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I s s u e 161 S e p t e m b e r 2007 Forging Freedom Conference a Success!

On June 22nd and 23rd, 2007, The treated to a very special keynote Historical Society hosted address by Dr. Kate Clifford its first annual conference in more Larson, author of Bound for the than a decade at Brock University Promised Land: , in St. Catharines, Ontario. Forging Portrait of an American Hero, and Freedom: A Conference in Honour The Road to Freedom. A power- of the Bicentennial of the Abolition ful historical drama by Shannon of the Atlantic Slave Trade was and Bryan Prince came next with well attended by 110 participants, musical accompaniment by including scholars, performers, vocalist Denise Pelley and pianist and many members of the OHS. Stephen Holowitz. The conference was opened on This was followed by this year’s Friday night with welcoming words Honours and Awards Ceremony. from Mr. Brian McMullen, Mayor See page 6 for the complete list of Forging Freedom Keynote Speaker Dr. Kate Clifford Larson captivates of St. Catharines; Dr. Rosemary 2007 OHS Honours and Awards her audience with her talk, entitled Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Hale, Dean of Humanities at Brock recipients. Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. University; and John Burtniak, The conference closed with an Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson President of The Historical Society engaging and very informative bus of St. Catharines. Their comments tour of African Canadian heritage were followed by a truly inspira- sites, stopping at the St. Catha- tional performance entitled The rines Museum, Salem Chapel, Spirit of Harriet Tubman by Leslie and the B.M.E. Church N.H.S. McCurdy, a one-woman show that Many thanks to the City of St. brought to life the incredible story Catharines for sponsoring the bus of Harriet Tubman’s heroic role in and to Donna Ford and the Central the . Ontario Network for Black History Saturday morning began with a for hosting the tour. successful and productive OHS The Ontario Historical Society Annual General Meeting. Opening is grateful to all of those who at- remarks for the conference were tended Forging Freedom for help- then provided by the Honourable ing to make it such a resounding Jim Bradley, Minister of Tour- success. It would also like to ism and Recreation. Fascinating extend a special thanks to the vol- presentations were delivered by unteers and vendors who worked Rosemary Sadlier, President of behind the scenes to plan, set the Ontario Black History Society; up and facilitate the event. The The Honourable Jim Bradley, Minister of Tourism and Recreation for the Dr. Afua Cooper, Advisor to the Four Points Sheraton and Brock Province of Ontario, shares some opening remarks at the Forging Freedom Ontario Bicentenary Commemora- University’s Conference Services conference on Saturday, June 22nd, 2007. tive Committee on the Abolition of also deserve special mention. We Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson the Slave Trade, and author of The look foward to, and are extremely Hanging of Angelique: Canada, excited about, our next conference Slavery, and the Burning of Mon- in 2008! Andrea Izzo treal; Dr. Bryan Walls, author and founder of the John Freeman Walls Underground Railroad Historic Site; Dr. Fred Armstrong, Profes- sor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario; and Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost, Executive Director of the OHS and author of I’ve Got a Home in Gloryland: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad. Conference participants share While enjoying a lovely lunch, a moment to discuss the OHS’s special Black History in Ontario the conference participants were edition of Ontario History. Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson In This Issue

President’s Report ...... 2 Exhibits & Events ...... 4

Executive Director’s Report ...... 2

Donors and Doers ...... 2-3

Cemetery News ...... 5 The Ontario Historical Society 34 Parkview Avenue Museum News...... 6 Willowdale, Ontario M2N 3Y2 Welcome New Members ...... 3 From The Bookshelf...... 7

