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The OHS and CHO Present The OHS Launches the 2008 Cookbook Caper! Forging Freedom Website

For the sixth consecutive year, cuisine (e.g. Italian, French, etc), The Historical Society is wines, desserts (yes, that includes proud to join forces with the Culi- chocolate!), and much, much more! nary Historians of Ontario (CHO) The CHO will offer a wonderful to present the Cookbook Caper! tearoom where bargain hunters This annual cookbook sale and tea can relax with tea and delicious will be hosted at the historic John sweets and baked goods. Be sure McKenzie House (two blocks north to mark your calendars, as this is of North York Centre Subway) a wonderful opportunity to add to at 34 Parkview Ave. in Willowdale your cookbook collection or to find on Sunday, November 23, 2008 special Christmas gifts for others! between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. Peruse Donations of cookbooks are much through hundreds of new and appreciated and can be made at gently-used cookbooks on a variety any time by contacting the OHS at of topics, including regional 416.226.9011. Meaford Museum Receives Trillium Grant for Accessibility

On August 11th, the OHS attended a special event at the Meaford Museum during which it was announced that the Meaford Museum had been awarded a grant Pictured above is a preview of the Forging Freedom website of $31,800 by the Trillium Foun- homepage. The site was recently launched on the OHS website, and dation to help construct a new can be accessed at www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/forgingfreedom. entrance vestibule that will make the museum more accessible. Seen here (left to right) are Meaford OHS Bulletin readers will remem- downloadable Lesson Plans for Mayor Francis Richardson and ber last year’s Forging Freedom elementary (Gr. 3), middle (Gr. 7), Pamela Woolner, Curator, Meaford conference was held in honour of and secondary (Gr. 11/12) school Museum, holding the OHS’s new the Bicentennial of the Abolition level teachers. These plans include Accessible Heritage Tool Kit for of the Atlantic Slave Trade within rubrics, activities and instruc- Ontario’s Heritage Organizations the British Empire. Canada signed tional media which conform to the and Institutions. This new publica- the United Nations accord to Ontario Ministry of Education’s tion can be ordered ($45 including develop programs aimed at educat- guidelines. Additionally, each of GST and shipping) by contacting Meaford Museum Curator ing the public in the importance of the papers delivered at the 2007 the OHS at 416.226.9011 or Pamela Woolner (right) accepts this landmark event, and the Forg- OHS Forging Freedom Confer- emailing accessheritage@ontario a copy of the Accessible Heritage ing Freedom website is an example ence in St. Catharines are avail- historicalcasociety.ca. Tool Kit. Photo Rob Leverty of this initiative. able. Both the Lesson Plans and the Several papers were delivered Papers are available to download, at the conference along this theme view, and print. Finally, the web- and, since then, a grant was re- site also includes a bibliography of ceived by the OHS from the relevant materials for expanding Roots of Freedom Grant Project, one’s own library. Bicentenary Committee of the This project utilizes excellent Ministry of Citizenship and Immi- scholarship and exciting creativity gration, which was chaired by the and the OHS is very proud to pres- Honourable Jean Augustine, Fair- ent it to our members and to the ness Commissioner for the Province heritage community at large. Many of Ontario. It was because of this thanks to the Ministry of Citizen- grant that the Forging Freedom ship and Immigration and to all of website was possible, and as such, the website contributors, and web In This Issue the OHS gratefully acknowledges design company The Well Dressed the support of the Ministry. Robot. The website can be accessed President’s Report...... 2 Exhibits & Events ...... 4 The Forging Freedom website by following the link on the OHS is designed to provide profes- website homepage, or by visiting Executive Director’s Report...... 2 Cemetery News ...... 5 sional educators with direct access www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/ to scholarship on Ontario Black forgingfreedom. Donors/New Members...... 3 Museum News...... 5-6 History and, as such, it includes

