DECEMBER 2008

Ontario History's 100th Access Beyond The Ramp Anniversary ... Or is it? John Rae, Access to Employment Opportunities Andrea Izzo, OHS Bulletin Editor 1st Vice President of the Alliance How are staff recruited? Do you [email protected] ©ntario 1btstorical $octet):? for Equality of Blind Canadians use word of mouth, or do you have a plan in place to reach out to vari­ This year marks an important Whenever the term "accessibility" ous groups in your community? landmark in the history of Ontario is mentioned, most people imme­ Do staff know about their duty to History, the scholarly journal of diately think of a sloping ramp or accommodate? The Ontario Historical Society. PAPERS AND RECORDS accessible washroom. This is not Under the editorship of Tory surprising, since the international Access to Information on Displays Tronrud, Curator, Thunder Bay Symbol of Access is a stylized Is information about items on wheelchair. display presented only by notes Museum, 2008 will see the 100th VOL. l. volume of the periodical. But it However, a more inclusive idea in tiny print on a display case? Or would seem, unfortunately, that of access includes much more. It does your facility provide audio the party has arrived 10 years too involves understanding and valu­ guides, tactile drawings, replicas, late! Ontario History, which was ing differences. Some of us look or information sheets in multiple then produced under the name different, talk differently, learn formats? Papers and Records, first appeared in different ways, move around in 1899 - almost 110 years ago - differently, or use adaptive equip­ Access to Collections and in that span of time, only I 00 ment to perform our jobs. How is your collection displayed? volumes have been published. This While "accessibility" does in­ Are items on display mainly in discrepancy was caused by a prob­ clude access to premises, it also glass cases, or can patrons touch lem which is emblematic of the includes access to museum col­ some or most of what's on display? Society's past and which is shared The cover design of the original lections, educational programs, Do you provide educational pro­ by many non-profits - a lack of Papers and Records, Volume 1, employment opportunities, and grams, where a patron can interact funding. is dated 1899 (reprinted 1930). information about what's on dis­ with staff and ask questions about In the Society's earliest days, play and what's happening at your what's on display? funding came from Ontario's heritage prope1ty. Department of Education in the transform from the Pioneer No Substitute to Tactile Access form of an annual grant of $478. and Historical Association of the Access to Premises For a patron who is blind like While this might seem like a paltry Province of Ontario. Under then­ Getting in is the key to taking part me, there is no substitute to tactile sum, it was in fact seen as quite OHS president James Coyne, in what's happening - so gaining access! Being able to run my hand generous for the time. After all, Papers and Records was meant access to and being able to move over a shiny surface, examine the according to the 1899 Annual Re­ primarily to preserve rare docu­ around a facility is paramount. Pro­ contours of a statue, and feel the port, the secretary's annual salary mentary sources. As such, the first viding parking spots close to your face and clothing makes history totalled $100, the production costs issue includes pages upon pages entrance, level entrances, adequate real! of Papers and Records totalled of marriage, burial, and parish lighting, non-slip floors, elevators, I have travelled extensively, $250.85, and membership with the records from across the province. keeping glare to a minimum, and both in Canada and abroad. l have OHS was only $1 .00peryear! How­ As time progressed, with the desire providing that occasional bench for visited many museums, pioneer ever, the Society experienced some to reach a much wider audience, a quick rest, will make your facility villages and historic homes and low points throughout its history, editors gradually included more more "accessible" and more invit­ properties. when funding became scarce. For narrative history, concerned mainly ing to a larger number of patrons. While