Résultats

      Created as part of Black History month programming

      Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …

      A virtual exhibit to portray the increasing popularity of service clubs such as the Kiwanis and the Rotary Club and recreational facilities since the mid twentieth century has coincided with a decline in the overall popularity of fraternal societies. Fraternal societies draw members at a slower rate than in previous …

     

      Mires Clark 1814-1888, (son of Myers Clark & Rachel Crane) married Ann Burton 1816-1890 in Stratton Strawless Co., Norfolk, England in 1835. They came to Upper Canada in 1837 and died in Tapleytown, Wentworth Co., Ontario. Mires was the brother of the Elizabeth Clark who married John Norton in 1837. …

      {Poor - Map is dilapidated.) A map from April 1852 showing the "Macadamized Road" from Westport to Farmersville, Ontario. This map shows the west half of the Westport to Farmersville Macadamized Road, from Westport to Phillipsville only.

 Unknown, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 1858     The Grand Trunk Hotel was located on the south side of the Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National Railway), east of the Victoria Street Crossing. It was built about 1856 and was destroyed by fire on 3 August 1896. The proprietor in 1858 was Thomas Lloyd.

      This spade had been given to the Ontario Archives via Edwin C. Guillet by Alexander Black of Toronto to whom it came from the Mackechnies. It was later transferred to Trent University, Peterborough

      The Cobourg & Peterborough railroad opened with great fanfare in 1854 and was plagued with problems ever after particularily with this bridge over Rice Lake. In 1861 the bridge completely collapsed during the winter. At the same time Port Hope completed a line to Peterborough skirting around the lake and …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the northern Esquesing region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the Canadian Collegiate Institute, the residence of James Barber Esquire, and Credit Paper Mills. …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the Nelson region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the Bronte Steam Mills, Wellington Square Steam Mills, and the Residence of John Triller Esq. …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the southern Trafalgar township region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the residence of Robert. K. Chisholm Esq., the Canadian Hotel, and Oakville Steam …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the Trafalgar township region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the residence of George K. Chisholm Esq., Chisholm Brothers’ Grist Mill, and the residence …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the Nelson township region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including H.P. Zimmerman’s Crist & Flouring Mills, the residence of K.H. Munn Esquire, and Bronte …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the Nassagaweya region as of 1858. It is one of four maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the Halton County Courthouse, Nassagaweya Mills, the residence of P.W. Dayfoot Esq., and Pine and …

      This map lays out the land division and ownership of the Esquesing region as of 1858. It is one of eight maps of the Halton townships. It also includes depictions of important local buildings including the Credit Paper Mills, Gage Hacaman & Company, and the Residence of William Pickard Esq. …

      William Dow was born in Banffshire, Scotland on February 11, 1777. In August 1832 he brought his wife and 11 children to Quebec, Canada and spent the winter at Stanstead in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The family came to Whitby Township on March 8, 1833 via New York State, …

      Henry Warren Annes, the eldest son of Ezra Annes, was born at Whitby in 1824 and lived at the south west corner of Dundas Street and Frances Street. He served on the Town Council of Whitby in 1882-1883 and in 1885. He died at Whitby on January 15, 1886, and …

      Henry Warren Annes (1824-1886), the eldest son of Ezra Annes, was born at Whitby in 1824 and lived at the south west corner of Dundas Street and Frances Street. He married Charlotte Frances Howard at Whitby on January 26, 1859. This photograph may have been taken at that time. He …

      George Wallace was a brother of Whitby merchant and entrepreneur, James Wallace. He was born in Scotland in 1831 and is first recorded in Whitby in 1851 as a general merchant in partnership with Thomas Wallace. He lived in a brick cottage on Byron Street south built about 1853 and …