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The 34 Parkview Ave. Ontario Willowdale Historical Ontario Society M2N 3Y2 www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca the sale of the property to the Town will chair our Museums Commit- of New Tecumseth and I think the tee. Naresh Khosla will continue to President’s Report resolution reached was the best chair our Audit Committee and Bob for all parties. I most certainly ap- Leech will chair the committee to preciate the work of Mr. Oslund increase funding and fundraising Ken Turner and Sharon Jaeger, representing and Mr. Osborne for giving me known as our Brilliant Ideas Com- [email protected] Waterloo and the surrounding area. the opportunity to start my tenure mittee. Joe Stafford will oversee These four new board members as President of OHS with a clean our Annual Meeting/Conference Where has the summer gone? It have very extensive backgrounds slate and the ability to take on a Committee. I will continue to chair seems that it just starts and then it is in the fields of history and heritage new direction. the Human Resources Committee. over! Welcome back everyone! As and will make outstanding addi- I, along with our Executive The final objective of our new we start our 2008-09 season (our tions to our board! Director Robert Leverty, and our Board is to bring our staffing 120-121st year) I would like to take As we start our new season, we fantastic new Board, will look at compliment back up to its former this opportunity to thank depart- as a Society look forward to better ways to increase services to our levels and begin training new staff ing board members Jack Cecillon, times. For the first time in many members and offer new and im- members for long term succession Cynthia Comacchio, Susan Neale, years, with the Banting issue re- proved workshops and programs to planning. Our current full time and Past President Brian Osborne. solved to everyone’s satisfaction, our affiliates. We will also contin- staff of Robert Leverty and Chris- It was a pleasure serving with you the Society’s finances are on the ue to offer a strong and supportive tina Perfetto are our most valuable and the contributions you made to road to recovery and we are headed voice to the protection of cemeter- resources and we will eventually the OHS over the last several years back to a balanced budget and long ies in Ontario as well as continue have to find the next generation of are greatly appreciated! I hope you term financial stability. I must ex- to educate and encourage people to super individuals like Robert and will all continue to be involved and tend my sincerest appreciation to protect and preserve Ontario’s built, Christina! As always, if anyone enthusiastic members of the OHS Past Presidents Chris Oslund and natural, and documentary history. has any question about the OHS and continue to share your wisdom Brian Osborne for the outstanding Helping on the road to achieve or would like to chat with me and knowledge with us! job they did over the years in nego- these objectives will be our about any concerns, the door is I would also like to take this tiating and successfully resolving OHS Board committees. Brad always open. Please email me at opportunity to welcome our the Banting issue. In my opinion, Rudachyk will chair our Affili- [email protected]. It is my new board members, Linda Kelly, all parties won. The Banting prop- ated Societies Committee and John goal to try and visit every region representing Manitoulin Island and erty was preserved in its entirety, Sabean will continue to chair our of this province if the opportunity Northern Ontario; Joe Stafford, rep- and received historic designation Honours and Awards Committee. presents itself and to visit as many resenting Kingston and Eastern recognizing its heritage value! Jim Leonard will chair both our affiliates as possible. Ontario; Jim Leonard, representing Financially, all parties concerned Cemeteries and our Preservation Brampton and the surrounding area; were satisfied with the terms of Committee and Lorraine O’Byrne Ken Turner, President John McKenzie House. In the the five point Clean and Beautiful Executive Director’s Report spring of 2005 the City of action plan: sweep it; design it; launched the Neighbourhood grow it; build it; celebrate it; as Beautification Program. Through well as help to preserve the John Rob Leverty of the decision by the Province of this programme the City is able McKenzie House and grounds [email protected] Ontario that it is not in the public to reach out to neighbourhoods permanently. interest to relocate part of Confed- and community groups to design 6. Welcome back rejoining Since March 2008 we have had eration Square Cemetery. It is the and create “clean” and “beauti- OHS members. I am pleased to fewer staff working at the OHS. first time since the Cemeteries Act ful” spaces throughout the city. inform you that in the last few However, despite this challenge, I was enacted in 1992 that the Prov- The John McKenzie House, des- months many former OHS mem- am pleased to inform you that we ince has joined the OHS in defend- ignated under the Ontario Heritage bers have rejoined the society have managed to continue the es- ing the public interest. Act, is situated in the centre of the including: Janet Cobban, former sential work of the Society in six The OHS has always worked be- Willowdale community. To pro- Past OHS President who served important ways: hind the scenes to try and resolve mote the protection of the house on the Board for over seven 1. Fulfill all our commitments this matter in order to avoid costly and also create a beautiful outdoor years; Dr. Gabriele Scardellato, and respond to as many invita- public hearings. In July, all par- landscape, the City of Toronto and former Editor and Managing Edi- tions and requests as possible. ties requested an adjournment. I Councillor John Filion’s office are tor, Ontario History (1999-2003); During the spring and summer the wrote the Licence Appeal Tribunal collaborating with the community Barbara Kane, former OHS staff OHS has made presentations, given (LAT) that “the OHS agrees that and the OHS to design historical member; Harvey Medland, author workshops, held public meetings, there should be an adjournment community gardens adjacent to of Tombstone Tales which was participated in special events and to allow sufficient time for the the John McKenzie House. Since published by the OHS and Wendy had consultations in partnership ongoing settlement discussions to July, the OHS has hosted numer- Woodworth, member of the OHS with over thirty organizations, in- achieve a resolution that is satis- ous meetings for this exciting Gardening Committee during stitutions and government depart- factory to all parties.” On August initiative – turning vacant lots into restoration of the John McKenzie ments (see bottom-right sidebar 8th, the LAT wrote all the parties community gardens; creating House and grounds. In the past, all for a complete list). stating, “...since the parties are un- healthy communities and inspir- of you have generously donated 2. Expand membership in our able to identify when they will be ing our fellow citizens about what both money and countless hours of new insurance programme. ready to go to a hearing, if ever, the can be done closer to home and the volunteer time to the OHS. We are Since April I have approved thirty- Tribunal will cancel the hearing workplace. honoured that you are once again six affiliated societies and heritage and close its file administratively. All funds for the project will be members of the OHS. organizations that are non-profit When the City has exhausted its provided by the Clean and Beauti- We want to hear from you. We corporations and members of the settlement discussion options, it ful initiative. The aim is to create are here to help you. If you have OHS in good standing for our must notify the Tribunal either an outdoor landscape that mir- any questions, invitations or chal- new insurance programme. In that it is withdrawing its appeal, or rors the period when the John lenges to discuss, please do not hes- August, Robin Derrick, President, that it requires the appeal file to be McKenzie House was built and is itate to call me at 1.866.955.2755 Goulbourn Township Historical reopened.” environmentally sustainable. This (toll free) or e-mail: rleverty@ Society and Museum wrote me that The City of Peterborough’s project will meet the objectives of ontariohistoricalsociety.ca “the cost of our Directors & Offi- appeal before the LAT was to cers Liability Insurance under the commence September 2nd. This The OHS – Working with Groups Across Ontario OHS programme is substantially case is unique in that it is the first Black Creek Pioneer Village; Timber Village Museum and the Voyageur reduced from what we have been application to relocate a cemetery Heritage Network in Blind River; Culinary Historians of Ontario; Weston paying the last few years and the designated under the Ontario Heri- Heritage Conservation District; Lake Scugog Historical Society; Grey County coverage is much better.” tage Act. The OHS, of course, still Historical Society in Keady; Friends of the OPP Museum in Orillia; Muskoka 3. Generate income through maintains that any settlement must and Parry Sound Genealogy Group in Bracebridge; ; the rental of the John McKenzie honour and safeguard the public TD Friends of the Environment; Guelph Historical Society; Guelph Museums; House. Since June, the OHS has interest. I would like to thank for History Department, University of Guelph; Save The Children Canada; Old rented the John McKenzie House their exceptional co-operation and Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery Committee in Collingwood; Accessibility on eight occasions. I would like to assistance William MacLarkey, Directorate of Ontario; Ontario Genealogical Society; Citizens for the Protec- thank Optimé International, Nestlé Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney tion and Preservation of the Pioneer Cemetery in Peterborough; Corporations and Elevator Photography for their General, Michael D’Mello, Reg- Branch, Ministry of Government Services; Silvershoe Historical Society in rental income which helps pay for istrar, Cemeteries Act (Revised), New Lowell; The Roots of Freedom Project funded by the Ontario Ministry of the maintenance of our historic Bob Crawford, President, The Citizenship and Immigration; Wellington County Historical Society in Elora; headquarters. Ontario Genealogical Society, Crown Law Office – Civil, Ministry of the Attorney General; Ontario Ministry 4. Work with the Province and and John Sheehan, Chair, Citizens of Culture; Tollkeeper’s Cottage Museum; Coldwater Heritage Canadiana our heritage partners to defend for the Protection and Preserva- Museum; MacTier Railway Heritage Society, Town of MacTier and the Moon the public interest with regard tion of the Pioneer Cemetery in River Metis Council; Consul General of the United States of America in to cemeteries. Readers of the Peterborough. cooperation with The Ontario Black History Society; the Doane Association OHS Bulletin will be familiar with 5. Launch an historical com- of America in Barrie; Meaford Museum, the Bruce-Grey Genealogical Society the City of Peterborough’s appeal munity gardens project at the in Wiarton and the Wollaston Heritage Committee in Coe Hill.