The 34 Parkview Ave. Ontario Willowdale Historical Ontario Society M2N 3Y2 www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca Many of the comments received urged the Society to consider more D o n o r s a n d D o e r s President’s Report regional conferences and educa- tional events. We have already D o n o r s but how do we engage others to taken steps to address this by Chris Oslund moving the Annual General Meet- [email protected] share our vision and passion for the Lydia Alexander preservation of Ontario’s history? ing around the province. The Dear Members: The Board decided that, as an 2006 Annual Meeting was held in Linda Ambrose initial step, we would circulate a Orillia and in June of 2007 we host- Many historical societies across survey to our membership. The ed a very successful conference and Fred Armstrong Annual Meeting in St. Catharines the province struggle with declin- intent of the survey was to gauge Louis Badone ing membership, aging volunteers what services were being used entitled Forging Freedom. We hope to continue hosting the and limited financial resources to and how we could improve and Anne Baillie accomplish all of the things they enhance those services. Although Annual Meeting in various regions throughout the province and we are want to achieve. The Ontario His- we did not receive as many Gyuszi Berki torical Society is no different. responses as we would have liked, constantly looking for funding op- In late 2005, the Board held we did receive a good cross portunities to broaden our outreach J. J. G. Blumenson & M. L. Evans a strategic planning exercise to section of replies from the programs to rural communities. assist us in addressing some Society’s membership. The input received from the Gerald Boyce of these challenges. Discussion A strong majority of the respon- survey will assist us in the next centred around the services we dents listed the “Promotion and steps of our strategic planning Heather Broadbent exercise. The plan will no doubt provide our members, both in- Awareness of Ontario History” Daniel Brock dividual and affiliated societies, and the “Promotion of Ontario’s focus on how the Society can increase its capacity and achieve and what strategies were needed History in the Educational Sys- Elaine Campbell to foster membership growth. We tem” as extremely important. Add- sustainability for years to come. also struggled with the concept of itionally, the OHS Bulletin was Jean Cole maintaining relevancy in an ever- listed as a preferred communi- Yours truly, changing society. I believe the cation tool, and strong support Rowena Cooper work of each and every historical was echoed for the Society’s Christopher W. Oslund society across the province is just role as an advocate in the President James and Regina Cornwall as relevant today as ever before, preservation of Ontario’s history. W. C. Dowsett wonderful permanent and summer Dennis Carter-Edwards Executive Director’s Report staff of the OHS, and to a host of volunteers from the Niagara region, Jane Errington an informative and enjoyable time Karolyn Smardz Frost nealogical Society is our part- was had by more than 110 partici- Brian Gallaugher [email protected] ner in this important endeavour. pants. We are already laying plans Dear Members: With the help of our affiliated and for next year’s conference. Watch Robert Halfyard member societies as well as a host this page for news in the coming I am writing this on the train en of concerned individuals who months! Katharine Hooke route to Halifax. We have just donate time to the cause, as well A third area in which the OHS Jeanne Hughes passed Kingston and are traveling as money to the Cemetery De- is very active is in publishing across the , Canada’s fence Fund, we continue to work the results of new research about A. Rolph Husband newest UNESCO World Heritage towards the goal of preserving this Ontario’s heritage. To this end, The Site! quintessential part of the past for Ontario Historical Society has just Helen Juhola As always when I travel in this the future. been awarded a $12,000 Roots of province, I am struck by its incred- Freedom grant from the Ministry Lawrence Keay ible natural beauty. But I also take of Citizenship and Immigration. note of the stands of sumach so It will provide approximately half Patricia Kennedy often indicative of the presence of of the funds needed for our 2007 prehistoric Native encampments, legacy project. Gerald Killan the old fencerows and crumbling We plan to do two things to Mary Lemyre barns of pioneer farms, the traces commemorate in a tangible and of roads and of once well-worn lasting way the Bicentennial of the M.B. Levitt pathways, now overgrown. And I Abolition of the Atlantic Slave remember and pay homage to those Trade: the first is to develop a Catherine MacFarlane who contributed to making Ontario website entitled Forging Freedom. the great province it is today, start- This will provide access to the pa- Marcel Martel ing with the First Nations peoples. pers delivered at the Forging Free- They fished the streams, hunted in dom conference in June. It will be Thomas McIlwraith the forests, and harvested crops of supplemented with a bibliography corn and squash and beans from this and educational materials designed Kenneth McLaughlin rich earth. It was they who taught so teachers can access this informa- Brian Osborne newcomers from the Old World Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost address- tion for use in classrooms across how to live in the New, in what es the Forging Freedom audience the province. Neil Patterson is, after all, a very harsh climate. with her paper, entitled “Milestones The second is to publish a book Pioneering settlers, mainly from Along the Freedom Road.” of articles about the contributions Ian Reilly Europe and Africa, then cleared Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson made to the growth of Ontario by these immense expanses of land to people of African descent. Did you Marie Rhodes prepare it for a different method Another priority at the OHS know that two prominent African of agriculture. They constructed is to learn and teach about our Canadians, William P. Hubbard Peter Ross harbours and canals, factories and and Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott, province’s rich legacy from past A. D. Small craftsmen’s shops, and carved new generations. This summer we re- were on the board of the York Pio- homes out of the dense forests that instituted a long-time tradition of neers when that group joined with Jean and Arthur Spinney Ontario once boasted. It was a hard the OHS – we partnered with the the Peel County Historical Society and precarious existence for all of Ontario Black History Society and to found The Ontario Historical Wesley Turner our forefathers and foremothers. the City of St. Catharines and held Society? Our own organization We who are part of The Ontario a major conference in conjunction plans to honour their memory Marcia Turner Historical Society remember. It is with our Annual General Meeting. with a commemorative volume of our self-appointed task to study Entitled Forging Freedom: A Con- articles on Black history and the Frederick Turp and conserve, to learn and to teach, ference in Honour of the Bicenten- Underground Railroad. These ar- lest the memories of all of Ontar- nial of the Abolition of the Atlantic ticles were originally published in Bryan Walls io’s peoples of the past be lost. the pages of Ontario History over Slave Trade, this landmark event Brenda Whitlock It is an immense responsibility. was funded through a Community the past 99 (!) years. One of the ways in which we Builders Grant from the Province Finally, this fall we launch our Ian Wilson do that is through our work to of Ontario. It brought together new Thursday evening literary preserve cemeteries. Our prehis- scholars and community histo- series, Voices of Ontario’s Past Mary Wyatt toric and historic cemeteries are rians, heritage entertainers and at the John McKenzie House. sadly endangered in the face of the educators in a unique and special Sponsored by The Dundurn Group rapid development our province venue at the Pond Inlet Facility of is experiencing. The Ontario Ge- Brock University. Thanks to the continued on page 3... 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Glenn Bonnetta Chicken Soup for the Curator’s Soul The Story of One Museum’s Carlos Ferguson Demise and Rebirth Donna Ford Following the flurry of activity sur- achieve its goals. The Board Lisa Frances rounding Canada’s One Hundredth be-lieved firmly in the value of the Birthday celebrations in 1967, a Museum’s programs and its unique Norman Frost number of educators in Kings- collection of documents and Karolyn Smardz Frost, Executive Barbara Kane ton and the County of Frontenac artifacts. Director of The Ontario Histori- felt that it was time to establish a After requesting interim funding cal Society, addresses a crowd at Arden Phair museum which would preserve from a local philanthropic group, the Marcus Garvey celebrations to the memory of our schools, pupils, the Museum received enough funds Kimberly Riordon commemorate Jamaica’s national and educators for the people of to ‘stay afloat’, despite the deple- hero. It was held at Toronto’s Dis- Eva Salter this area. By 1972 materials were tion of its trust fund. The Board tillery District on August 18, 2007. gathered, and plans were finalized continued in its tireless efforts to Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson Andy Stockdill for such a museum. And in 1979 re-establish the museum by the Frontenac County Schools approaching different groups such Sergio Tonon and The Ontario Historical Museum opened its doors. as the Retired Teachers Associa- Society, four authors will read Rene Tsang Part of the impetus was the tion, Queen’s University Archives, from their newly-published books closing of a large number of rural, and many other local museums. It on Ontario History. The events one-room schoolhouses, and the produced new material which out- are scheduled to take place every loss of records, artifacts, and other lined plans for reopening the Mu- eight weeks on Thursday evenings materials. Tales were told of teach- seum and presented solid planning from 7:00-9:00 p.m., and refresh- ers pursuing trucks taking school and strategies. The Board then came ments will be served. The first is registers, desks, books, and other across an 1886 limestone building, scheduled for October 4, 2007. materials to local dumps, in order to which once housed a town hall and The subject for the first set of save them for posterity. The Public library, in a quiet historic heritage readings will be Going Down to School Board, and later the Sepa- area not far from Fort Henry N.H.S. the Great Lakes in Ships. Tickets rate School Board supported these Although their initial request to must be purchased in advance, and efforts. The Public School Board lease the building was denied, the are $7 for non-members and $5 provided space in a school and Board appealed the decision and for members. See our website for helpful funding; and the Museum was able to form an agreement with reservation information, or phone provided a model schoolroom (c. the mayor and the school board. the office at (416) 226-9011. 1890-1910) with authentic desks, Then, in 2005, unexpected news As you make your financial a woodstove, books, straight pens arrived that a substantial gift plans for the 2008 year end, please and slates, and appropriate pro- ($15,000) would be donated if the remember The Ontario Histori- grams, all of which were very Museum was moved into the former cal Society and the crucial work popular with teachers and school- town hall and library. However, it does. It is your generous gifts Thank you to dedicated OHS children, as well as with the general the space required some renova- that help make us able to honour member, donor and volunteer public and touring groups from as tions, with which the school board those who went before us, and to Glenn Bonnetta who is seen far away as Japan. They showed and local volunteers assisted. continue to research, learn, and here on Sunday, May 27, 2007 how such a school was organized, The County School Museum teach about Ontario’s past in the relaxing after a long day of which songs children sang, lunches Board’s luck continued to grow, as present. greeting the public and giving they ate, and the games and toys several retired teachers and other tours of the John McKenzie with which they played. volunteers donated time and effort House during the 8th Annual The Frontenac County Schools to assist in creating a wonderfully Doors Open Toronto. Museum maintained its indepen- vibrant and charming two-room dence from the school boards, space, consisting of a model 1890 but when changes in government classroom and a dynamic display funding were made in the 1990s, area. As the weeks passed, more W e l c o m e it found itself without a space (the volunteers continued to show sup- N e w M e m b e r s school was sold) and without fund- port for the new Museum. In ad- ing from the school boards. In 2001, dition, the Museum Board recently the Museum accepted a generous held its first Annual General Meet- Rent the Historic offer from one of its members to John McKenzie House Freda Crisp ing in several years, has received a place its materials in a storage area second large donation, and has wel- in the interim. During that time, comed an influx of new members. for meetings, workshops, Barb Edwards & small social gatherings eight or nine members of the Exec- The Frontenac County Schools utive Board continued to meet on a Thomas Gibson Museum Association would like Several beautiful rooms available monthly basis in a member’s home to thank all of their supporters and A perfect setting in order to consider how to find Graphnet Mapping Inc. they hope that their story dem- historical ambiance appropriate space, raise funding, onstrates that with perseverance, restructure the Museum’s activi- Close to North York Centre subway stop Edward Grenda patience, and a strong group of ties, and find new partners to help supporters, anything is possible! Call 416.226.9011 for more information Stephen Holowitz Paul Huntington Rideau Canal National Historic Site Sheila Lambrinos Designated as a World Heritage Site

