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A message from The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman Inside U ncle Tom’s Cabin, Page 2 The Pangnirtung Whaling Station is one of the featured sites during Since becoming Chairman of the Heritage Foundation in 2004, I have Arctic Adventures 2005 Adventure Canada’s 2005 Arctic trips. developed an increased awareness of our province’s unique past and our shared heritage. I now look at buildings differently. I notice more commemora - tive plaques as I tour the province. And I marvel at the indelible beauty of our landscapes. This is our heritage – a precious inheritance that must be pre - served and protected. This commitment, however, must be strengthened. Every day, we hear from concerned citizens – friends and neighbours – who want to know how we can help them preserve heritage in their own communities. Statistics show that 23 per cent of historic buildings across Canada were demolished between 1970 and 2000. This figure is staggering. We are certainly encouraged by the commitment of community groups across Ontario in lending their support to heritage preserva - tion. But, at the critical decision-making level, not all the tools of preservation are being used. And although heritage awareness increases each year – Doors Open Ontario, as one example, showcases Heritage Explore the Canadian Arctic and its unique heritage sites. Call 416-325-5000 today to order your Arctic Adventures hundreds of heritage sites across the province – we must remain vigilant. Matters 2005 brochure, or visit www.adventurecanada.com for more details. We need to find better ways to convey our message to more people and to sing the praises of those Heritage Matters is published in English and French and has a combined who work tirelessly to preserve their own communities. That is why we have decided to change this circulation of 10,500. Some of the fascinating heritage sites participating on these tours include: news forum. Heritage Matters debuted in 1994 as a newsletter that provided readers with information Advertising rates: on the Foundation’s events and programs. Certainly, this new magazine will continue to update you Business card $100 • Pannirtuluq (Pangnirtung): the Whaling Station features an interpretive display of cultural and industrial history on the Foundation’s activities, but it will also provide you with timely heritage-related stories, engage 1/4 page $225 1/2 page $500 • Beechey Island: the graves of explorer Sir John Franklin’s men, buried in 1845 communities in more meaningful ways and reach a new audience. Full page $900 • Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet): the Nattinnak Centre, poised on a cliff overlooking the inlet, is home to an Prices do not include GST extraordinary collection of oral histories, vintage photographs and an impressive wildlife and cultural diorama I know that you and your family will enjoy this new magazine. For information contact: Ontario Heritage Foundation These sites – and others – open their doors in 2005 to highlight the extraordinary natural, cultural and artistic 10 Adelaide Street East, Suite 302 , Ontario traditions of the Canadian Arctic. 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The Ontario Heritage Foundation is not responsible for errors, Gifts of nature – Donations preserve our natural heritage ...... 10 omissions or misrepresentations contained in WHAT’S ON any advertisement or insert. . . . the shelf . . . the silver screen . . . the web ...... 12 Publication Agreement Number 1738690 E&OE ISSN 1198-2454 GUEST COLUMNIST 02/05 The and the heritage of faith ...... 13 Inside Uncle Tom ’s Cabin By Wayne Kelly At a bend in the Sydenham River near the town of Dresden stands Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site. The museum – built on the site of the Black settlement that Rev. Josiah Henson founded in 1841 – preserves the settlement where Henson and his wife Nancy lived. Today, thousands of people make pilgrimages to Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site to discover more about our past.