Page 2 OHS Bulletin September 2008 who many will remember as the Director and Superintendent of W e l c o m e Across The Province Board Services for the City of N e w M e m b e r s North York Board of Education. Bill was a true friend and staunch The year 2008 continues to be one John Graves Simcoe, the first supporter of museums and histori- of celebration in the heritage com- Lieutenant Governor of Upper cal and heritage sites, and never munity as we remember that the Canada is often cited for his work turned down an appeal for advice Christopher Arajs global oil industry was born 150 in the abolition of slavery, and and assistance. Farewell Bill, you years ago at Oil Springs, Ontario, the County of Simcoe is paying will be sorely missed. Ed Argo when Hamilton carriage maker homage to him as they have com- Are you travelling to Northern James Miller Williams struck missioned a pair of bronze busts Ontario in the next few weeks to Robin Burgoyene crude oil there. The Oil Museum and ten smaller works by Marlene enjoy the fall colours? The Latch- of Canada tells the fascinating Hilton Moore of Hillsdale. The ford Area Moose Call reminds Janet Cobban story of black gold and its effect busts will be displayed at the readers of the many attraction in on our lives. The historic village county administration building the area including the House of Ian Jackson of Coldwater celebrated its 100th and the Simcoe County Museum Memories Museum, The Bunker anniversary in July and the Brant both in Midhurst, while the smaller Military Museum, the World’s Barbara Kane Historical Society and Brant works will be used as fundraisers Shortest Covered Bridge, all in Museum and Archives celebrates a and gifts for dignitaries. Latchford, and of course, the High- century of service to the community Congratulations to the Town of way Book Shop, the Silver Mining Stephen Laughren as well. Sharon Temple celebrated The Blue Mountains on the open- Museum and the Heritage Silver the 90th anniversary of its opening ing of the Craigleith Heritage Depot Trail in Cobalt. Harvey Medland by the York Pioneer and Historical Community Interpretation Centre The Thunder Bay Museum con- Society with a number of special on September 21. Archaeologist tinues its popular lecture series on Bert Morrison events in September. The Ontario Charles Garrad was the keynote October 28 when Michel Beaulieu Black History Society has several speaker as the guests enjoyed the and Jean Morrison discuss “A Fort Frances Museum reasons to celebrate, for it was in newly restored 1878 railway sta- Century of Struggle: Labour and 1998, when the Society marked the tion and the history of the area the Lakehead” and on Novem- Donald Smith 20th year of their founding, that through the displays spanning the ber 25 Wayne Pettit will speak they successfully lobbied for the last 445 million years! Further on “Soda Pop Manufacturers in Gabriele Scardellato passing of the Emancipation Day information: 519.599.3131, ex. 254. Northwestern Ontario”. Details: Act, 1998, and on August 1 many The heritage community was sad- 807.623.0801. communities continue to celebrate dened to learn of the passing in Toronto Railway this important proclamation. August of William “Bill” Dempsey, Across cont’d page 4... Historical Association Little Pic River. Life significantly Barry Wellar A Historical Look at Peys Park: improved for the POWs when they From Group of Seven to POW Camp had some physical activity, a pay Wendy Woodworth cheque, and heartier food. Historical Plaques Do you know which Ontario mark the location of many aspects Provincial Park has a connection of Canada’s history, but very little with the Group of Seven Artists, is available in the way of accredi- logging and river drives, WWII tation of Canada’s POW camps. Prisoner of War Camp (1940-46), One-third of all the POWs held D o n o r s Japanese-Canadian Relocation in Canada emigrated back to raise Camp (1946-48), Minimum Sec- their families and make a posi- urity Camp (1948-53), and now tive contribution to Canada. One a Provincial Park (1965)? Neys of the reasons for this was the Merle Alkins Park on the northern shore of Lake Peys prisoners of war inside the very good treatment that Canada Superior has a history filled with camp mess hall, circa 1943. gave its war prisoners. One such Carmela Andraos emotion, memories, struggles; Photo person was Paul Mengelberg of famous artists such as Lawren Longlac, who worked in the log- Thomas Bastedo Harris (Pic Island 1924 painting) imagine escaping in the deep snow ging industry until his retirement. and A.Y. Jackson from the Group and extreme cold of winter or the With his wife, he raised a family of Seven; armed guards; and is now black flies and mosquitoes of sum- and has remained in Longlac. Diane Clendenan a Natural Environment Park with mer. Cold Lake Superior to the I got to know Paul in the mid-to-late an educational Visitors Centre. south, and nothing but bush to the 1960s as a result of his association Deborah Cushing For all outdoorists and artists, this east, north and west. An area of 90 with the Boy Scouts of Canada in is a first-class locale for history, hectares (222 acres) was cleared, the Kenogamisis District when he Douglas Derry appreciation of nature, incred- and the camp was built upon became the local District Commis- ible views, superb beaches and an the sandy soil to help reduce the sioner. Paul was honoured for his Torrance Henderson excellent selection of campsites potential of tunnelling as an escape service to Scouting with the Silver for all types of campers. method. One hundred guards and Acorn Medal at a ceremony held Charlotte Hines At the beginning of WWII, translators were recruited from at Queen’s Park. Paul contributed England feared that a ready-made veterans of WWI interested in a number of items from his POW Katharine Hooke army of POWs could potentially another chance to serve. When a days that are on display in the D o e r s be used by an invading force, few prisoners did try to escape, the makeshift museum in the park’s should that ever occur. Arrange- guards could just wait a few days visitor centre. Ronald Junkin ments were made to relocate some until the swarms of black flies and Neys would be an ideal location of the POWs to Canada, and even- mosquitoes drove the almost-mad for one of the Canadian Historical Hazel Kitto tually 40 camps were established prisoners back into the open where Plaques with its history and WWII in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. they would be picked up and connection. On June 10, 2008 a Mary Lemyre In Ontario, most of the camps returned to the camp. One prisoner written proposal recommending were located in the remote north. tried to escape by skating across that Neys become a Historical Site, Marcel Martel Very little remains of these camps Lake Superior’s 175 km only to and possibly a centre for POW in any physical form, yet interest have to turn back when he encoun- camps in Canada was given to Bert Morrison is growing as more university tered open water. Parks Canada. This proposal will research is being conducted and As the war progressed, man- start the formal application process Gabriele Scardellato more people visit the camps during power shortages across the area and it is hoped that within a few the summer. became acute. By 1943, some pris- years, the site will be approved for Known as Camp “W”, and later oners were volunteering to work designation and a suitable com- James Stanley Camp “100”, Neys was established outside the barbed wire, and soon memorative plaque. A long term in 1940 and received its first POWs after, the Canadian Government goal is to see and Marjorie Stuart in January 1941. Imagine arriving agreed that all POWs were to do Parks Canada create a permanent on North America’s eastern shore compulsory work and the local museum at Neys featuring all of Paul Taylor as a POW, being placed on a train, logging industry benefitted. Being the POW camps in Ontario and and shipped 2,000 km inland not paid 50 cents a day by the lumber across Canada. Brenda Whitlock knowing where you were going, company, the prisoners now had as all the signs at the various something to break up the boredom Article by: towns had been covered up along of daily prison life by working in the Frank Spence with train windows. Then, try to seven local logging camps along the [email protected]