Natalie Lisowiec On June 30, 2007, the Rideau coincides with the canal’s 175th Canal National Historic Site was anniversary. It is a site of outstand- Marian Press inscribed on the World Heritage ing cultural value – Canada’s 14th List by The United Nations Edu- World Heritage Site, and the first Marc Mattin cational, Scientific, and Cultural in Ontario! Organization’s (UNESCO) World Congratulations to the OHS Past Jason Russell Heritage Committee. The Rideau President Dr. Brian Osborne whose Canal was described by UNESCO expertise and commitment were St. Catharines Museum, as “the best preserved canal in crucial ingredients in the Rideau Brian Osborne receives a plaque of Program Aide North America from the great Canal’s designation process. Gavin recognition from the Merrickville canal-building era of the early Liddy of , whose & District Historical Society in Paul Taylor 19th century to remain operational committee was responsible for the appreciation for presenting his paper along its original line with most of UNESCO application, credited as part of the Rideau 175 Lecture Se- Janis and Brock Vodden its original structures intact.” This Dr. Osborne with ensuring that ries (see more information on page 4). designation includes the Rideau the Fort Henry N.H.S. and the Photo Gustave Pellerin Canal, Fort Henry, and the Martello towers were included in Kingston Fortificaions, and also the designation.

September 2007 OHS Bulletin Page 3 Exhibits & Events Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Opens Bicentenary Exhibit SEPTEMBER 30 and OCTOBER 21 NOVEMBER 25 Rideau 175 Lecture Series Marine Museum of the Great Jonathan Moore presents Another Lakes Fall Speakers’ Series Rideau World, which discusses The Marine Museum of the Great the underwater archaeology of Lakes in Kingston invites the gen- the Rideau Canal. 2:00 p.m. eral public to these informative Merrickville United Church, at talks. OHS Past President Dr. Brian the corner of Main St. East and Osborne will speak on The Rideau St. Lawrence St. in Merrickville. Canal: Past, Present and Future Tickets are $5 at the door. on September 30. Ken Watson www.merrickvillehistory.ca will speak on The Rideau Route: The landscape of the pre-canal Photo Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration waterway on November 25. Both OCTOBER 27 talks are hosted at the Museum ‘History on the Grand’ history On July 18, the Ontario Bicentenary Location at 55 Ontario Street in Kingston. symposium Exhibit was opened in Toronto. It Ontario Bicentenary Exhibit Admission by donation. More in- One-day symposium includ- was created to commemorate the 880 Bay Street (at Grosvenor St.) formation at www.marmuseum.ca ing paper presentations, walking 1807 Act to Abolish the British Toronto, ON M7A 2C1 and (613) 542-2261. tour, and keynote speech by Dr. Slave Trade and to help Ontarians Phone Number: 416-314-7304 Kenneth McLaughlin. 8:30 a.m.- learn more of the history Email address: 4:30 p.m. University of Waterloo of slavery in Ontario and the [email protected]. OCTOBER 1-3 School of Architecture, Down- contributions of all those who National Historic Sites Alliance of town Cambridge. Contact Jim fought for its abolition. Hours of Operation Ontario (NHSAO) Conference Quantrell (519) 740-4680 ex. 4610. The Exhibit brings history to life Sunday – 12 noon to 5 p.m. A three-day conference entitled www.city.cambridge.on.ca. with scheduled events, including Monday – Closed Rideau Canal: Yesterday, Today, lectures, story-telling and music. Tuesday – Closed and Tomorrow includes a tour both Admission to all activities is free Wednesday – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on land and water, and a social gath- NOVEMBER 9 of charge. The Ontario Bicen- Thursday – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ering on Monday night. Tuesday Oshawa Historical Society tenary Exhibit will be open until Friday – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday feature a number 50th Anniversary Celebration December 31, 2007. Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. of speakers, including the keynote, Anniversary full-course dinner the OHS Past President Dr. Brian featuring keynote speaker Hon. Osborne. The Opinicon Resort Ed Broadbent. Visit the Victorian Hotel, Chaffey’s Lock, Elgin. ‘herb-garden’ sundial addition to Contact Karen Richardson, the Henry House Garden. Tickets (905) 772-5880 or krichardson@ on sale soon. Oshawa District haldimandcounty.on.ca. Shrine Club. Contact Sherri Upton at (905) 436-7624 ex. 106.