in Copenhagen, I was example, between 1921 and 1938, at this time with our constitutional asked to put on a pair of thin cot­ years of economic turbulence, four and political past. Access to Programs ton gloves to prevent the oils from issues were not produced. In total, Bythe l 920s,PapersandRecords How do you promote your pro­ my hands from damaging any of eleven years between 1902 and improved on a number of fronts. grams? Are they only advertised the irreplaceable collection from 1941 saw no issue published. In The size and quality of issues was by print flyers at the entrance to ancient times that I was touching at 1913, two issues were published. expanded as university-trained his­ your facility, or do you also have a the Ni Karlsburg Glyptotek. Dur­ As such, 2008 marks the 100th torians began contributing articles TTY with staff who check it regu­ ing a special tour on board Admiral issue, 1 10 years later. on a regular basis for the first time. larly, provide brochures in plain Nelson's flagship, they took down Despite this, Ontario History has For example, Fred Landon of the language and multiple formats, the rope and al lowed me to wander enjoyed many prosperous years University of Western Ontario be­ put a telephone message on your his quarter-deck. In the basement as a very useful tool for historians gan writing a new brand of history phone line, especially at night, or of the National Museum of Ireland and students alike. It first appeared concerned primarily with the social operate a website that contains in Dublin, I had the opportunity to in 1899, during the reorganization past of Ontarians and of African information on upcoming activities examine some of the items they did and incorporation process which Canadians. The direction of Papers and events? not have room to put on display. saw The Ontario Historical Society Do you offer public lectures? At Nelson Mandela's former O NTA RIO HISTORY cont'd page 6 ... Do lecturers spend most of their house in the Soweto district of ~ ., r.: • ~ time talking to their slides, or are Johannesburg, South Africa, : In This Issue they adept at describing what is on I could touch much of what was ---'- -- ~ the slides they are using to supple­ on display, including Tommy "Hit PR ES IDENT'S REPO RT ...... 2 C EMETERY N EWS ...... 5 ment their presentation? Do you Man" Hemes World Champion­ offer special programs for school ship boxing belt, which was a great EXECUTIVE D IRECTO R 's REPO RT ...... 2 E XHI BITS & EVENTS ...... 6 groups? Do you have some items thrill for me.

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Executive Director's Report

Rob Leverty Fort Frances [email protected] In September, I travelled to northwestern Ontario. In Fort Frances, the OHS launched the The OHS has a provincial mandate Accessible Heritage Toolkit with and it is our duty to work in com­ our workshop partners, the Fort The Sioux Lookout Volun­ munities in all parts of Ontario. Frances Museum and the Fort teer Museum Curators Group I am going to devote most of Frances Municipal Accessibility hosted the Fall 2008 Meeting this report to our recent work in Advisory Committee. I also toured of The Sunset Country Museum northern Ontario. the recently restored Fort Frances Network. The OHS gave two pre­ Since becoming your Executive Museum and its new accessible sentations atthis regional meeting Director last April, I have been exhibit space. This is truly a fine and joined our colleagues in tour­ to northern communities on three museum and the OHS salutes the ing the Sioux Lookout Museum. separate occasions. long serving and hardworking cu­ Seen here is Vera Kameda­ rator Pam Hawley who should be Lacroix, Volunteer Curator, with Blind River very proud of the restoration of a truly magnificent First Nation Last May, I visited the Timber this Heritage 1898 schoolhouse. Runner's Regalia. This garment Village Museum (TVM) in Blind is a prize example of two cultures River. I was very impressed by Sioux Lookout coming together, as the tunic the high quality and diversity of The next day in Sioux Lookout, portion is constructed with mid- their collection. With the splendid the OHS participated in the Fall 1800s Victorian fabric. The group hospitality of Chris Clark, Curator, 