September 2008 OHS Bulletin Page 3 itness the transformation of Wthe city of Burlington from Exhibits & Events a predominantly rural town into the city it is today through the SEPTEMBER 18 to JANUARY 2009 OCTOBER 25 and 26 medium of photographs taken by Sitting Pretty: History of the Toilet Haunted Halls Frank Wright between the 1950s Guelph Civic Museum presents Don’t miss this chance to check out and 1960s. This new exhibit is the return of this popular exhibit. the scary and strange ‘goings-ons’ presented by the Joseph Brant Museum in Burlington. Open daily from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 6 behind the scenes of the Thunder Photo Joseph Brant Museum Dublin St. S. Phone 519.836.1221 Bay Museum! This event has been or visit www.guelph.ca/museum for a success for several years run- “Witness: The Photographs of Frank Wright” more information. ning, and is sure to entertain and educate! Drop in between 1:00 and September 2008 - April 2009 SEPTEMBER 27 5:00 p.m., $4. 425 Donald St. E., Joseph Brant Museum Harvest Tea Thunder Bay. Phone 807.623.0801 1240 North Shore Blvd., Burlington Join the Lennox & Addington 905.634.3556 ● www.museumsofburlington.com Historical Society at the Macpher- OCTOBER 29 son House to celebrate Harvest with Spirits of Jalna Haunted Tour savoury tea and refreshments. First Heritage Mississauga and Missis- DECEMBER 7 & 14 come, first served between 1:00 sauga Museums will bring its 7th Christmas in the Village Send Us Your Submissions! and 3:00 p.m. $7. 180 Elizabeth St., Annual “Haunted Mississauga” Visit the Pickering Museum Village Do you have an exhibit, event or story Napanee. Phone 613.354.5982. evening to Benares Historic House. as it springs to life with the inhab- that you would like to publicize? If you The tour is interactive and educa- itants of the houses busily prepar- have a submission, send it to: OCTOBER 5 tional, visitors will get a chance to ing for their holiday celebrations. Fall Family Festival meet the “spirits” of Jalna, Mazo Includes Scottish Hogmanay, Editor, OHS Bulletin, Pickering Museum Village Founda- de la Roche’s character from her Welsh traditions, Victorian Eng- The Ontario Historical Society, tion’s annual fundraising event with award winning Whiteoaks of Jalna lish Christmas celebrations, and 34 Parkview Ave., Willowdale, ON, M2N 3Y2 the 2nd annual Rubber Duckie Race, novels. Tours begin every half- Squire Jonathan’s Christmas or [email protected]. live music, children’s activities, raf- hour between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. Ball. Backwoods Players presents fle, and more. Free admission. Visit Tickets cost $5 for members, $10 A Christmas Pageant free with The OHS Bulletin reserves the right to http://cityofpickering.com/museum/ for non-members, and $3 for youth admission. 12 to 3:30 p.m. contact edit all submissions. Good quality, high for more information. and seniors. Contact Heritage Katrina Pyke at 905.683.8401. resolution images are always welcome. Mississauga at 905.828.8411 for OCTOBER 9 more information. “Right to Your Front Door”: The ...from Across page 3 Region Conservation Authority. Home Delivery Business of Milk in Note: Be sure to return to Benares The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Days Gone By Historic House on November 29 for The Town of Kincardine cele- Society and Uxbridge Historical The Culinary Historians of Ontario, “Cooking Edwardian Christmas”! brated in July the official opening Centre host the popular Family in partnership with Montgomery’s of Walker House, the oldest build- Fall Festival on Sunday, October Inn, is pleased to present this nar- NOVEMBER 22 ing in Kincardine and the oldest 5, and a lecture by Rod Clarke rated slide show with Herb Kingston. Canadian Christmas Food standing hotel in Bruce and Grey “Narrow Gauge Through the It will be held at Montgomery’s Inn Traditions Counties. Built in 1850, it was Bush,” on Wednesday, November 7. Museum, 4709 Dundas St. West The Spruce Row Museum is spon- severely damaged by fire in 1995 For locations, times and costs: at 7:00 p.m. $10 for CHO members soring this full day workshop led by and rather than have it demolished 905.852.5854. or $12 for non-members, cash at the historian and author Dorothy Dun- the Paddy Walker Heritage Soci- Congratulations to everyone at door, refreshments included. Phone can. Dorothy’s books will be avail- ety was formed in 1998. A decade the Port Colborne Historical and 416.394.8113 or email montinn@ able for purchase—great Christmas later, with thousands of hours of Marine Museum as Volunteer toronto.ca to register! gifts! Telephone 519.443.4211 for volunteer labour and hundreds of Service Awards for 20 years were more information. thousands of dollars in commu- presented to Harry Nixey and Don OCTOBER 17, 18, 24, 25 nity donations, this success story Anger, for 15 years to John Beach Ghosts of the Garrison NOVEMBER 23 opened to the public. and Sue Whynot, for 10 years to Tour the grounds of on Cookbook Caper History was on the move in Don Fournier and for 5 years to these evenings between 7:30 and Join the OHS and the Culinary Simcoe County in August when Sherry Spark. Museum Auxiliary 9:30 p.m. and hear stories from Historians of Ontario for their annu- the historic caboose and tender volunteers who received 30 year some ghostly visitors! Great fun for al fundraiser! Peruse through hun- box from Barrie’s Centennial awards were Flo McIntyre, Mona the family and not too spooky for the dreds of new and used cookbooks Beach was moved to the Simcoe Schutter, Muriel Madere, Bonnie younger crowd. Pre-registration and on sale and enjoy a hot cup of tea County Museum and Archives in Johnston and Marcia Turner, and payment required. 100 Garrison and baked goodies in the historic Minesing. Tish Stoner received a 10 year Rd., Toronto. Phone 416.392.6907 John McKenzie House. Be sure to The Village of Claremont recent- award. The Canal Days “Long to register or visit www.fortyork@ join us between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. ly hosted the Boyd Archaeological Term Commitment Award” was toronto.ca for more information. at 34 Parkview Ave., North York. Field School’s summer programme presented to the Museum’s Direc- (Two blocks north of the North when 21 student archaeologists un- tor/Curator Virginia Anger for her OCTOBER 19 York Centre subway stop). Email covered over 1,000 artifacts at the dedication to the event for the last Apple Harvest Tea [email protected] site known as the Graham House. 20 years, as she has been a continu- Celebrate the Harvest with freshly- or phone 416.226.9011. The Field School is a 32 year old ous presence at the Museum each baked apple crisp at Montgomery’s programme of the Toronto and and every Canal Day since 1988! Inn. Take home goodies from the bake sale. $6 admission. 4709 Dundas St. West, Toronto (at Islington Ave). Contact [email protected] or 416.394.8113 for more information.

Ontario Museum Association Conference 2008 The OHS gave a presentation In July, the OHS brought greetings and made presentations at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, entitled “Your Crucial Role in Ottawa, Ontario 50th Reunion Dinner celebrating the 100th Anniversary of The Preserving Early Canadian His- Doane Family Association of America (DFAofA). The Reunion was tory” to the Black Creek Pioneer held in Barrie and hosted by the Ontario Doane Chapter. Seen here ● networking ● thought-provoking sessions ● Village (BCPV) 2008 Staff Ori- ● stimulating roundtable discussions ● are (left to right): Dick Doane, President, DFAofA; Brad Rudachyk, ● informative tradeshow ● entation. Seen here are Marty OHS Board Member and Chair, Affiliated Societies Committee and Brent, General Manager, BCPV Harold Doan, Chair, Ontario Chapter, DFAofA. Harold is also a To view a complete schedule of and Chris Bagley, Manager, events and to register, visit former OHS Board Member and served for a number of years as Public Programs and Mainte- Chair, OHS Museums Committee. The OHS book table was very www.museumsontario.com nance, BCPV. popular with members of the DFAofA who came from across Canada, Photo Rob Leverty England and all regions of the United States. Photo Rob Leverty