OCTOBER 4 The Ontario Historical Society NOVEMBER 10 On June 18, 2007, the OHS attended an Accessibility Open House hosted presents ‘Voices of Ontario’s Exploring Scottish Ancestry: A by the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Accessibility (MACOA) of the City Past’ – a literary series: “Going Workshop on Resources & Cur- of St. Catharines. Seen here at the Open House are (left to right) Diana Down to the Great Lakes in Ships” rent Research Techniques. Lecinski, Accessibility Coordinator, City of St. Catharines and Niagara Sponsored by The Dundurn Group, Hosted by The Ontario Genealogi- Region, and Shelley Stewart and Fred Stevens, Co-Chairpersons of this event will be the first in a cal Society, Toronto Branch, $30 MACOA, City of St. Catharines. Photo Rob Leverty series of readings by four authors registration fee. 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. North York Central Library of historical non-fiction, focusing Send Us Your Submissions! Auditorium, 5120 Yonge Street, refreshments in an historic setting, on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Do you have an exhibit, event or story 7:00-9:00 p.m. Tickets are sold in Toronto. Contact (416) 733-2608 while browsing through hundreds that you would like to publicize? advance; $7 for non-members and or [email protected]. of new and used cookbooks on If you have a submission, send it to: $5 for members. Refreshments a wide variety of food topics. Editor, OHS Bulletin, The Ontario will be served. More information NOVEMBER 25 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. John McK- Historical Society, 34 Parkview Ave., at www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca Cookbook Caper Book Sale enzie House, 34 Parkview Ave., Willowdale, ON, M2N 3Y2 or bulletin@ and (416) 226-9011. John Presented by The Ontario Histori- Willowdale. (416) 226-9011. ontariohistoricalsociety.ca. McKenzie House, 34 Parkview cal Society and the Culinary His- www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca The OHS Bulletin reserves the right to edit Avenue, Willowdale. torians of Ontario. Enjoy tea and and www.culinaryhistorians.ca. all submissions. Good quality, high resolution images are always welcome.

The OHS participated in the 8th Pictured above are (left to right) Annual Doors Open Toronto held Riley and Krysten Gates, who are on Saturday, May 26, and Sunday helping the MacTier Railroad Heri- May 27, 2007. Both days were con- tage Society (MRHS) by selling gift stantly busy with over 400 guests, items and tickets for a fundraising including families from Ottawa, event. The OHS recently visited the Board of Directors of MRHS to OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino and special guests helped celebrate the Goderich, Cambridge, and Owen discuss the development of a new opening of the new face of The OPP Museum, From Generation to Generation: Sound visiting the historic John railroad museum in MacTier. MRHS What Museums Do! The opening marked the installation of two awards McKenzie House in Willowdale. and OHS are presenting in part- presented to The OPP Museum in 2006 by The Ontario Historical Soci- This successful event depended nership with The Voyageur Heri- ety and the Ontario Museum Association for the Museum’s temporary on the wonderful people who vol- tage Network and Discovery North exhibit, The OPP’s Best Friend: Celebrating 40 years of the OPP Canine unteered their time to give tours. Bay a workshop entitled, “Eating on Unit. Curator Jeanie Tummon “was particularly pleased that From Gen- Thank you (left to right) to former the Rails” on Saturday, October 20, eration to Generation – an exhibit celebrating the work not only of The OPP OHS employee Barbara Kane; OHS 2007 in North Bay. For further in- Museum but of all museums – received such a great response at the open- Executive Assistant Risa Kusumoto; formation on this workshop, please ing celebration.” Left to Right: Actor John LeClair representing the OPP’s former OHS 2006 Summer Student contact: Jennifer Buell, Discovery “Living Past”; S/Sgt Wayde Jacklin, OPP Canine Unit Coordinator; Mr. Rob Carol Ma and OHS Office Manager North Bay at (705) 476-2323 or email: Leverty, Deputy Executive Director, Ontario Historical Society; Mme. and Membership Coordinator [email protected], or Marie Lalonde, Executive Director, Ontario Museum Association; OPP Christina Perfetto. Rob Leverty at (416) 226-9011. Commissioner Julian Fantino. Photo Jeanie Tummon Photo Rob Leverty Photo Rob Leverty