2008 Meeting of the Sunset Coun­ also had prepared a display of TVM, I was invited to give two pre­ try Museum Network hosted by their doll collection that dates sentations for interested individu­ the Sioux Lookout Volunteer Mu­ from the early 1900s for the als and numerous historical groups. seums Group at the A-Frame Gal­ tour. For further information One was on heritage designation lery. Representatives of regional contact Vera Kameda-Lacroix at followed by a second presentation museums, Consultants for the [email protected]. on incorporation for non-profit Ministry of Culture, two Munici­ Photo Rob Leverty organizations through affiliation pal Councillors and the Economic with the OHS. The next morning Development Officer for the Town paper archives. We were inter­ the OHS launched its Accessible of Sioux Lookout and the local me­ viewed by the local press. Heritage Toolkit with the Mayor dia attended this meeting. I gave a For decades volunteers have been of Blind River; the Deputy Mayor; presentation on a wide variety collecting artifacts, photographs the TVM Curator; the Voyageur of topics including our Honours and documents about Sioux Look­ Heritage Network (VHN) and and Awards Programme; Ontario out's rich history. Now, the volun­ representatives from the Ministry History; preservation of histori­ teers are led by two dedicated and of Culture. In the afternoon, the cal buildings and cemeteries; in­ creative individuals: Donna Giles OHS, in partnership with the TVM corporation and insurance. I also and Vera Kameda-Lacroix. Donna and the VHN, presented "Living launched the Accessible Heritage and Vera have donated their skills History: A Basket Making Work­ Tool Kit. On behalf of the OHS, and countless hours to safeguard shop." Representatives of histori­ Dorothy Duncan gave a presen­ and promote Sioux Lookout's cal organizations and institutions tation on "Customer Service - heritage. For example, they have from Sault Ste. Marie to North Bay Making Our History Accessible." worked with local artists to devel­ attended these activities including We held consultations at the Sioux op impressive portable historical members of the general public and Lookout Museum, the train station, displays now on exhibit at the lo­ heritage groups from Iron Bridge, the cemeteries, and learned about cal airport, the Tourist lnfonnation St. Joseph Island, Massey, Stur­ other local challenges including Office and the Town's Economic geon Falls, Manitoulin Island and the documenting and storing of Sudbury. over 180 cubic feet of collected EXECUTIVE cont'd page 5 ...

PAGE 2 OHS BULLET!:\ DECE:\1BER 2008 Latchford has been renovated this year thanks to a $12,500 grant from the Frog's Breath Foundation. Two new publications are avail­ able from the Town of Latchford: WELCOME Latchford Centennial Memories NEW MEMBERS The coming year will find many and services, including project 1907 - 2007, and the latchford organizations and institutions in grants, contact Box 27, Toronto's Centennial Cookbook. To order, Ontario celebrating special anni­ First Post Office, 260 Adelaide call 705.676.2416. versaries and one that will touch Street East, Toronto, M5A lNl. Many museums and historical almost everyone is the 100th Bruce County Historical Society societies have announced 2009 anniversary of the founding of the reminds us that one souvenir of the programmes including Head­ Ontario Provincial Police. There 150th anniversary of Southampton of-the-Lake Historical Society, are already many plans in place is Southampton Remembered, 120 meeting on January 9 at the Cana­ for programmes and projects at the pages of memories and photo­ dian Football Hall of Fame to hear OPP Museum in Orillia, as well graphs. For availability and cost Margaret Houghton share stories as special projects across Ontario contact 519.368. 7186. from Here First, her most recent including the travelling exhibition The Ontario Association of book. The Grimsby Historical Soci­ Arresting Images, that pays tribute Agricultural Societies (best known ety will welcome Holly Gonsalves to policing the historic "southern as the Ontario Fairs Association) of Puddicombe Estate Farms and frontier" and the Commemora­ has also published a pictorial book Winery as she discusses "Two Hun­ tive Patrol that will celebrate to commemorate its 150th anni­ dred and Twelve Years of Farm­ the OPP's role (along with their versary. To order this "snapshot in ing" on January 21: 905.945.2166. canine teams) in the vast regions time": 705.488.3182. Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealog­ of the north. To learn more, or to The Streetsville Historical ical Society will host Paul McGrath become involved: OPP Museum Society has launched a Tweedsmuir speaking on "Getting the Most Out 705.329.6889 or Friends of the History of Streetsville, Volume 1, of ANCESTRY.CA" at the North OPP Museum 705.527.9016. compiled by the Streetsville York Central Library Auditorium Good news came from the Women's Institute that covers the on January 26: 416.878.9800. The Ministry of Tourism with the period 1905 to the 1950s. Infor­ Toronto Postcard Club will host announcement that Celebrate mation: 905.542.1877. A Taste of the 28th Annual Postcard Show on Ontario 2009, with a budget of Macpherson House was recently February 8 in the Humber Co11ege $9 million, will recognize the published by the Lennox and Gym on Humber College Bou­ importance of festivals and events Addington Historical Society. This levard in Etobicoke. Woodside as significant economic drivers for historic recipe book commemorates National Historic Site in Kitch­ communities across Ontario. The 40 years of preserving pioneer life ener is planning a Family Day on deadline is January 16 for applica­ in the 1830s. For availability and February 16 with treats, games, a tions to be submitted in person or cost contact 613.354.3027. scavenger hunt and lots of Victo­ by mail or courier. To learn more, The Leeds & 1000 Islands rian activities: 519.571.5684. Grey or to receive application forms: Historical Society reports that County Historical Society will 416.326.0844. the Landsdowne Volunteer Fire hold the February 18th meeting The Gananoque Historical Soci­ Department celebrated its 50th in Cooke's Presbyterian Church ety has always maintained one of anniversary recently, having grown Hall in Markdale. Following a Pot the largest memberships in Ontario from a bucket brigade to a modem Luck Luncheon Norman Playter and again this year is reporting equipped and trained department will be "Identifying the Unusual": 1,200 members. The popular 30+ of very dedicated volunteers. A 519.372.0225. page Newsletter arrives already Ladies Auxiliary was organized As October drew to a close, two punched ready to insert in a 3-ring in 1961 with fundraising as the of Ontario's most popular mu­ binder, an added bonus. major objective, and, since then, seum curators were honoured by Many in the heritage community bazaars, bingos, dances, bake sales, their communities - Linda Kelly will know Hugh MacMillan, who yard sales, dinners and many other of the Centennial Museum of served for many years as Liaison activities have all supported the Sheguiandah on Manitoulin Island Officer for the Archives of Ontario, Depa1iment. Congratulations! and William "Bill" Yeager of the but have you read Adventures of a Congratulations also to The Eva Brook Danly Museum and Paper Sleuth, Hugh's own account Pinhey's Point Foundation, who Norfolk County Archives in of his travels and treasure hunt as received the Kanata Chamber of Simcoe. In both cases, friends, he searched for archival material? Commerce People's Choice Busi­ family and colleagues gathered to To order: 613.726.7588. ness Award in the category of pay tribute to the dedication and Speaking of archives, could your Community Support/Non Profit professional contributions that archives use a little support? The Organizations of the Year. The these two professionals have made Friends of the Archives of Ontario, Foundation is responsible for to the museum and historical com­ formed a decade ago as a volun­ research, interpretation and exhi­ munity over the years. As they teer, non-profit organization to bitions at Horaceville, a City of both go forward to new challenges assist the Archives of Ontario and Ottawa heritage property. To learn in the months and years ahead our archives throughout the province. more: 613.832.4347. thoughts and our thanks go with To learn more about programmes The Logger's Hall of Fame in them!