Page 4 OHS Bulletin September 2008 sites are often discovered during by a team from Queen’s University. construction. This causes expensive There is a section which may have Cemetery News work stoppage and can lead to gross been marked with wooden crosses indignity to the remains. We keep many years ago but the cemetery urging that those with knowledge maps do not indicate the actual Marjorie Stuart, Editor Toronto. There are an estimated of unmarked burial sites come for- location of these burials or even [email protected] 400 burial sites at this loca- ward so the burial ground can be who is buried at the site. Queen’s tion. It was commissioned by Lt. registered at no cost. We also urge students used auger tools to deter- Governor Simcoe in 1793 as a gar- that these appear on Official Town mine cemetery boundaries as well Congratulations to summer student rison burial ground for Fort York Plans. as ground penetrating radar and a Benjamin Hesch. This past sum- soldiers, their families and local The Newmarket Historical Soci- magnetometer to detect metals. In mer he worked as Heritage Coor- citizens. Katherine Simcoe, daugh- ety is preparing information relat- addition, they have prepared maps, dinator for The Town of Wilmot ter of Lt. Governor John Graves ing to the local House of Industry. which will greatly assist the cem- in Waterloo County. He identified Simcoe and his wife, Elizabeth The burial ground at this site was etery staff. cemeteries for heritage designa- Gwillim, was interred at Victoria established about 1883 and was Randall Reid and a very capable tion and sought preservation and Memorial Square in 1794. In 1837 eventually closed c. 1937, during group have almost completed restoration guidance. Hopefully the the name was changed to honour which time approximately 746 the restoration project at Sharon Town will continue his good works the new Queen. The burial ground burials occurred. Hopefully, the United Church Cemetery in after Ben resumes his studies has changed over the years due to site will be designated under the Etobicoke. This summer’s rain has at the University of Waterloo. development of the surrounding Ontario Heritage Act. Anyone with delayed their work. The cemetery, Vandals have been at work at area; in fact, few would even rec- information is asked to contact the on the north side of Rexdale Bou- Northbrook United Church Cem- ognize it as a burial ground. The Newmarket Historical Society, levard, west of Highway 27, is the etery in Northbrook, near Kaladar, statue in the park was designed by 134 Main Street. S., Newmarket, only surviving 19th century site in where approximately 80 grave- Walter Allward, designer of the L3Y 3Y7. the now vanished rural community stones were toppled. Anybody Vimy Ridge Memorial. It com- In June a special commemora- of Highfield. It was established with information is asked to con- memorates the military deaths of tive ceremony for forty-two of in 1842 as the burial ground for tact Napanee OPP or Crime Stop- the . Guelph’s original citizens was held Hainstock’s Primitive Methodist pers at 1.800.222.TIPS. St. Mary’s Concern has been raised about in Woodlawn Memorial Park. They Chapel. Cemetery in St. Mary’s was the the Brownsberger Farm Cemetery had been interred in the original scene of senseless vandalism on in Whitchurch. This small burial Guelph Burying Grounds on Baker Donations Needed two successive nights. The Perth ground is believed to date from Street. This had been closed many for the County OPP and Crime Stoppers 1828. Prior to 1916 the markers years ago and it was believed that OHS are asking for public assistance. were removed to Wideman Men- all the remains had been removed. Cemetery Defence Fund! If someone calls Crime Stoppers nonite Cemetery in Markham. It is However, during road widening The resources of the OHS are they do not have to reveal their strongly believed that the remains and other work these remains were constantly challenged as we names or go to court. They may be of those buried at the site were accidentally discovered. try to defend the cemeteries eligible for a cash reward of up to never moved. Construction will Melville United Church on that are threatened across the $2000. Our readers are asked to be start soon at this location. This was Kennedy Road in Markham is for province. We are fortunate that vigilant as they travel around the not a registered cemetery. sale. The cemetery which is adja- many of our members donate province. Any unusual activity in a In London human bones, which cent is believed to be separate from cemetery should be reported to the were described as very old, were the property. The former Melville their time and expertise but police immediately! found during fence repair at a Free Presbyterian Cemetery was there is much we must pay for An order-in-council was recently child-care centre. Unfortunately, established c. 1849. This is a regis- so we are forced to ask our approved transferring ownership the discovery of human remains is tered cemetery. readers for their assistance. We of Victoria Memorial Square from an almost daily occurrence around Rose Cemetery in Prince Edward can’t do it alone. All donations Federal ownership to the City of the province. Long forgotten burial County has been the site of studies will receive a tax receipt.

Museum News

Grenville County Historical Society and the Prescott Grand Truck Railway Station

The Grenville County Historical moved into the station. This year, Society in May 2000 approached the same three volunteers are work- Canadian National Railway (CNR) ing on the outside, painting the The historic Prescott Grand Trunk Railway Station in Prescott was with regard to purchasing the old windows, scraping and burning off recently restored by the Grenville County Historical Society and a Grand Trunk Railroad (GTR) sta- all the old paint from under the number of volunteers. Congratulations! Photo Valerie Schulz tion to be used as their Archives eaves and working on the Operators and Resource Centre. After much Bay. It is worth mentioning that the railway. The architectural Archives and Resource Centre. negotiation between the Town of two of these men are in their sev- origins of the early GTR stations The Society is very proud of the Prescott, Ontario Heritage Trust, enties and one is in his sixties! may be found, in part, in English fact that they have been able to Monuments Canada and CNR, The Prescott GTR station was precedents wherein the Italianate keep and restore part of Prescott’s CNR agreed to rent the station to built by British contractors Peto, style was closely identified with history and to occupy a building of the Town of Prescott and allow the Brassey, Betts & Jackson in 1856, railway architecture. Built of rock- such historical significance. Historical Society to restore the and dates from the first construc- faced grey ashlar limestone, it is building, even though the negotia- tion period of the GTR, specifically the only GTR station of this form Article by tions between the parties involved its Montreal to Brockville section. where all four of the distinctive Valerie Schulz, President were still ongoing. Three volun- It is the largest of the nine surviv- chimneys survive. The operator’s Grenville County Historical Society teers from the Society worked ing stations dating from this period bay was a later addition. all through the summer of 2007 in Ontario. It also has been recognized by restoring the inside of the building The Prescott station is a physi- the Historic Sites and Monuments which had been neglected and was cal artifact from the first phase of Board of Canada as being of nation- in a really sorry state – roof leaking, GTR construction, which, through al significance. The station closed ceiling falling down, broken win- the changes that have been made in 1978, though trains continued to dows, etc. The station had suffered to its fabric, use, and environment, stop here until the late 1990s. badly from vandalism, and the represents the waxing and wan- On September 20th, 2008 we Society knew that if something ing of railway fortunes in Canada. are holding the official opening of was not done right away the station Prior to the coming of the railway, the station as the new home of our Rent the Historic would be beyond saving. Three Prescott had developed extensively ohn c enzie ouse volunteers (husbands of members as a transfer and forwarding port Support Your Heritage! J M K H of the Society) brought the inside between Montreal and the western Join The Ontario Historical Society for meetings, workshops, of the building back, as much as and northern country. As a result, & small social gatherings possible, to how it was originally. it was one of the towns identified Several beautiful rooms available A new front door was made by one as part of the Montreal to Toronto A perfect setting of the volunteers to correspond as routing in the first contract between historical ambiance close as possible to the original the GTR and the government. 416.226.9011 Close to North York Centre subway stop door. Prescott was a type A station www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca In October 2007 the Society meriting a “1st Class” rating from Call 416.226.9011 for more information