Anti- Slavery Society who ministered to Black He preached in the Dawn Settlement’s com - . Wilson introduced Henson to one munity church and served on the executive of his friends, James Canning Fuller, a Quaker committee of the Institute. from New York. With financial assistance The Dawn Settlement developed admin - from Wilson and a silent partner (probably istrative problems and in 1849 the British and Fuller), Henson purchased 200 acres Foreign Anti-Slavery Society took over its in Dawn Township to build a self-sufficient management. After the school closed in 1868, community for fugitives from slavery. the Dawn Settlement began to fade. Most res - The Dawn Settlement, as it was called, idents either returned to the United States centred on the British-American Institute – an where slavery had finally been abolished or all-ages manual school that trained teachers moved to other communities in Ontario. and provided a general education. The school Josiah and Nancy Henson, however, contin - opened in 1842 “to cultivate the entire being, ued to live in Dawn for the rest of their lives. and elicit the Throughout fairest and fullest his life, Henson In February 2005, an agreement was reached with the St. possible devel - was an impor - Clair Parks Commission and the Government of Ontario opment of the tant leader for to transfer ownership and operation of Uncle Tomʼs physical, intellec - Canada’s grow - © 2005 Ontario Tourism Cabin Historic Site to the Ontario Heritage Foundation. tual and moral ing Black com - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site takes its congregations. Betrayed by his master, importation of slaves to the province. This powers,” and to provide Black Canadians with munity. He led a Black militia unit during the name from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s success - Henson was taken to New Orleans to be sold. meant that refugees from slavery were free as the skills they needed to prosper and to dis - Rebellion of 1837, advocated in support of lit - ful 1852 anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Henson escaped slavery by fleeing north - soon as they set foot in Ontario. By 1830, prove the racist beliefs of proponents of slavery eracy and education for Blacks, toured parts Cabin, featuring a character named Tom wards with his wife and four children using when Henson arrived, the Black community in who argued that Blacks were incapable of inde - of the United States and Britain to raise funds (loosely based on Josiah Henson). Henson’s the Underground Railroad, eventually cross - consisted of Black Loyalists pendent living. to support his activities and helped Black own story is told in his autobiography, first ing the Niagara River into Upper Canada (now who had fought for the British during the The Dawn Settlement grew to include Canadians to join the Union Army to fight y published in 1849. Ontario) on October 28, 1830. American Revolution, African American mills and a brickyard. Settlers cleared their against slavery during the American Civil War. r Josiah Henson was born into slavery on Upper Canada had become a haven for refugees from the , and others. land and grew crops – mainly wheat, corn and Today, plaques from the Ontario Heritage o

t June 15, 1789 near Port Tobacco in Charles Black refugees from the United States after Henson started his life in Canada work - tobacco – and exported locally grown black Foundation and the Historic Sites and

s County, Maryland. As a slave, Henson experi - 1793 when Lieutenant-Governor John Graves ing as a farm labourer and a lay preacher in walnut lumber to Britain and the United Monuments Board of Canada commemo rate

enced horrifying conditions. He was separat - Simcoe passed an “An Act to prevent the fur - the Waterloo area. In 1834, he moved to States. At its peak, about 500 people lived at the remarkable contributions of this man. e

r ed from his parents, sold twice and maimed ther introduction of Slaves, and to limit the Colchester with 12 friends and established a the Dawn Settlement. Henson purchased 200