... from ACCESS page 1 For further information feel free to contact the Alliance for Equality At the University of Saskatch­ of Blind Canadians by e-mail at ewan, I had the pleasure of exam­ [email protected] or by toll ining their collection of replicas of free phone at 1.800.561.4774. artifacts from ancient times. At the Editor's Note: l n addition to Museum of Civilization and Man in being the I st Vice President of the Gatineau, I have had special tours, AEBC, John Rae was a member of especially during the summertime the Provincial Advisory Commit­ when their staff is supplemented tee established by the OHS and the by archaeology and anthropology Accessibility Directorate of Ontar­ students and touched much from io to advise on the development of their extensive First Nations exhi­ an Accessibility Tool Kit. John has The Ojibwe Cultural Foundation bition, and I have roamed around also been a speaker at numerous (OCF), M'Chigeeng, Ontario, many pioneer villages and touched OHS workshops entitled "Making attended the OHS workshop implements that were used to build Ontario's Heritage Accessible for "Making Ontario's Heritage this country. Creativity, ingenuity People with Disabilites." Acces­ Accessible for People with and reaching out to various organi­ sible Heritage: An Accessibility Disabilities" in Sudbury. Seen zations in your community can go Tool Kit for Ontario's Heritage here (left) is Alan Corbiere, Op­ a long way to making your collec­ Organizations and Institution~ is erations Manager for the OCF, tions more "accessible" to a much available from the OHS for $45.00 receiving Accessible Heritage - larger number of patrons, who including GST and shipping. For An Accessibility Tool Kit for want to experience what the past more information, or to order a Ontario's Heritage Organizations has left us to learn from and enjoy copy, please contact the OHS at and Institutions. what you have on display. 416.226.9011. Photo Dorothy Duncan

DECEI\IBF.R 2008 OHS BuLu:n:,.; PAGE 3 have worked as "a small assembly ' line of design "Also, the inside of Across the Province (cont'd) some boxes show "the distinctive mark of a 318th inch chisel." He wonders what tools the makers had, "Where did they get them and 1837 Rebellion Prisoners' Boxes how they were allowed to keep them?" Of one thing he is sure, In the months following the 183 7 despite what some historians have Courtesy of Bruce & Pat Wilson. Rebellion in Upper Canada, hun­ suggested, "pocket knives and Photo by Dart)'! Withrow dreds of men were arrested, alleged broken glass could not provide the participants in that ill-fated insur­ versatility necessary to create what annual journal of the York Pioneer rection. Imprisoned in Toronto's they have created." and Historical Society. Since then, jail and awaiting trial, a number Raible believes the boxes are word has spread - in part because of them passed their time by carv­ especially significant because of of articles in the Toronto Star - and ing small wooden boxes. With pen their inscriptions. "Some men, many more boxes have been dis­ and ink they wrote on them loving missing their families or sweet­ covered. A second inventory list­ mementos, affirmations of faith, or A c.1838 prisoner's box crafted hearts, inscribed their boxes with ing these "new" boxes - 77 boxes even political declarations. Until in a Toronto jail following names, hearts, flowers, and loving in all, at last count - is scheduled recently, these boxes have been the failed Rebellion in Upper messages." For example Charles for the 2009 York Pioneer. seen simply as interesting personal Canada. Courtesy of Culture Doan's box, now in the collection A number of these boxes are artifacts, treasured by families, Division, City of Toronto. of the Aurora Museum: "Dear on display at museums in Aurora, museums or collectors of antiques, Photo by Danyl Withrow mother this I for thee make/ A token Fort Henry, Lambton County, but without particular historical keep it for my sake/ If in yon east­ Mackenzie House, Markham, and significance. all the known boxes. With their ern world I roam/ And partedfrom Uxbridge. The Sharon Temple, According to Ontario histo­ owners' permission, Withrow is my wife and home." Other boxes The Royal Ontario Museum, The rian and author Chris Raible, these creating facsimile copies, a col­ reveal religious feelings, such Canadian Museum of Civilization boxes are much more important lection of box replicas for use in as William Reid's: "In Clinging and the Canadian War Museum than previously realized. "Seen in­ museum and school programs. to the Massey Grate/ Uncertain also have them in their collections. dividually they are fascinating," he Several of his boxes were featured as to Future Fate/ Catch a Glimpse In other museums there could well says, "considered collectively, they at the Pickering museum's "Spirit of Hev 'ns Pure Light/ But Trust in