, tours the Van Horne Estate on Ministers Island. Discover the restoration and conservation of the iconic Van Horne livestock barn, as well as Sir William Van Horne’s vast house and bathhouse/artist’s hideaway. Ministers Island is one of the foremost cultural and heritage […]

Each day for the rest of the month, we’ll “call out” an activity on our Facebook page (@HistoricDunvegan). Follow the instructions on how to provide proof you completed the activity and for every 4 activity squares you complete, you’ll be entered into a prize draw.

Presenting virtually for the first time, the TVM Art Gallery’s Annual Summer Art Show and Sale! Featuring a dozen local, Northern Ontario artists overlooking the North Channel. View online anytime: https://tvmshop.square.site/ View in-person beginning July 19th.

Visit https://westfieldheritage.ca/ to gain access to Westfield like never before from the comfort of your own home. This is just the beginning. Westfield is launching their very own 360 virtual tour. Our first tour explores three homes from 3 different time periods. What is it like to live in a log home in the early […]

Western Elgin County, Southwestern Ontario, Canada history. Produced by Tyrconnell Heritage Society, operators of Backus-Page House Museum. Host – Angela Bobier, Cultural Manager Music – Jack Witmer Podcasting equipment funded by the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the land we are on today as the traditional territory of Indigenous People. As settlers at a settler […]

Launched last September, Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County celebrates the trailblazing stories of local women. They are activists, artists, caregivers, health care workers, mothers, politicians, scientists, and writers, as well as women-led organizations. Our exhibition will close before the museum reopens, but the conversation, like the work of all trailblazers, continues.  At noon on […]

The Brown Homestead is a place for everyone. Facing the Short Hills Provincial Park across the street and with Henry of Pelham’s vineyards behind, the site is the perfect pastoral setting for public refreshment. We have recently completed a multi-year community outreach and research campaign to discover the next chapter in the life of this […]

  We are going to be showing one of our pre-recorded videos touching upon First Nations & Settler history. Specifically, we are showing Aabamnigaan: Looking Forward which is the story of Nogojiwanong, now known as Peterborough County, from the 1800s and into the present. This storied tour explores both Indigenous and settler local history, a history […]

Please join us for this half hour traditional Scottish Afternoon Tea to discover customs, traditions and etiquette of the late 1800s.   Pre-registration is required.  Visit https://www.ruthvenpark.ca/events