u for life after being beaten. In 1829, Henson Term of Contracts for Servitude within this Black settlement on land rented from the gov - acres of land adjacent to the community, Wayne Kelly is the Plaque Program t arranged to purchase his freedom with Province." Although the legislation didn’t free ernment. There, in 1836, Henson met Hiram where his family lived (100 of which he sold Coordinator and historian for the Ontario a money he earned by preaching to Methodist slaves living in Canada, it prohibited the Wilson, a missionary from the American back to the Settlement at a discounted price). Heritage Foundation. e f 2 3 A provincial plaque marking the 50th anniver - river just south of and killed sary of Hurricane Hazel was unveiled by the 32 residents in one hour. In areas where flood - Ontario Heritage Foundation and The Humber plains had been drained and developed for Heritage Committee on October 16, 2004. The housing, the damage to homes was extensive. plaque, located in King’s Mill Park in Many lessons, however, were learned from what ’s happening at the Etobicoke, is part of the Foundation’s Hurricane Hazel. The Province of Ontario estab - New Foundation Board members. From left: Jean Piché, Paule Doucet, Provincial Plaque Program that commemo - lished a flood forecasting and warning system, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Jean Kettles, Helen MacLeod and rates significant people, Sandy Smallwood. Dr. Doucet’s appointment was featured in a previous foundation ... places and events in issue of Heritage Matters. Not shown: Carol Beckmann. Ontario’s history. Since hurricane hazel The Foundation’s Chairman, The Honourable 1953, more than 1,160 of these distinctive blue and Lincoln M. Alexander, is pleased to announce the appointment of the following new mem - gold plaques have been 50 years later olmsted gardens celebrated . . . bers to the Board of Directors: unveiled. There was little warning about Hurricane managed by representatives from all three levels Carol Beckmann, Niagara-on-the-Lake As reported in our last issue of Heritage Matters, Donors included: The W. Garfield Weston Hazel – one of the worst storms in Canada’s his - of government. Flood control facilities were Ms. Beckman is a lawyer who has spent many restoration of the magnificent Olmsted gardens Foundation, The Donner Canadian Foundation, tory. At the time, few Canadians paid attention to studied, upgraded or constructed. Dams, three years in the public policy and communications at the Foundation’s Fulford Place in Brockville is The Dalglish Family Foundation, The Carolyn tropical storms. But when Hurricane Hazel lakes and several reservoirs were also built to field. She is Vice-President of the School of now complete. Fulford Place, a 20,000-square- Sifton Foundation, The Chawkers Foundation Restoration Arts at Willowbank, a nationally struck southern Ontario at rush hour on October control water levels and foot Edwardian mansion on the shores of the and Sheila M. Croft. designated historic site. Ms. Beckmann is also 15, 1954, that complacency disappeared. monitor the flow of rivers on the Executive Committee of the Niagara St. Lawrence River, was built between 1899- Special thanks were extended to the Friends Buffeted by winds of up to 110 km/h, over and streams. As a result of Historical Society and Museum and a member 1901 and features gardens designed by the of Fulford Place whose generosity and dedication 200 mm of rain fell within 24 hours, causing Hurricane Hazel, homes on of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Conservancy. Olmsted Brothers of Massachusetts. On to the site over the years have made it a vibrant rivers to overflow and flood communities across low-lying lands were cleared. September 17, 2004, the Foundation honoured and exciting part of Eastern Ontario’s cultural southern Ontario. The storm killed 81 people and Greenbelts were established Jean Kettles, Bruce Mines the project’s many donors by hosting a garden community. Ms. Kettles was a council member of the Town left thousands homeless. Property damage – in watershed areas as part of party to officially celebrate the completion of the The restoration project took two planting of Bruce Mines from 1984 to 1994, and Mayor with homes and bridges washed out – was esti - a broad system of Toronto from 1997 to 2003. She is a charter member of restoration project. seasons to complete. But before the actual mated at over $180 million. But the legacy of this and area parks. Conservation the Copper Town Committee. Ms. Kettles was Guests at the garden party were welcomed restoration began, historic research into the catastrophe was the development of a sophisti - authorities throughout south - named Citizen of the Year in 1996 by the Bruce by: Fredrik S. Eaton, Vice-Chairman of the Olmsteds and a review of the archival records of cated province-wide weather warning system, ern Ontario were either Mines Chamber of Commerce. Foundation; Foundation Board members Alix the Fulford gardens were conducted. measures to conserve watersheds of major formed or given greater sup - The restoration of a land - Helen MacLeod, L’Orignal rivers and a flood warning and control system. port to manage these parks scape is fundamentally dif - Ms. MacLeod is a municipal councillor “Hurricane Hazel devastated Toronto, and in areas prone to flooding. for the Township of Champlain. In 2001, she ferent from that of a build - s left our city reeling,” said Toronto Mayor David “Certainly the forces of was a member of the committee that worked to ing. A completed garden is e Miller. In its wake, the storm had dumped 181.6 nature continue to display preserve and protect St. Andrew’s United truly just the beginning, for it i Church in L’Orignal. The committee received

r billion litres of rain on the city. Rivers swelled, their awesome powers,” said continues to grow and flooding railway lines and highways. Many The Honourable Lincoln M. one of the Foundation’s Heritage Community change. The full effect o Recognition Program certificates for their t guests at the plaque unveiling in October 2004 Alexander, Chairman of the intended by the Olmsteds – efforts. s recalled seeing refrigerators and bodies floating Ontario Heritage Foundation, or by any garden designer of f

o s downriver as they viewed the devastation from “but Hurricane Hazel forever Jean Piché, Hearst any era – only becomes evi - ’