September 2008 OHS Bulletin Page 5 The Snider Clocks Story, Museum News (con’d) The Canadian Clock Museum In 2007 Canada’s only clock Community Memories section of museum in Deep River, Ontario, the Virtual Museum of Canada The Windsor Wood Carving Museum received a Heritage Canada at www.virtualmuseum.ca. The Community Memories investment museum also sells the story as a contract to research and tell the fundraiser on a CD-ROM disc story of Harry Snider’s two with 239 images (including scans Toronto-based clock companies. of pages from company catalogues) The Snider Clock Corporation and five storylines. Pictures of all (1950-1957) was followed by the these Snider clocks will soon be Snider Clock Manufacturing Co. in a Gallery on the museum’s own Ltd. (1957-1976). website at www.canclockmuseum.ca. The founder’s younger son Visitors to the museum, which Michael has provided much back- opened in May of 2000, can see ground information about these many Snider clocks up close. On family-operated businesses from display are unusual models such as the mid 20th century. Summer stu- Harry’s “spider” and ball & stick dent Megan Morris photographed “atomic” 1950s wall clocks, his Photo Windsor Wood Carving Museum and documented more than 150 own designs for TV lamp clocks The Windsor Wood Carving and areas of interest. For more examples of wall, mantel, and TV (some finished in typical 1950s Museum was founded in the sum- information about the Museum or lamp clocks in the growing Snider pink and turquoise colours), large mer of 1993 by a group of twenty- upcoming tours and activities, tele- collection at The Canadian Clock wood panel clocks from the 1960s, six carvers from the Windsor phone 519.977.0823 or visit www. Museum (TCCM). Most of the and many dozens of “starburst” and Essex County region who were windsorwoodcarvingmuseum.ca. designs created by Harry and then wall clocks that span almost three all members of the Sunparlour All visitors are welcome to come Michael were unique. decades. Woodcarvers, a club which had and participate in our various pro- In recent years, examples of The Canadian Clock Museum been in operation since 1981. In grams and activities or experience Harry Snider’s clocks from the is located at 60 James Street, just 1998 it was decided to close first-hand our new exhibit. museum’s collection have been thirty seconds off trans-Canada the club so its members could The Museum is also hosting the included in exhibitions at the Highway 17 in Deep River. Watch dedicate themselves entirely to the 11th Annual Wood Carving Show Design Exchange Museum in for the Ontario tourism signs. Museum. and Competition this October. The Toronto and the Canadian Museum Since 1996 the Museum has show will feature carvings from of Civilization in Gatineau, Allan Symons called the same location its home, beginner carvers to those more Quebec. Manager and Curator, within the walls of the Windsor advanced. It will also include The House of Snider in Toronto The Canadian Clock Museum Public Library at 850 Ouellette vendors and demonstrators on-site story is now hosted online in the [email protected] Avenue, Windsor. The museum and a special ceremony awarding has been in existence for 12 years ribbons, prizes and cash prizes to and has continued to grow ever competition winners. The Show is since; today it houses over 300 on October 25 between 10:00 a.m. displayed carvings, 150 members and 5:00 p.m. and on October 26 and several activities in the com- between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. munity. It will be presenting its The Ribbon Ceremony will begin new and amazing Fish and Marine at 2:30 pm on Sunday. The show Life Exhibit starting September 6, will be at the Moose Lodge, 777 2008. This exhibit will feature fish, Tecumseh Road West, Windsor. boats, mermaids, turtles, manatees and other aquatic related carvings Manika Gupta, and artifacts. There is something Museum Assistant, WWCM in the museum for all age levels [email protected]

One of many vibrant, colourful, and fascinating exhibits on display at The Canadian Clock Museum in Deep River, Ontario. This particu- lar image represents a selection of Snider clocks. Photo TCCM

During the 9th Annual Doors The OHS attended the Grey Open Toronto, the John McKenzie County Historical Society’s House had visitors from the (GCHS) 4th Annual Dinner and United States, Russia, Argentina, 6th Silent Auction in Keady. Korea and various regions of GCHS incorporated through af- Ontario. We also had a surprise filiation with the OHS in 1984. visit from our old neighbours, Tom Cole, President, GCHS, Bud and Jean Spinney. The (left) is with the guest speaker, Spinneys, who now live in Charles Garrad, archaeologist, Aurora, were our next door historian and OHS member. neighbours on Parkview Av- Charles gave a superb and very enue and Bud for years was a animated presentation entitled dedicated OHS volunteer who “The Beaver Valley – Some His- was on the call list for our ADT tory of Eastern Grey County.” Security System. If there was Don’t miss Mr. Cole’s upcom- The OHS in partnership with the Timber Village Museum and ever a problem at 34 Parkview in ing presentation, entitled “The the Voyageur Heritage Network presented a very popular event the middle of the night, Bud was Coming of the Telephone to Grey entitled “Living History: A Basket Making Workshop” in Blind River. always there to meet the police County” on November 19th, Pictured here on the left is workshop leader, Judy McGonigal, histo- or fire department. Thank you 1:30 p.m. at Cooke’s Presbyte- rian, museum volunteer, curator, and an OHS Past President, help- so very much for your years of rian Church Hall in Markdale. ing Jim Fortin, Curator, Greater City of Sudbury Heritage Museums dedicated service and best wishes Contact Tom Cole at 519.334. and a former OHS Board Member, to make a Great Lakes Spoked to OHS members Bud and Jean. 1119 for more information. Basket. Thank you again Judy for a great workshop and your con- Photo Rob Leverty Photo Rob Leverty tinued dedicated service to the OHS! Photo Rob Leverty