Page 4 OHS Bulletin September 2007 Cemetery News

Marjorie Stuart, Editor The OHS and the OGS have [email protected] been urging that all burial sites in Ontario be registered with the The Registrar, Cemeteries Act Cemeteries Regulation Unit, the (Revised), Michael D’Mello Ministry of Government Services. has given his long-awaited deci- Once registered, it is imperative sion on the application to close a that cemetery owners seek heritage part of Confederation Square in designation through their local Peterborough. The Registrar has Council and the Ontario Heritage ruled that there should not be a par- Trust. tial closure of the burial ground at Sadly, we continue to receive Confederation Square as it is not in information regarding vandalism. the public interest. This is the first This is an ever increasing and time since the Act was enacted that expensive problem. It has been gen- a Provincial Registrar has ordered erally suspected that the vandals that full or partial closure of a cem- were young people on a spree. On August 9, 2007, heritage groups joined The Honourable Caroline Di etery is not in the public interest. Recent reports indicate that Cocco, Minister of Culture and Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas- The City of Peterborough Coun- vandalism has now become more Charlottenburg to celebrate the announcement that the Government of cil has subsequently voted to organized. There have been reports Ontario will honour Ontario’s deceased premiers by permanently marking appeal this decision to the Licence of stolen bronze statues and their gravesites with flags and commemorative plaques. This program is to Appeal Tribunal. The OHS Board recently at Glendale Memorial be implemented and administered by the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT). of Directors unanimously voted Gardens Cemetery in Etobicoke In his speech, Rob Leverty, OHS, congratulated Ministers Di Cocco and that the OHS formally request the 800 bronze vases vanished. Brownell stating “In our struggle for the public interest, the OHS and our Tribunal to grant it full party sta- Police suspect that the high partners across Ontario can and will build on this historic initiative to pro- tus in order that the society could price for bronze is the reason tect and preserve the gravesites of all our fellow citizens in their original participate in any appeal hearings. for this type of theft. At St. locations.” Pictured at the Quinn’s Inn, Cornwall are (left to right) Chris The Tribunal has now informed Raphael’s Roman Catholic Granger, Chair, Heritage Cornwall; Ranald McDonell, President, Corn- the OHS that this matter would be Cemetery in Alexandria, Glen- wall Township Historical Society; Annette Pickering, Past President, La determined at a pre-hearing garry County, vandals did exten- Regionale Saint-Laurent, History & Genealogy Society; Allan Macdonell, conference.The Ontario Genealo- sive damage to the cemetery and President, Glengarry Historical Society; Caroline Di Cocco, Minister of gial Society (OGS) has also asked the nearby convent. In Sydenham, Culture; Mrs. Brownell; Rob Leverty, OHS; Bill Pickering, Genealogist, the Tribunal for party status. If South Frontenac, the town is Clan Chisholm Canada; Dennis Carter-Edwards, Historian, Parks Canada granted party status by the Tribu- raising money for a reward hoping and the OHS Past President; Alan McDonald Sullivan, Board of Directors, nal, both societies would attend the to lead to the arrest of the vandals OHT and Jim Brownell, MPP. Photo Office of Jim Brownell, MPP appeal hearing and, based on the who damaged at least 43 stones in evidence, argue that partial closure Sydenham Cemetery. Volunteers scaping will take place during the of this historic burial ground is not provided most of the labour to summer months. At Ruthven Park in the public interest. restore the cemetery and a record of in Cayuga, volunteers restored The City had applied for this their time and costs is being kept, Indiana Cemetery. A special closure in order to allow a veterans’ as the cost of this destruction will service of rededication and a group to erect a monument to all affect the charges police can lay hands-on cemetery conservation the veterans of Peterborough City when the vandals are apprehended. workshop recently took place. The and County. There are an estimated Estimates are being sought for the recent work on Indiana Cemetery 146 grave shafts under the area cost of professional restoration. was used as a case study. where the proposed monument is to The fate of Maple Lawn Cemetery In Oshawa, the representatives be built. This could mean that there or Louth United Church Cemetery of Simcoe United Church thought are many more burials. Confed- in St. Catharines is still to be de- that the city-administered Pioneer eration Square is the site of Peter- termined. The non-denominational Memorial Park Cemetery was borough’s pioneer burial ground. cemetery, established in the 1840s, once attached to an earlier church. John Sheehan is Chair of Citizens has been administered by a board Investigation revealed that while for the Protection and Preserva- from the church. The church was the city has maintained the ceme- tion of the Pioneer Cemetery. This officially closed last year and the tery for many years the official is a non-profit group, composed of board wishes to retire. The City of transfer to the City had never been members of The Kawartha Branch, St. Catharines has been asked to officially registered. the Ontario Genealogical Society assume responsibility but the The Haven’s Memorial Com- and other Peterborough researchers. cemetery would have to be de- mittee has been working with They have spent long hours pre- clared abandoned with no further Homer Cemetery and the Heritage Photo Rob Leverty paring a history of the burial interments. There are still a number Planner for the Town of Niagara- Rob Leverty was honoured to ground and seeking the names of of plot holders who hope that on-the-Lake. They are preparing represent the OHS at the Day of those believed to have been buried last members of their family can heritage designation material Mourning & Dedication of The in the pioneer cemetery. It was es- be interred in the cemetery. for the Council. The Niagara Elliot Lake Miners Memorial on tablished c. 1820 and is known as A notice of declaration of an Foundation is already preserving Saturday, April 28, 2007. The the Burial Ground. The last known unapproved cemetery was pub- two stones at Homer Cemetery. Memorial was designed and interment was c. 1857. Initially, the lished in the Niagara Region Improvements are proposed for constructed by Laura Breetvelt- cemetery was divided into three newspapers. This was the former Derry Road west of Argentia Road Brown who grew up in Elliot Lake sections – Church of England, Ro- St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cem- in Missisaugua. It is feared that and is now living in Ottawa. man Catholic, and General Burial etery, located on Chestnut Street, this could have an impact on Eden The Elliot Lake Nuclear and Ground. The Anglican portion Jordan Station. The cemetery Road Cemetery. Mining Museum is compiling a was never used and was sold. The is believed to have been closed to book in memory of the miners who Peter Robinson settlers are believed further burials c.1876. Archaeo- worked at the Elliot Lake site. Fam- to be among the early burials. logical assessments reported the Donations Needed ily members are asked to write and Confederation Square is regis- presence of one adult body, and for the OHS submit a biography of their loved tered with the Cemeteries Regula- newspaper accounts have indicat- Cemetery Defence Fund! ones. The book is titled Miners’ tion Unit. It was designated under ed more. The property had been Memorial: Memories from the Heart. the Ontario Heritage Act in 1983. sold for development and the new The resources of the OHS are For further information please There is a bronze Cenotaph which owner was unaware that this was a constantly challenged as we contact Darla Hennessey at (705) was designed by Walter Allward, burial ground. It is for reasons such try to defend the cemeteries 848-2084 or darla.hennessey@city. the designer of the Vimy Ridge as this that we urge that all burial elliotlake.on.ca. Monument which was recently sites be registered and that they that are threatened across the rededicated on the 90th anniver- appear on the official town plan. province. We are fortunate that sary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Annual Meeting of Warner many of our members donate Support Your Heritage! The Cenotaph originally com- Cemetery was held recently. their time and expertise but Join The Ontario Historical Society memorated local servicemen and The Committee worked with there is much we must pay for women who died during the First the Ministry of Transport to so we are forced to ask our World War. In 1979 the names preserve this historic cemetery readers for their assistance. We of those who died during World when the Queen Elizabeth Way can’t do it alone. All donations War II and in Korea were added. was widened. The final land- 416.226.9011 will receive a tax receipt. www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca

September 2007 OHS Bulletin Page 5 Eva Brook Donly Museum (Norfolk Historical Society) received Museum News an addition. Fort Erie Railroad Museum Partners in Celebration – Haliburton Highlands Museum Ontario Heritage Institutions Huronia Museum & Huron Ouen- Celebrate their 40th Anniversary dat Village Killarney Centennial Museum The Museums Committee of The ‘official’ opening in 1967. Two major Photo Sharon Temple Ontario Historical Society would buildings were also added (Half Way Lang Pioneer Village Museum like to recognize the follow- House and Roblin’s Mill) that year. Sharon Temple Museum expanded ing heritage institutions, as each London Centennial Museum was to include a drive shed for its historic Brant Museum and Archives built in the shape of the five-point Doan Buggy celebrates its 40th anniversary. (Brant Historical Society) received a centennial symbol. 1967 was the Centennial of a two-storey addition. St. Catharines Museum great nation. Canada’s heritage Montgomery’s Inn (Etobicoke His- was celebrated as never before Bruce County Museum & Cultural torical Society) received an exterior Musée Sturgeon River House and signified the nation’s mood of Centre (Bruce County Historical So- renovation project. Museum extreme optimism and confidence. ciety) received an addition – the old Communities and organizations log school from Amabel Township. Muskoka Lakes Museum Teeterville Pioneer Museum across Canada were encouraged to Buxton National Historic Site and North Hastings Heritage Museum Timber Village Museum engage in projects to celebrate the Museum anniversary. The projects ranged Nor’Westers and Loyalist Museum Todmorden Mills Heritage from special one-time events to Cannington Centennial Museum (Glengarry Historical Society) Museum and Arts Centre local improvement projects, such as the construction of municipal Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah A two-room museum in Ontario’s The Toronto Branch of the Ontario arenas, parks – and wonderfully, Parliament Buildings was opened Genealogical Society was formed. Centennial Park, 1910 Logging in commemoration of the 175th an- museums! Museum niversary of the 1st Parliament of Wishing our colleagues a fabu- Waba Cottage Museum and Upper Canada, which coincided with Gardens lous 40th year; congratulations! Chapleau Centennial Museum the nation’s Centenary. Wellington Community Historical Comber and District Historical Ontario Heritage Trust Museum. Allan Macpherson House (Lennox Society Museum & Addington Historical Penetanguishene Centennial Society) was opened. White Oak, a replica of a sailing ship, Copper Cliff Museum (TBC) Museum & Archives which was launched on Confedera- Arnprior & District Museum tion Day, was added to the Oakville County of Grey-Owen Sound Perth Museum Museum Museum Atikokan Centennial Museum Peterborough Centennial Museum Willoughby Historical Museum The Dundurn Castle restoration and Archives Backus Museum project was completed. It was Wilson P. MacDonald Memorial opened to the public on Saturday Pickering Museum Village received School Museum Black Creek Pioneer Village June 17, 1967 and would later a centennial expansion. opened in 1960 and then had an become recognized as a National York Museum, Toronto, in the Historic Site. Includes the Hamilton The Centennial Museum of centennial recreation centre Military Museum. Sheguiandah

A Special Thanks The 2007 OHS Honours to our Summer Students and Award Ceremony

The Ontario Historical Society to-day administrative tasks. In For this year’s Honours and would like to extend a warm thank- September she will continue her Awards ceremony the OHS you to this year’s summer students, Bachelor of Arts Co-op (Hons.) solicited the help of Henry Risa Kusumoto and Keting Cao. degree at UTSC. D’Angela, Mayor of the City of Both students were instrumental in Keting Cao worked productively Thorold. Mayor D’Angela pres- the preparation and setup stages of as the Heritage Data Coordinator ented the awards to the this summer’s conference in addi- in which she developed and man- recipients as the citations were tion to handling their own summer aged various OHS databases. Of read out by members of the Board. projects. her position, Keting states: “Work- Eight awards were presented this Risa was hired through the ing at the OHS has been such a year as determined by the Honours Dr. Bryan Walls poses outside the University of Toronto at Scarbor- great experience! Not only have I and Awards committee under the Pond Inlet facility at Brock Univer- ough’s Arts Management Co-op learned many useful and transfer- direction of Dr. John W. Sabean sity during the Forging Freedom Program as the OHS’s Executive able skills that will definitely aid in and Dr. Cynthia Comacchio. conference, at which he was award- Assistant. She assisted in many my future pursuits in the business Book awards went to Su ed the OHS’s Cruikshank Medal. projects throughout the summer, field, I have also made many great Murdoch, B.E.S. Rudachyk, and Photo courtesy of Carlos Ferguson including designing the floral ar- friends.” This fall, Keting will be Kurt H. Schick for their handsome- rangements for the conference and studying Bachelor of Business ly produced Beautiful Barrie, The profit organization for outstanding creating artwork for this issue of Administrative at the University of City and Its People: An Illustrated service to its region. the OHS Bulletin, in addition to the Toronto at Scarborough. History of Barrie, Ontario, in the Allan McGillivray, who has enthusiasm she brings to her day- regional history category (Fred served the community of Uxbridge Landon Award); to Judy Rebick Township for over 35 years in for Ten Thousand Roses: The Mak- researching, interpreting, and ing of a Feminist Revolution; for communicating its history, was women’s history (Alison Prentice awarded the Carnochan Award, Award); to Kerry M. Abel for her given to an individual who has comprehensive history of north- contributed many years of ser- eastern Ontario – Changing Plac- vice to the heritage community. es: History, Community and Iden- Dr. Bryan Walls and Lydia Ross tity in Northeastern Ontario in the Alexander, two Past Presidents of category of social, economic, the OHS, were also honoured. Dr. political or cultural history (J.J. Walls was the recipient of the Talman Award); and to Char- Cruikshank Medal, which is lotte Gray for Reluctant Genius: presented on rare occasions to indi- The Passionate Life and Inventive viduals who have performed with distinction on behalf of the OHS. OHS Staff pose for a photograph in the west parlour bay windows of the Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, (Donald Grant Creighton Award). Ms. Alexander was given a special John McKenzie House. Pictured here (left to right) are Risa Kusumoto, President’s Letter of Commenda- Executive Assistant; Christina Perfetto, Membership Coordinator and The Tyrconnell Heritage Society Office Manager; Keting Cao, Heritage Data Coordinator, and Karolyn received the Dorothy Duncan tion for her many years of service to the OHS. Smardz Frost, Executive Director. Photo Andrea Izzo Award, presented to a not-for- Dr. John Sabean