bridges left unscathed. changed the way we prepare M. Piché is a financial planning consultant with dent as time passes. Garden u o i “The extent of the flood waters and the peo - ourselves for such events.” a strong interest in natural heritage and the conservancy reminds us n

r environment. ple who perished touched the lives of almost that heritage preservation d a everyone in the Toronto area,” said Madeleine Arnett, Tamara L. Rebanks and Alan Sullivan; and can be a living and growing – even blooming – a t Sandy Smallwood, Rockcliffe Park McDowell, Chair of the Humber Heritage Richard Moorhouse, Foundation Executive activity. t n In 1996, Sandy Smallwood received one of the i

Committee, “but most particularly in its largest Photo: Madeleine McDowell Foundation’s Heritage Community Recognition Director. Members of the Friends of Fulford Fulford Place is owned and operated by the o o

watershed, the Humber, where the greatest loss Program certificates for his work in restoring Place, donors to the restoration project, Foundation and remains a popular venue for n g

was felt.” historic buildings in the Ottawa area. He is a Brockville Mayor Ben Te Kamp and representa - tours and special events. For more information, n n The damage from the storm in this area director of Historic Ottawa Development Inc. tives of the local heritage community were treated contact Fulford Place at 613-498-3003 or visit i and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and a e l was catastrophic. Floodwaters swept away 14 to a traditional afternoon tea on the verandas www.heritagefdn.on.ca. member of the Rockcliffe Park LACAC. w l homes on Raymore Drive on the west side of the overlooking the gardens. e s t 4 5 it’s plaque season!

The 50th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel commemorated. From left: The Hon ourable Each year, the Foundation unveils blue and gold provincial plaques around the Jean Augustine, MP, Etobicoke-Lakeshore; Jennifer Mossop, Parliamentary Assistant to province. These plaques make Ontario’s history come alive by telling stories Ontario Minister of Culture Madeleine of the people, places and events that helped shape our province. In 2004, we Meilleur and MPP for Stoney Creek; The commemorated a devastating hurricane that killed over 80 people and left a Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman, path of destruction in its wake, and a seasonal parade that continues to Ontario Heritage Founda tion; David Miller, delight generations of children. The Provincial Plaque Program remains the Mayor, City of Toronto; Madeleine McDowell, Foundation’s oldest and perhaps best-known activity. Here are some of the Humber Heritage Commit tee; and William Stewart, Fire Chief, City of Toronto. plaques unveiled recently.

Hurricane Hazel Unveiled: October 16, 2004 The Santa Claus Parade Reid Mill Location: In King’s Mill Park on the Unveiled: November 19, 2004 Unveiled: August 24, 2004 , Toronto Fur Trading at Saugeen Location: At the corner of Location: At 27 Reid Drive, Mississauga Hurricane Hazel hit southern Ontario on Unveiled: August 21, 2004 West and James Street, This flour mill was built on the Credit River October 15, 1954 flooding rivers in much Location: In Pioneer Park, along the Toronto southeast of the village of Streetsville in of southern Ontario. The storm killed 81 south bank of the Saugeen In 1905, Timothy Eaton’s department store the mid-1830s by John Beaty. The original people, left 1,868 families homeless, and River, Southampton o t began the tradition of the Santa Claus mill, hidden inside the milling complex, caused extensive property damage. The Hudson’s Bay Company established n o r o