Page 6 OHS Bulletin September 2008 In time he returned to Ireland, Kilbourn’s biography remains a re-evaluated his religious roots, lively read, despite the author’s From The Bookshelf and made peace with former ene- often mocking tone and propensity mies among the church authorities to spin yarns rather than weave he had so sharply criticized. He historical facts. Its republication Chris and Pat Raible, Editors have been participants in London’s became an ultramontane Catholic, after half a century is a reminder [email protected] history – politicians, sports heroes, firmly denouncing those of other that Mackenzie remains a central, actors, industrialists, church lead- religious persuasions, especially albeit controversial, figure in the FREE BOOKS FOR ALL! ers, artists, authors, and other ad- Protestants. All this and much history of this province and this Local Library, Global Passport: mirable Londoners – all arranged more occurred before his com- country. The Evolution of a Carnegie chronologically by years of death. ing to Canada. Wilson gives us Library. J. Patrick Boyer. Blue A novel and admirable way to McGee, warts and all: passionate, Butterfly Books. 362 pages. present a city’s history by portray- articulate, erratic, irresponsible, Illustrations. $34.95 hardbound; ing its greatest asset – its people. inconsistent, and fascinating. $22.95 softbound. A library does not exist apart from FESTSCHRIFT MAZEL TOV its community but is an expression Essays in Honour of Michael Canada’s Jews: A People’s of it. This splendid book celebrates Bliss: Figuring the Social. Edited Journey. Gerald Tulchinsky. the one hundredth anniversary of by E. A. Heaman, Alison Li and University of Toronto Press, Bracebridge’s Carnegie library. Shelley McKellar. University of 630 pages, Illustrations. $115.00 As Boyer points out, from its ear- Toronto Press. 481 pages. Illus- hardbound. $45.00 softbound. liest days Bracebridge enjoyed a trations. $75.00 hardbound. From the first few founders of the “book culture,” enthusiastically In the course of his career, 18th century forming a congrega- supporting its Mechanics Institute University of Toronto history pro- tion in Montreal, Jews have been Library, founded in 1874. As time fessor Michael Bliss has written an very much a part of, yet sometimes went on, this institution proved extraordinary series of substantial seemingly apart from, the history totally inadequate to the growing scholarly works – on business of the country. Their story, though town’s needs. The town fathers history, including Northern intermingled with the Jewish FIRE AND WATER reluctantly undertook the expense Enterprise; on medical history, history of the United States, is Heat: A Firefighter’s Story. Jon of a truly public library – but could most notably perhaps, The Dis- nonetheless distinct. It is a story Wells. James Lorimer. 256 pages. not see their way to a library build- covery of Insulin; and political that sometimes contradicts the Illustrations. $19.95 softbound. ing. Enter Andrew Carnegie, the history, especially Right Hon- myth of hard-working immigrants Set ablaze by an arsonist, the “Patron Saint of Libraries,” who ourable Men, with chapters on fleeing persecution and assisting burning Plastinet warehouse fire had made huge fortunes in rail- Canadian prime ministers from themselves “to move forward and released a stew of chemicals that roads and steel in the U.S. Remem- MacDonald to Mulroney. He has upward through adversity”. The rained down on Hamilton firefight- bering the importance of libraries also come down from the ivory book is a complete reformulating ers. In a very real sense, the book in his impoverished youth, if a tower and engaged in lively debate and updating of Tulchinsky’s ear- is less about the fire and more community gave the land for a as political commentator. This lier works into a full (more than 600 about the men, in particular one library building and promised to volume is a series of essays by pages) scholarly and informative man, Captain Bob Shaw. Hamilton support the library once built from former students, several evaluat- work. At last a substantive review Spectator reporter Jon Wells won a public funds, Carnegie would pay ing Bliss’s career, but most on of the full history of a people – not National Newspaper Award for his for its construction. In Bracebridge aspects of Canadian history: always a single body or a united extended series of stories about the negotiations were frustratingly politics and business, family and group – in this country. drama and the trauma of combat- stalled by the town’s reluctance to religion, health and public policy, ing the worst toxic fire in Canada’s play its part in promising annual medical science and practice. CLASSIC REPRINTS history. upkeep of the library. But after An altogether fitting tribute to a The Refugee: Narratives of years of letters back and forth, the national treasure. Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Lake Erie Stories: Struggle and funds were received and a truly Benjamin Drew. Introduction by Survival on a Freshwater Ocean. magnificent building was - com George Elliott Clarke. Dundurn Chad Fraser. Dundurn Press. pleted in 1908. Since then, library Press. 351 pages. $29.99 227 pages. Illustrations. $24.99 services have expanded exponen- softbound. softbound. tially, and two additions have been In the early 1850s white Born in Leamington, Fraser has a built to support them and this fine American abolitionist Benjamin lifelong love of Lake Erie. Here are heritage building. The vision lives Drew was commissioned by the seven vignettes of the lake’s his- on. Canadian Anti-Slavery Society tory. Five focus on specific eras – to interview Canadian Blacks LaSalle and French exploration, AROUND ONTARIO who had fled north from slavery. naval battles during the War of Midland on Georgina Bay: An Originally published in 1856, this 1812, the Rebellion battle at Pelee Illustrated History of Midland, book is a remarkable collection of Island, the American Civil War, Ontario. William Northcott more than one hundred firsthand and bootlegging during Prohibi- and William Smith. Huronia oral histories, detailing the dread- tion. Two – one on shipwrecks, Museum. 288 pages. Illustra- ful servitude endured in the United one on lighthouses – round out the tions. $60.00 hardbound. States and much improved life story of the shallowest and second Midland followed the common in Canada West. But as George smallest of the Great Lakes. pattern of development of many LUCK O’ THE IRISH Elliott Clarke points out in his fine Ontario communities – from native Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Vol 1: introduction, they tend to present a EACH UNIQUE peoples and early settlers, to rail- Passion, Reason, and Politics, rather unrealistically rosy view of Barn Building: The Golden way connections and thriving 1825-1857. David A. Wilson. life. Still, they are an interesting Age of Barn Construction. Jon industries, to modern life with McGill-Queen’s University Press. compilation of settler narratives Radojkovic. Boston Mills Press. diverse activities – but Midland 432 pages. Illustrations. $39.95 and “great reads”. 192 pages. Illustrations. $35.00 evolved in its own unique manner. hardbound. This book (with the one follow- hardbound. Here is a local history, lavishly il- Perhaps most remembered today ing) is part of Dundurn’s Voyageur The reader is taken on a tour of lustrated with some 620 pictures, as a Father of Confederation who Classics series, reprinted to bring two-and-a-half centuries through including images of eighteen of was assassinated, D’Arcy McGee back to life works in the fields of rural areas of Ontario, Quebec and artist Fred Lenz’s proudly publi- has not been subject to major literature, history, politics and the northeastern United States. cized murals depicting aspects of biographical treatment before this biography. Barns of logs and of planks, barns the city’s history – one of them is work, the first of a projected two of brick and of stone, barns rectan- huge: the 80 x 200 foot mural on volumes. Here his life is subjected The Firebrand: William Lyon gular, round and polygonal. Each the side of a grain elevator at the to thorough research and thought- Mackenzie and the Rebellion has its own story, many of which harbour. The authors spent twenty ful evaluation by Professor David in Upper Canada. William years researching, writing, and Wilson, who is already well-known Kilbourn. Dundurn Press. 326 Bookshelf cont’d page 8... producing this splendid volume – a for his writing, including the best- pages. $24.99 softbound. fine book indeed. selling Ireland, a Bicycle and a As Ronald Stagg notes in his brief Please Note: More extensive Tin Whistle. Sometimes McGee introduction, “considerable work reviews of a number of books 100 Fascinating Londoners. favoured cooperating within the has been done on Mackenzie since relating to the history of our prov- Edited by Michael Baker and British political system. Other The Firebrand was first published ince are published in each issue of Hilary Bates Neary. James times he was the revolutionary in 1956.” A number of books and Ontario History, published by The Lorimer. 128 pages. Illustra- advocate of an independent nation articles have focused on aspects of Ontario Historical Society. tions. $24.95 softbound. uniting all Ireland. After escap- the man and the period, but neither The prices of books referred More than fifty authors combined ing to the United States to avoid a comprehensive biography of the to on this page may or may not their research interests and writing arrest for treason, he wrote Catholic rebel leader nor a full study of the include GST or postage charges. skills to produce one hundred brief political newspaper columns, often Rebellion itself – its causes and its All prices are in Canadian dollars biographies of individuals who harshly critical of the hierarchy. significance – has yet been written. unless otherwise noted.