be boxes that have not yet been are extraordinarily informative. Walk" last September. God to Set All Right" -a verse found "discovered." Many more boxes They tell us what those poor men, From his examining and recreat­ on at least five different boxes. are privately held, treasured by after months of languishing in jail, ing boxes, Withrow confesses, he "These men may have been the descendants of their mak­ were thinking and feeling. They has gained "an appreciation for months in a penitentiary," Raible ers or the families to whom they also suggest surprising strength of the ski 11 these men had and for notes, "but they certainly are were first given. Still more boxes, character and express anything but the passion they exhibited in their not penitent." George Barkley's purchased at auctions or from repentance." writings." To his surprise, nearly inscription is typical "May ven­ antique dealers, are owned by Two other men are working every box seems to have been mea­ geance draw his sword in wrath/ individuals who take special in­ closely with Raible to compile a sured with accuracy and precise­ Andjustice smile to see it done/ And terest in the artifacts of Ontario's complete inventory of all known ness. "They all show a remarkable smite the traitors for the death/ Of history. References to yet more Rebellion prisoners' boxes. John tendency to be created to normal Matthews, Launt and Anderson." boxes continue to be discovered Carter is a museum advisor for the imperial ruler measurements: 2 & Anthony Anderson was shot early in family histories, local histories, Ministry of Culture whose per­ 1/2 inches ... 3 & 3/4 inches ... in the Rebellion - Samuel Lount personal reminiscences, and old sonal interest in the Rebellion has 1 & 7/8 inches. Was there a ruler and Peter Matthews were publicly newspaper clippings. led him to research the stories of in the room?" Also, every box has hanged. Indeed, tribute to the "mar­ "The more we tum up new Rebellion prisoners, particularly "a sliding dovetail lid," a design tyrdom" of Lount and Matthews is boxes," says Raible, "the more we the men who were transported to that takes a high degree of skill. expressed on at least a third of the are sure that there are many oth­ Van Diemen 's Land in Australia. "These dovetails are no more than known boxes. ers. It is extraordinarily helpful His museum contacts help locate an eighth of an inch in height and The first known collective ex­ when people tell us about boxes boxes and his files add information could easily be ruined by a wrong hibit of prisoner boxes was held they have or know about." Read­ about the people who are specifi­ move or an inferior tool. Yet all in 2005 at the City of Toronto's ers of the Bulletin are invited to cally named in box inscriptions. are precise and the fit is tight and Market Gallery. Information about get in touch with him by emailing Darryl Withrow, a Toronto most still work today, 170 years those 18 boxes, along with details [email protected] or tele­ teacher and Pickering Museum later." He is equally impressed of another 21 boxes - all in area phoning 705.466.2261. Parties Village volunteer, is carefully with the skills required to make the museums, private collections, or interested in the history of the studying and measuring boxes, inlays - hearts, diamonds, triangles referred to in published writings Rebellion are encouraged to check studying the skills of those who and rectangles - on many boxes. - became the basis for an inven­ out the special Rebellion-themed made them. So far he has studied He suggests that "two, three, four tory. It was published in the 2006 Autumn 2009 edition of Ontario 39 different boxes - nearly half of or more men with the skill" might volume of the York Pioneer, the History.

OHS Welcomes a New Affiliated Society ­ Immediately following the ad­ Whenever any property is threat­ verse decision, the WHCD Board ened the Board is there to offer The Weston Heritage Conservation District voted to more than double the their expertise and support. boundaries of Phase 2 Study area Our Mission Statement is to pro­ Weston pioneers brought their house involved trips to the Toronto in order to bring properties like 96 mote the preservation and protec­ trades and traditions and left Archives to investigate assessment Queen's Drive under its protective tion of the built heritage of Weston behind a legacy of built heritage records, directories and aerie) umbrella. through the policies and guidelines that the Weston Heritage Conser­ maps, days at the Toronto Land Phase 2 is off to a promising within the Weston Heritage Con­ vation District (WHCD) is striv­ Registry Office to obtain plans and start. We launched the new study servation District Plan. Through ing to preserve. This includes the instruments and discussions with on April 26, 2008. Shortly after the knowledge and information beautiful homes, riverstone