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e Location: At the Fairmont Royal York, Road, Windermere emerged a series of enduring institutions, The history of fur trading at Saugeen honoured with provincial plaque. From left: Dr. David n 100 West, Toronto Originally an agricultural settlement, by including roads and bridges, a judiciary Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1870s people had begun visiting and jail, grammar (or high) schools, a McNab; James McLay, President, Saguingue n Reid Mill plaque unveiling. From left: Frank Métis Council; Paul Steckle, MP, Huron-Bruce; 1928-1929, the Royal York Hotel was part Windermere for restorative wilderness House of Industry and Refuge, agricultural o Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Toronto’s Reid, grandson of Reid Mill founder; Ken Silk, Tony Belcourt, President, Métis Nation of Ontario; i of its coast-to-coast chain of grand hotels. holidays. The Windermere House resort societies and local markets. On January 1, Santa Claus Parade. From left: Santa Claus, the General Manager of Kraft Mississauga Mill; and Fredrik S. Eaton, Board member, Ontario Heritage t The skyscraper hotel was the largest hotel developed in the 1880s, serving as the children of St. Michael Catholic School Choir and Kiloran S. German, Board member for the Ontario 1973 the Waterloo County area became Foundation; and Mark Kramer, Mayor, Town of a in the British Commonwealth and dramat - focal point for Windermere’s evolution The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman Heritage Foundation. the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Saugeen Shores. d ically altered the Toronto skyline. into a well-loved vacation destination. of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. n For more information – including full text – about these and other plaques, visit the Foundation’s website u (www.heritagefdn.on.ca) and consult the Online Plaque Guide and the Featured Plaques of the Month. o f

6 7 Adventures in Doors Open Ontario STARTING FROM THE GROUND archaeology! “A cultural phenomenon . . .” A summer day camp program The Foundation’s Doors Open Ontario program continues to generate outstanding response from the at the Spadina Museum public. In 2004, The Canadian Press branded the program a “cultural phenomenon” in an article that was published in Ontario newspapers. Since 2001, the Foundation has partnered Last year, over 180 communities – in 34 events – participated by opening hidden, secret and with the Spadina Museum in Toronto to forgotten places and spaces throughout Ontario. When the final numbers were counted, close to provide a summer day camp experience 450,000 visits were made by residents and tourists to over 800 heritage sites. for children. In 2004, the children – rang - Doors Open Ontario will be expanding in 2005 with 44 events – 14 of which will be first-time ing in age from 10 to 13 years old – once participants, including: Bayfield, Belleville, Brussels, Cobourg, Collingwood, Comfort Country (Tweed- more dug into Spadina’s historic past. Stirling-Madoc area), Goderich, Greater Napanee, Muskoka-Bracebridge, Muskoka-Huntsville, Each day, the children learned the tools Newmarket, Orillia, Port Perry-Scugog-Uxbridge and Seaforth. UP and techniques used by professional Be sure to order your Doors Open Ontario 2005 Guide from 1-800-ONTARIO (available in April). Or Prior to repointing the leaky 150-year-old foundations at the archaeologists, uncovered artifacts and visit: www.doorsopenontario.on.ca for up-to-the-minute information about each community event. Ontario Heritage Foundation’s Workers’ Cottage in Williamstown, enjoyed workshops. Highlights of the archaeologists excavated along the foundation walls until they 2004 program included: finding additional found undisturbed soil. The uncovered artifacts were used to deter - structural evidence of a drain in the east mine the date of construction. A backhoe was used to finish the Collingwood Federal Building end of the site and continuation of the cin - excavation under the guidance of the archaeologist. der driveway that Spadina’s Austin family had in the west end of the dig. No matter what they uncovered, the children were in the few years after construction as the ground and forests shrink, the water table tends to drop, Most buildings begin with a solid foundation. fascinated by their discoveries and what gets used to the new weights placed on it. Even soil dries out, and the ground compresses Understanding how that foundation functions those discoveries might tell them about foundations on bedrock may move as compres - under the weight of the building. Installation of will determine how successful the project will the families who came before them. A total sive forces squeeze their materials against the storm sewers in small towns has often led to be. Heritage structures are no different. of 1,675 artifacts were recovered during rock. In general, old-building foundations are sudden foundation settlement in century-old Preserving and strengthening the foundation the 2004 program. Since the launch of the thus far more stable and secure than those of buildings. will lead to greater success in overall heritage program, children in this program have new buildings. Over time they have attained With such external influences, it is almost conservation. Find out more about structural recovered over 7,000 artifacts. Another equilibrium. impossible to take corrective action until the conservation techniques in Well-Preserve d. program is scheduled for July 2005. Look Earth movements and ground water can environment itself stabilizes. In many cases, set - for details in the City of Toronto’s Fun unsettle this equilibrium. Several parts of tlement will be uniform and will not cause much Well-Preserved can be purchased by calling Guide in the spring. Ontario, especially in the east, are potential harm, apart from small cracks and misalign - the Ontario Heritage Founda tion at 416-325- 5000. Or visit www.heritagefdn.on.ca and click earthquake zones, but there are no seismic ment of doors and windows. The flexibility retrofit requirements for buildings in the inherent in small frame structures allows them on About us/Merchandise. p