Page 6 OHS Bulletin September 2007 Brothers Charles and William celebrated successes, shared ex- From The Bookshelf Wadsworth, born in Essex, periences. A Walk Down Memory England, were prominent Lane is just that, a stroll through one merchant-millers. In 1828 they society’s past. The Campbellford- Chris and Pat Raible, Editors WORDS AND IMAGES established the milling firm of Seymour Heritage Society, one of [email protected] The Power of the Press: C. & W. Wadsworth on the the oldest in Ontario, funded by The Story of Early Canadian Humber River at St. Phillip’s Road the area’s community foundation FREE AT LAST Printers and Publishers. Chris in Weston. The family continued marked its first 150 years by- re I’ve Got a Home in Raible. James Lorimer & Co. the milling operation until approxi- cording its history. What a fine way Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the 95 pages. Illustrations. $19.95 mately 1917. These personal to celebrate a sesquicentennial! Underground Railroad. Karolyn softbound. letters provide a vignette of their Smardz Frost. Thomas Allen life and business interests between RESEARCH RESOURCES Publishers. 450 pages. Illustra- Fashioning Fabric: The the years 1816 and 1857. Townships of the Prov- tions. $36.95 hardbound. Arts of Spinning and Weaving ince of Ontario, Canada: A In 1831, Thornton and in Early Canada. Adrienne D. MORE THAN ROCKS AND Complete Index of the Townships Lucie Blackburn made a daring Hood. James Lorimer & Co. WATER in all the Counties and Districts. daylight escape from their 93 pages. Illustrations. $19.95 Georgian Bay Jewel: Muriel Gartner and Frederick Kentucky slaveholders, and with softbound. The Killarney Story. Margaret Prong. Ontario Genealogical the help of forged papers found The focus of these volumes: two E. Derry. Poplar Lane Press. Society. 72 pages. Maps. $12.95 their way to apparent safety in common technologies. The one, let- 260 pages. Illustrations. $49.95 softbound. Detroit. But safe they were not. terpress printing of newspapers and hardbound. Births, marriages, deaths, land – Pursued by their owners, the handbills; the other, creating tex- A work aptly demonstrat- all these records were registered Blackburns fled once again, this tiles for domestic uses. Both were ing that a trained historian can by townships. Hence the value of time to Canada where, thanks to essential to the lives of early settlers also be an ardent admirer of her this compilation of all – yes, all British law steadfastly interpreted but are now barely remembered and subject – in this case, Killarney. – the townships in our province, by Canadian officials, they could largely unappreciated. Both were The area is renowned for its natu- both historical townships that no be free at last. Settled in Toronto, developed long before Europe- ral beauty, as many of the images longer exist as political entities Thornton Blackburn established ans brought them to Canada, but throughout the volume testify, but and the more recently formed mu- a successful taxi cab busi- both significantly changed over the casual visitor or vacationer nicipalities (current to Dec. 2006). ness and he and Lucie played a 200 years as settlement spread may not be aware of its mineral The maps alone are worth more notable part in welcoming other across the country. The Power of resources, its fishing industry, than the price. fugitive slaves. Nevertheless, the the Press relates the trials of the and the importance of its Blackburns were all but forgot- first King’s Printers, the political geographic location as a point of The Beginner’s Guide ten until an archaeological dig in impact of independent pub- Great Lakes passage. Environ- to Ontario Genealogy. Fraser 1985 uncovered the remains of lishers like William Lyon mental, economic and historical Dunford. Ontario Genealogical their home. Enter archaeologist/ Mackenzie and Joseph Howe, concerns are interwoven in a work Society. 32 pages. $9.95 historian Karolyn Smardz Frost and the social import of the daily that is, in design and word, a softbound. (luckily for us all, now our metropolitan press and the small joy to read. Looking for maps, censuses, OHS Executive Director). Her 20 community newspaper. Fashioning religious records, civil registra- years’ diligent detective work on Fabric explores the methods, tions, municipal records, land both sides of the border has tools and patterns used by each records, newspapers, or immigra- resulted in this outstanding book, immigrant group – from the tion/emigration records? Here is a at once a compelling account of Acadians to the Mennonites. helpful guide describing what they a great escape, a scholarly analy- Dozens of modern full-colour are and where to find them. sis of slavery with its personal, photographs, taken at (mostly political and economic impact, and Ontario) historic sites, make visu- BOOK ABOUT BOOKS a recognition of the important role ally clear the detailed explanations History of the Book in free Blacks played in their new of the texts. Each book’s attractive Canada, Volume Three: 1918- homeland. design is matched with substan- 1980. Carole Gerson and tive content, while appendices Jacques Michon, editors. Finding Freedom: The direct readers to museums offering University of Toronto Press. Untold Story of Joshua Glover, demonstrations and to biblio- 638 pages. Illustrations. $85.00 graphic sources for more THE FORMATIVE YEARS Runaway Slave. Ruby West Raisin Wine: A Boyhood hardbound. Jackson and Walter T. information. 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Chapters cover Glover’s former owner set out to 1815. By Donald E. Graves. years in the heart of cottage country topical areas, with ‘case studies’ recover his “property”; as with the Robin Brass Studio. 488 pages. Muskoka. However, his family telling specific stories – more than Blackburns, friends and sympa- Illustrations. $39.95 hardbound. was not part of the ‘smart set’, and a hundred separate essays by twice thizers secured Glover’s escape, The career of British officer young James was caught between as many scholars. The world of not without cost to themselves. Thomas Pearson spanned the Na- two worlds, that of his dedicated books in Canada changed dramati- Thus began Glover’s 40-day poleonic wars – with major battles Chippewa mother and of his cally, but it lost none of its vitality. Underground Railroad journey to fought in Portugal, Spain and happy-go-lucky,working-class Monumental but not overwhelm- Canada. News of his travails pre- North Africa – as well as service in white father, whose main claim to ing, the three volumes of this ceded him to Canada, and a num- Canada in the (includ- fame was his excellent home brew. history combined offer both a fasci- ber of newspapers, including Mary ing Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane). But James was clever and full of nating examination and a glorious Ann Shadd’s Provincial Freeman , Once again historian Donald enterprises, which sometimes celebration of the printed word. carried accounts of his escape. 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September 2007 OHS Bulletin Page 7 A new book on disappearing landmarks of our history. Old Canadian Cemeteries Places of Memory