walls other groups, individuals and To­ that, the community elected a new gained in this process, it is hoped and majestic trees that line the pic­ ronto Preservation Services. slate of officers to the Board of that the neighbourhood will main­ turesque streetscapes of Weston. City Council passed a by-law Directors. We have a new website tain its historical atmosphere and These homes go back to the 1850s, on September 27, 2006, officially (www.heritageweston.com), fund­ integrity while encouraging an with styles that range from Geor­ designating Phase l as a Heritage raising opportunities, a photogra­ ever increasing sense of goodwill gian to Victorian to Arts & Crafts. Conservation District. An appeal phy committee and heritage aware­ amongst the residents. The idea of creating a Heritage against the by-law was settled in ness initiatives all in the works. Most importantly, we have joined Conservation District began in April 2007 and on August 20 of The WHCD Board has not limited The Ontario Historical Society as 2004 after residents won the fight that year the Ontario Municipal its activities to just the designation an affiliated society. This alliance to save the former Gardhouse Board approved the Weston Heri­ of the district. Through seminars, has made it possible for us to be in­ residence at the Ontario Mun­ tage Conservation District Plan. our website and an inventory of corporated and has added a level of icipal Board. Councillor Frances Just as the WHCD Board was preservation resources we hope to support to our efforts that is greatly Nunziata obtained Community applying the finishing touches to help educate the public on what can appreciated. Council's approval to study Weston Phase 1 the neighbours reported be considered heritage, howitcan be as a potential Heritage Conserva­ that 96 Queen's Drive (Phase 3) saved and the resources available. Cherri Hurst, President, tion District. was under serious threat from a Weston has a number of indi­ Weston Heritage Due to the large number of homes developer. After months of meet­ vidually designated buildings that Conservation District in the area, the study was divided ings, speeches and strategies the are under threat and the Board has 416-241 -9322 into three phases. A Board was Ontario Municipal Board unfor­ made them part of their mandate formed, bylaws were drawn up and tunately granted the developer's also. The push to save the Weston Editors Note: Please see a related research began. The study of each appeal on January 17, 2008. Plank Road Building is continuing. photograph on Page 3.

P,u;E 4 OHS BuLLETr:, DECDIBER 2008 has been completed and work has their deceased family members commenced on inputting the re­ at that time. Archaeological digs Cemetery News cords of Fort Frances Cemetery. in 2004 revealed human remains When completed, this database within the Cathedral grounds. The will be a great help for genealo­ plans for this Centre have not been Marjorie Stuart, Editor the Cemetery Regulation Unit, gists and family historians. reviewed but it is to be hoped these [email protected] Ministry of Government Services. Hearings before the Ontario Mu­ will not intrude on this well-known Vandalism has been reported in nicipal Board were held recently and catalogued burial ground. We are saddened to report the re­ the Old Methodist Burying Ground with regard to proposed construc­ Library and Archives Canada cent death of Barbara Paterson in also known as St Paul's United tion of a condominium complex at has announced the launch of In M uskoka. Barbara's name was syn­ Church in Perth. This one of the Orchard Point in the Orillia area. Quarant{ne: Life and Death on onymous with Muskoka's heritage oldest pioneer burial grounds in The Chippewas of Rama First Na­ Grosse Ile, 1832-1937. A variety and she supported the preservation Ontario. tion have offered to witch or dowse of preserved documents have been of cemeteries. We worked together The Town of Oakville has taken the area. In 1889, remains of an digitized. These include births and on two cemetery workshops and down gravestones that are a risk aboriginal woman were discovered deaths at sea, hospital registers, other related cemetery issues. Her to public safety. This has occurred during construction of the Red journals, letters and more. This great interest and wise counsel will in Bronte, Munn's, Palermo and Cross Hospital. It is believed that database may be viewed at www. be greatly missed. Oakville/St. Mary's cemeteries. there were other aboriginal burials co 11 ecti onscanada. ca/ grosse-i Ie. One of our readers has advised us These have been carefully placed in the area. It had been suggested The "information explosion" of an early cemetery in Pembroke. on the ground and will be re­ that an archaeological assessment on the Internet is a great boon to This was the first Roman Catholic paired in the coming year. The