province, as there are, for instance, in California. to remain sturdy, even though some of their fin - r e s Next issue . . . Working with superstructures: Man-made earth movements are far more seri - ishes may suffer. s The framework for Ontarioʼs heritage build ings. ous concerns, especially in the mining areas of Changes in the use of a building can also w northern Ontario and near gravel quarries and destabilize both structure and foundation, espe - e e Foundations and building systems heavy industries. Adjacent construction and cially when loads exceed the capacity of the r n v The following excerpt appears in Well- excavation may also unsettle once stable foun - original design. There is always a large “safety” i n Preserved: The Ontario Heritage Foundation’s dations. Vibration makes loose soil act like a liq - factor in any structure, and old buildings may n o Manual of Principles and Practice for uid, and foundations have been known to settle have far more generous margins than closely g i t

Architectural Conservation (Third Revised unevenly under such conditions, long after they calculated new construction, but even these t a Edition), by Mark Fram (Boston Mills Press, should have stabilized. have limits. When left undisturbed by major ren - h d 2003). Variations in ground water are far more ovations or changes of use, foundations should e n Every building is a system – each part is widespread than ground movements; all but the remain stable. But they may require reinforce - p u

connected. Thanks to gravity, the foundation is largest buildings are founded on soil whose ment or underpinning if loading is to be changed a o at the bottom (literally) of almost every building load-carrying capacities change with moisture dramatically. s f problem. Most buildings move, shift and settle content. As urban and agricultural areas expand, t

8 9 gifts of nature donations preserve our natural heritage

The Ricenberg acquisition The Egbert Ross Boothby Foundation to ensure its preservation in

In October 2004, Ricenberg Developments Mr. Boothby died before the agreements were property perpetuity.

Limited donated to the Ontario Heritage completed, but his estate has proceeded as he Imagine a plot of land on the Lake of Bays, Mark McLean was actively involved in ensur -

Foundation an important nine-hectare (22-acre) wished. The property, now owned by the seemingly untouched by human habitation. It ing that the property was protected.

