Résultats

      Torontonians have a long and happy tradition of heading north to cottage country during the long, hot days of summer. This virtual exhibit explores cottage-related items from our Special Collections.

      In October 2007, the University Map Library launched an archival air photo scanning project, where approximately 1500 historical air photos for the years 1930 and 1945-47 of Kitchener-Waterloo and surrounding areas were scanned and saved electronically. These images have been digitized and are available for public viewing and downloading from …

      The exhibit is a thematic exploration of the life and work of a distinguished Canadian geologist and glaciologist. The early part of Dr. Coleman’s career was spent prospecting, mapping and charting ore deposits in Ontario on behalf of the Ontario Bureau of Mines, (notably in the Sudbury nickel region); for …

      (Kahshe-she-bog-a-mog ) flows into Sparrow Lake from Kahshe Lake to the North East. Navigable by canoe it is a picturesque creek to explore.

      Boats often seen on Sparrow Lake

      Thomas Nichols, (who came from Scotland) married Susannah Bagley and moved into a log house, which had been occupied on the farm beside St. Luke's Cemetery, Hamlet.

      Pioneers on the Lake

      Overview of the history of the Swift Rapids Dam.

      Perhaps as many as 50 000 or more individuals were Loyalists - estimates range from 30,000 to over 100,000.

      We are pleased to present a collection of historic postcards documenting aspects of our community through the years. This material has been graciously made available to us by Robin McKee

      We are pleased to present a collection of historic postcards documenting aspects of our community through the years. This material has been graciously made available to us by Robin McKee.

      Historical Photographs from the Thorold & Beaverdams Historical Society's collection.

      An historical promenade along an ever-changing Dundas Street in the Junction

      Collection of correspondence of Alfred Tennyson DeLury.

      History, water colours and diaries of Harriet Pengelley.

      The Winnett Boyd Papers consist of correspondence, drawings, research notes and patent applications of Winnett Boyd, aero-engine designer and nuclear power engineer.

      Photographs and text about he beginnings of Trent University.

      Photographs 1840-1920, examples from the Trent University Archives.

      Trent University Archives holds a wonderful fonds known as the Geale-Rogers Papers that includes over 1000 photographs in these papers, many of them taken by Rogers during the course of his work on various sections of the Trent Canal.

      The Jacobite era spanned a number of important political, religious, and socio-economic events in Scottish history: the establishment of Presbyterianism as the national church (1688-89) again; the ill-fated Darien Colony scheme in 1695; and the Act of Union (1707) with England that provided economic stability and eventual toleration of episcopacy.