by Jane Irwin

Important links to the past, Canadian pioneer, military and First Nations’ burial places are being worn away by weather, development and time. Here you’ll find a record of Canadian settlements, religious schisms, many ethnic groups and the wide variety of materials used for markers. Photographs by the celebrated John de Visser. From your favorite bookseller or from

320 pages in full colour = opens to 23” wide = 250 colour photos hundreds of interesting details, locations and $75.00 sources of information www.fireflybooks.com

from Bookshelf page 7 Ontario Historical FIREFLY BOOKS1 1 McClelland & Stewart Inc, Poplar Lane Press, 20243 Heartlake Rd.,8/14/07 4:00:00 PM Directory of Publishers 75 Sherbourne St., Toronto, ON M4A 1P9. Caledon, ON L0N 1C0. www.poplarlane.net Campbellford-Seymour Heritage www.mcclelland.com Society, 113 Front St. N., Box 1294, Robin Brass Studio, Box 335, Stn. R, Montreal, Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0. Montgomery’s Inn Museum, 4709 QC H2S 3M2 www.rbstudiobooks.com Dundas St. W., Etobicoke, ON M9A 1A8. Davus Publishing. 150 Norfolk St. S., www.montgomerysinn.com Thomas Allen & Son, Ltd., Simcoe, ON N3Y 2W2. 390 Steelcase Rd. E., Markham, ON L3R 1G2 Ontario Genealogical Society, 40 Orchard www.thomas-allen.com James Lorimer & Co., Formac Distributing, View Boulevard, Suite 102, Toronto, ON 5502 Atlantic Street, Halifax, NS B3H 1G4. M4R 1B9. www.ogs.on.ca University of Toronto Press, 10 St. Mary St., Suite 700, Toronto, ON M4Y 2W8. ISSN 0714-6736 journal, Ontario History, is available to The OHS Bulletin is the newsletter of The member individuals for $21.20 per year, Wisconsin Historical Society Press., Headquar- Ontario Historical Society (OHS), member organizations and institutions and ters Building, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706- 34 Parkview Avenue, Willowdale, ON M2N non-member individuals for $31.80 and to 1482 www.wisconsinhistory.org 3Y2, 416.226.9011, Fax 416.226.2740. non-member organizations and institutions for $42.40. Inquiries about membership should be Please note: More extensive reviews of a number Five issues will be published in 2007: directed to: Christina Perfetto at members@ of books relating to the history of our province are February, April, Summer, September and ontariohistoricalsociety.ca. Inquiries about sub- published in each issue of Ontario History, December. December issue copy deadline: missions and advertising should be directed to: a journal also published by the OHS. October 31, 2007. Editor, OHS Bulletin, 34 Parkview Avenue, Wil- The prices of books referred to on this page may or lowdale, Ontario M2N 3Y2, (416) 226-9011, may not include GST or postage charges. All prices Reprinting of articles must be accompanied [email protected]. are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. by the acknowledgement: Reprinted from Guest Editor: Andrea Izzo the OHS Bulletin, (issue & date) published Cemetery News Editor: Marjorie Stuart by The Ontario Historical Society. All photo Robert J. Burns, Ph.D. credits and bylines must be retained. From the Bookshelf Editors: Chris & Pat Raible Printer: Harmony Printing Limited Heritage Resources Consultant Views expressed by contributors and adver- tisers are not necessarily those of the OHS. The Ontario Historical Society Heritage & Research Analysis Board of Directors: Home & Property History The OHS gratefully acknowledges the Corporate & Advertising History support of the Ministry of Culture. Chris Oslund, President; Heritage Product Marketing Research Ken Turner, First Vice-President; Types of membership in the Society are: John Sabean, Second Vice-President; “The Baptist Parsonage” (est.1855) Individual/Institution/Organization $30.00; “Delivering the Past” 46249 Sparta Line, PO Box 84 Brian Osborne, Past President; Sparta, ON N0L 2H0 Senior/Student $25.00; Family $40.00; [email protected] Naresh Khosla, Treasurer; www.travel-net.com/~rjburns Tel/Fax: (516) 775-2613 Affiliate $50.00, Susan Neale, Museums Chair; Life $500.00; Cynthia Comacchio, Recording Benefactor $1000.00. Secretary; Jack Cecillon; Orland French; Robert Leech; Lorraine Membership is open to all O’Byrne; Jennifer Riel; Brad individuals and societies Rudachyk interested in the history of OH Editor: Tory Tronrud Ontario. The OHS Bulletin Executive Director: Karolyn Smardz is sent free of charge to all Frost. members of the OHS. The OHS’s biannual scholarly www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca

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