parcel of land located on the Niagara Escarpment Ontario Heritage Foundation, will be managed has almost a mile of natural shoreline and is “This selfless choice,” says McLean, “was The recent Ricenberg acquisition has enabled in the Town of Grimsby. by The Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation – a covered with trees – hemlock, cedar, beech and typical of Ross and the Boothby family. They the Ontario Heritage Foundation to add to its This is a significant donation as it assists in locally based charitable not-for-profit corpora - maple – many of which have stood for more have owned this property for over a century and portfolio of lands held in trust for the people of protecting a corridor of relatively undisturbed tion with a mandate to protect, conserve and than a century. Now picture the same plot of should be commended for their long steward - Ontario, and to ensure a permanent route for natural area, located in a section of the most enhance the natural environment in the Lake of land covered with cottages or condos. Thanks to ship and for making its permanent protection the Bruce Trail. A longstanding partnership heavily urbanized stretch of the Escarpment. The Along the trail at the Ricenberg property. Ricenberg Bays area. This partnership will assist the the late Egbert Ross Boothby, his estate, six possible.” with the Bruce Trail Association (BTA) enables property provides a portion of the permanent Developments Limited has been an active land and Foundation to ensure that the Boothby site is local families and The Lake of Bays Heritage The agreement with the Boothby estate was the Foundation to hold title to lands for the route for the Bruce Trail – Ontario’s longest and residential subdivision developer in the Grimsby area maintained in its natural state in perpetuity to Foundation, that won’t happen. Not ever. for part purchase of the land and part donation. Bruce Trail. The BTA continues to focus its oldest hiking trail. The Trail extends 725 km from for over 20 years. preserve and enhance its scenic character as Egbert Ross Boothby owned a property in Six families on the lake donated the funds neces - attention on the expansion and management Queenston in Niagara to Tobermory at the tip of part of Ontarioʼs natural heritage landscape. the Lake of Bays. Approximately 19 hectares sary t o purchase the site. Their generosity was a of the Trail and surrounding lands. The the Bruce Peninsula. Mr. Boothbyʼs legacy lives on. (47 acres) in size, it includes 1,433 km (4,700 critical part of the protection of the land. Foundation owns 99 Bruce Trail properties, The property stretches from the toe of the feet) of shoreline frontage. This property is the Mr. Boothby’s land is a valuable addition totaling 1,641 hectares (4,055 acres). Escarpment almost to the brow. Its dominant largest stretch of undeveloped shoreline in to the Foundation’s portfolio of natural heritage geophysical features are steep ridges and asso - The Lake of Bays – an area under severe devel - properties. The site exhibits typical old growth ciated valleys with four seasonal streams emerg - opment pressure. forest characteristics with a mature (approxi - ing from the Escarpment and flowing down the Ross Boothby served on the board of The mately 140-year-old) hemlock/cedar forest valleys to a small plateau. The property is domi - Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation and was a along the shoreline, and uplands of a mature nated by a sugar maple forest with American strong advocate for the preservation of the beech and maple succession. With almost beech and bitternut hickory as subdominant history and natural beauty of the lake. He wanted a mile of natural shoreline and its mature species. Less abundant species include: black to ensure that his property was protected undisturbed mixed forest, the Boothby property cherry, ironwood, shagbark hickory and black and preserved. With this in mind, he entered is ecologically significant within the Muskoka walnut. Several of these tree species are repre - into negotiations with the Ontario Heritage region. sentative of the Deciduous Forest Region, known as the Carolinian zone, for its abundance of flora and fauna species with southern affinities. There is also suitable habitat available for wildlife. Protection of the Escarpment’s natural areas through the Niagara Peninsula is particularly

important because of the intensive urban and k agricultural presence there. Through this gener - r ous donation of land and an additional cash o donation to assist with property management,

w Ricenberg has recognized both the importance

d of maintaining natural areas on the Escarpment, l while also supporting a permanent route for the e

i Bruce Trail. Together with adjoining lands already f owned by the Foundation, the acquisition of the Ricenberg property will protect 26 hectares (63 acres) of land and provide access to .85 km of the Bruce Trail through the Town of Grimsby.