September 2008 OHS Bulletin Page 7 ...from Bookshelf page 7 pleasant holiday which has left generation: farm life, school, many agreeable impressions of nursing, marriage, family, Directory of Publishers are here told. The photographs (all places and persons.” Nevertheless, church and community, two world in colour, save a few archival im- Morgan shows that travel does not wars, the Great Depression, in Boston Mills Press, distributed ages) are stunning, the structural necessarily “broaden the mind” the small eastern Ontario village by Firefly Books, 66 Leek Cres., sketches are informative, and the bur rather overseas tourism in the of Cumberland. While raising a Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H1. textual commentary is great. Once period under study all too often family of six, she also managed a www.fireflybooks.com again Boston Mills Press has pro- exacerbated existing prejudices maternity hospital, ushering more duced a heritage book of beauty as and previously formed opinions. than five hundred young Canadians Blue Butterfly Book Publishing well as history – a book for all barn Fascinating! into the world. Based on diaries and Inc., 2583 Lakeshore Blvd. W., lovers, and who among us is not? letters as well as personal memory, Toronto, ON M8V 1G3. WOMEN’S WORK…AND WEALTH this is a tribute to her mother by a www.bluebutterflybooks.ca A Silent Revolution? Gender and proud daughter. Wealth in English Canada, 1860- General Store Publishing House, 1930. Peter Baskerville. McGill- PROJECT 4000 1 Main St, Burnstown, ON Queen’s University Press. 375 Gift of Freedom: How Ottawa K0J 1G0. [email protected] pages. $85.00 hardbound; $29.95 welcomed the Vietnamese, softbound. Cambodian and Laotian refugees. Huronia Museum, The traditional view of women Brian Buckley. General Store Little Lake Park, Box 638, shows that from the early nine- Publishing House. 97 pages. Midland, ON L4R 4P4. Orders c/o teenth century until at least the end Illustrations. $19.95 softbound. www.midlandongeorgianbay.ca of the Victorian era, urban middle- In 1979 there was a desperate and even working-class married situation as refugees fled per- James Lorimer & Company, women operated in spheres quite secution and chaos in Vietnam, Formac Distributing, 5502 different from those of men. In par- Cambodia and Laos. The city of Atlantic Street, Halifax, NS ticular, a married woman’s place Ottawa responded by resettling B3H 1G4. www.lorimer.ca was in the home. But Baskerville thousands of them – welcoming argues that, at a time when they are newcomers into an alien culture. McGill-Queen’s University BON VOYAGE! generally thought to have had little Nearly thirty years later, the story Press, 3430 McTavish Street, “A Happy Holiday”: English independence, urban women in of the extraordinary volunteer Montreal, QC H3A 1X9. Canadians and Transatlantic fact managed considerable wealth. efforts of more than almost four www.mqup.ca Tourism, 1870-1930. Cecilia He examines women’s probates, hundred sponsoring groups are Morgan. University of Toronto wills, land ownership, holdings chronicled. Surely a chapter in Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Press. 461 pages. $90.00 hard- of real and chattel mortgages, in- Canadian history to be proud of. Historical Society, Box 773, bound; $37.95 softbound. vestment in stocks and bonds, and Cornwall, ON K6H 5T5. One of the most revealing self-employment. In fact, women HISTORY NOTED [email protected] things about national character is controlled wealth to an extent In addition to the books reviewed the way that citizens react to and similar to that of most men, and he here, we received these notices Dundurn Press, 3 Church St., report on their travels abroad. shows they managed their wealth describing publications of interest: Suite. 500, Toronto, ON M5E Morgan looks at the experiences of in increasingly similar and some- 1M2. www.dundurn.com English-speaking Canadians times even more aggressive ways. Cornwall Justice, Stormont, abroad (specifically in Britain Dundas & Glengarry Historical University of Toronto Press, and Europe) during the last part WOMEN’S WORK…AND HEALTH Society. 113 pages. Illustrations. 10 St. Mary St., Suite 700, of the nineteenth century and the Just Call Me Eva: The Story of $17.50. The story of Cornwall’s Toronto, ON M4Y 2W8. early part of the twentieth. Based an Uncommon Woman. Joyce M. jail, dating from 1835 and now a on letters, diaries, newspapers and Kennedy. General Store Pub- tourist centre. periodicals, this book suggests that lishing House. 242 pages. Illus- Support Your Heritage! Join The Ontario Historical Society overseas tourism offered a chance trations. $19.95 softbound. The Train Doesn’t Stop Here to explore questions of identity at Robena Eva Farmer was born Anymore, 3rd edition. Ron Brown. a time when issues such as gender, in a modest farm home in the Dundurn Group, 192 pages. nation and empire were the subject Ottawa Valley in the last decade Illustrations. $29.99. An illustrated of public debate and discussion. of the 19th century. Thus begins history of railway stations in But of course, that was not the the life of this “uncommon wom- Canada, compiled by the popular travellers’ reason for going! As one an” who at the same time is also Ontario historian of ghost towns 416.226.9011 mused as he made his way home “common” in that she shared the and fascinating, almost forgotten www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca to Montreal, “There ended a very life experiences of so many of her places.

ISSN 0714-6736 journal, Ontario History (OH), is available to The OHS Bulletin is the newsletter of individuals for $22.00 per year, member The Ontario Historical Society (OHS), organizations and institutions and non-member 34 Parkview Avenue, Willowdale, ON M2N individuals for $32.00 and to non-member 3Y2, 416.226.9011, Fax 416.226.2740. organizations and institutions for $43.00 Inquiries about membership should be Five issues will be published in 2008: directed to: Christina Perfetto at February, April, Summer, September and [email protected]. December. December issue copy deadline: Inquiries about submissions and advertising November 6, 2008. should be directed to: Editor, OHS Bulletin, 34 Parkview Avenue, Reprinting of articles must be accompanied Willowdale, ON M2N 3Y2, 416.226.9011, by the acknowledgement: Reprinted from [email protected]. the OHS Bulletin, (issue & date) published by The Ontario Historical Society. All photo Editor: Andrea Izzo credits and bylines must be retained. Cemetery News Editor: Marjorie Stuart From the Bookshelf Editors: Chris & Pat Raible Views expressed by contributors and adver- Printer: Harmony Printing Limited tisers are not necessarily those of the OHS. The OHS gratefully acknowledges the The Ontario Historical Society support of the Ministry of Culture. 2008-09 Board of Directors: Types of membership in the Society are: Ken Turner, President; Individual/Institution/Organization $35.00; Robert Leech, First Vice-President; Senior/Student $30.00; Family $45.00; John Sabean, Second Vice-President; Affiliated Societies $50.00, Chris Oslund, Past President; Life $500.00; Naresh Khosla, Treasurer; Benefactor $1000.00. Lorraine O’Byrne, Museums Chair; Orland French, Recording Secretary; Membership is open to all Sharon Jaeger; Linda Kelly; individuals and societies Jim Leonard; Jennifer Riel; interested in the history of Brad Rudachyk; Joe Stafford Ontario. The OHS Bulletin OH Editor: Tory Tronrud is sent free of charge to all Executive Director: Rob Leverty members of the OHS. The OHS’s biannual scholarly www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca

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