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Filmed on location at various spots in . . . the shelf downtown Toronto during the summer of the sharon temple 2004 – including six weeks at the Ontario The Canada Company and the Huron Heritage Centre, the Foundation’s headquar - and the heritage of faith by sean fraser Tract, 1826-1853 ters – Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man tells the story of Depression-era fighter and folk hero While most of Canada celebrates Heritage Day From Natural Heritage Books (www.natural Jim Braddock, who defeated heavyweight on the third Monday in February, Ontario cele - heritagebooks.com). The Canada Company – champ Max Baer in 1935. Starring Russell brates Heritage Week. The theme developed with its base in England – was responsible for Crowe and Renée Zellweger, Cinderella Man is for Ontario Heritage Week 2005 is Ontario’s settling over two million acres of land in scheduled for release in June 2005. Heritage: Our Shared Legacy. Heritage Day Upper Canada. Author Robert C. Lee focuses 2005 in Canada celebrates the Heritage of on the Huron Tract and the dominant person - For more information on the Foundation’s Faith: Spiritual and Sacred Places . Although alities, ranging from John Galt and Tiger Conference and Reception Centres, visit the Ontario Heritage Foundation holds ease - Dunlop to the bishops Macdonell and www.heritagefdn.on.ca. ments on many such places, as well as having Strachan, who impacted the company’s oper - plaques erected to over 60 churches and ations. The founding of towns – Guelph, . . . the web sacred spaces across the province, one site Goderich, Stratford, St. Marys and others in stands out for its unique architecture – an the area – is one of the legacies of the company. The Archives of Ontario has been creating architecture that was largely determined by Lee’s extensive research reveals a significant virtual exhibits since 1998. Over the last four the congregation’s faith. period in Ontario’s history. other spectacular memories of Toronto. years, the Archives’ online exhibits program Filey’s column, The Way We Were, has a has introduced the public to their holdings in Located in the quiet hamlet of Sharon in York devoted readership and he has written more an interesting and interactive way. Viewed Region, north of Toronto, is one of Canada’s than a dozen books about Toronto. annually by tens of thousands of people from greatest heritage landmarks – the Sharon Temple . around the world, over 30 exhibits on the This architectural gem is associated with … the silver screen Archives’ website cover aspects of Ontario’s – a breakaway sect of the history from “Travels with Elizabeth Simcoe” Society of Friends, or Quakers – founded in The Foundation’s historic spaces bring yester - and the “War of 1812” to “Stories from the early 19th century by radical thinker David year to life, making them ideal locations for Ontario Movie Theatres” and “Black History in Willson. In 1801, Willson and his wife emigrated film, television and commercial shoots. Ontario.” Explore these exhibits – with more from New York to join the Quaker community in Foundation properties, through its Conference in development – at the Archives of Ontario’s Upper Canada. Increasingly frustrated with website at www.archives.gov.on.ca. Quaker practices and beliefs, and an outspoken The Temple of Peace is a unique wood- The Temple of Peace is a unique architec - critic, Willson was dismissed from the Society of framed building comprised of three tiers of dimin - tural accomplishment – structurally influenced Friends by 1812. With several other former ishing size. Each tier has tall multi-paned by faith – and remains an important symbol of Quakers, he established a new religious sect windows on all four sid es with a small pinnacle at Ontario’s heritage. incorporating some Quaker doctrines, elements each corner of the roof. Every of mysticism as well as Jewish ceremony, and an element of the Temple was Heritage Day 2005 was celebrated by the Ontario g emphasis on music in worship. intended to symbolize some Heritage Foundation at the Sharon Temple. u Initially meeting at Willson’s home, the aspect of the sect’s religious beliefs: the three e growing sect eventually required larger accom - tiers represent the Trinity; a door in each of the Sean Fraser is the Administrator for Easements s

Toronto Sketches 8 modation. With the assistance of master builder four sides allowed people to enter on an equal at the Ontario Heritage Foundation. The Temple – t

Ebenezer Doan, Willson constructed the Temple footing from all directions; equal numbers of a National Historic Site – is owned and operated c From Dundurn Press (www.dundurn.com). and Reception Centres, have been featured in of Peace between 1827-1832. While the sect windows on each side allowed the light of the by the Sharon Temple Museum Society. The o Toronto Sun columnist Mike Filey returns with hundreds of productions, including: The flourished under Willson’s guidance, and was gospel to shine on the assembly with equal Sharon Temple is also protected by an Ontario l his latest in a series that captures the people, Recruit, Agnes of God, Serendipity and the active politically in Upper Canada and later strength; four pillars supporting the lantern were Heritage Foundation conservation easement. u politics and architecture of Toronto’s past with Oscar-winning musical Chicago . Some of the Canada West, it went into a rapid decline in 1866 inscribed with the words denoting the cardinal For more information on the Temple, visit m

photographs and anecdotes that will change celebrities who have appeared in movies after his death. With the death of his son in 1887, virtues – faith, hope, love and charity; 12 pinna - www.sharontemple.ca. n

the way you see the city forever. Toronto filmed at our heritage locations include: John the property fell into disrepair. In 1918, the York cle lanterns and 12 interior pillars represent i Sketches 8 brings us back to the time of Cusack, Mira Sorvino, Samuel L. Jackson, Pioneer and Historical Society purchased the the apostles. In the centre of the Temple is the s

“Our Agricultural Past” will be launched this year t Toronto’s original horse-drawn streetcar, the Farrah Fawcett, Al Pacino, Colin Farrell and property. After some repairs, the Temple was taber nacle – like the Temple itself, an artifact of by the Archives to celebrate Ontario’s agricultural construction of the Maple Leaf Gardens and Catherine Zeta-Jones. heritage. opened as a museum. remarkable design, proportion and craftsman ship.

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