be carried out before any construc­ genealogists and family historians. cemetery with burials between administrators of cemeteries are tion at the site begins. Ancestry.com and Ancestry.ca as 1847 and 1899. It is also believed responsible for preservation and The Sunset County Museum well as other genealogical websites that there were aboriginal burials stabilization under the Cemeteries Network met recently at Sioux have an amazing collection of ma­ at the site. The cemetery is admin­ Act. If a grave marker presents a Lookout. This group, comprised terial available to research on line. istered by the Grey Sisters of the risk to public safety they may lay of members from Aitkokan, Fort The family historian is reminded Immaculate Conception who are it down. Frances, Kenora, Red Lake and that it is important to view the believed to have used the cemetery The grave markers which have Sioux Lookout meets regularly. original source when documenting until l 956. Further information been laid down in Oakville are the This year the group discussions any research. relating to this and the earlier cem­ "wedding cake" type. These have included the preservation of pa­ multiple tiers and seldom have a per records and the urgent need to etery is sought. DONATIO NS NEEDED lnformation is sought relating to good base. The layers were often preserve these records and those of the Vandecar Wesleyan Methodist pinned or cemented together. The their local cemeteries. FOR THE OHS Cemetery in East Oxford, where a pins rust away or the cement crum­ The Cathedral Church of St. CEME1ERY DEFENCE FUND! church and cemetery were estab­ bles so, while these grave stones James in Toronto is proposing The resources of the OHS are lished c. 1856. The property was may look safe, they are not. to construct a $14 million New constantly challenged as we sold in c. l 9 I 5 when the congrega­ Rob Leverty has spoken on Cathedral Centre. Burial records try to defend the cemeteries tion was disbanded. This is not to Cemeteries and the Public Interest indicate that there are 3094 known that are threatened across the be confused with a later cemetery in Scarborough, King Township recorded burials at St. James province. We are fortunate that with the same name. and Prince Edward County in the Cathedral Churchyard adjacent to We were advised of a family past month. Diane Clendenan and the existing cathedral buildings. many of our members donate burial ground that was bulldozed. r have a power point presentation Some early records were lost and it their time and expertise but It is illegal to disturb any burial which we would be pleased to is known that many more interments there is much we must pay for site whether in an organized cem­ present to interested groups. took place prior to the establish­ so we are forced to ask our etery or a small and inconspicuous The Town of Fort Frances is ment c. 184 l of the new St. James readers for their assistance. We burial ground. Anyone with knowl­ preparing a database of cemetery Cemetery and Crematorium on can't do it alone. All donations edge of this or related incidents information. Documentation for Parliament Street. Records show will receive a tax receipt. should report it to the police and those buried in Riverview Cemetery that very few families did remove

... from E XECUTI VE page 2 Passings and Condolences On behalf of the OHS, I send the I was so sorry to hear that Alan families of Alan, Barbara, Doug Development Office. However, Miller has died. I first met Alan and John our condolences and the challenges to protect their and his lovely wife Helen in 1998 deepest sympathies. local history are daunting and I at our first public meeting with the have pledged to do whatever I can Old Durham Road Pioneer Cem­ Willowdale Community Garden to help the Sioux Lookout Volun­ etery Committee about incorpora­ In my last report to you, I wrote teers defend their history. tion through affi Iiation with the about the City of Toronto's inno­ OHS. Alan was humble, quiet and vative initiative to create a commu­ Manitoulin Island ever so wise and alert. His dig­ nity garden on the lands adjacent My last trip to northern Ontario nity, kindness, sparkling eyes and to the John McKenzie House. The was in late October to Manitoulin The OHS was invited to attend winning smile will be missed but community garden is a collabora­ Island. There were visits and meet­ a special event to honour Linda always remembered. I was deeply tion between Clean and Beautiful ings at the Kagawong Old Mill and Kelly, the retiring curator of the saddened to hear that Barbara Pat­ City (Toronto); Toronto Parks, Heritage Centre and the Ojibwe Centennial Museum of Shegui­ erson has died. She was dedicated Forestry & Recreation; Councillor Cultural Foundation. The Cen­ andah. Mayor Jim Stringer, to preserving and promoting local John Filion and the OHS. tennial Museum in Sheguiandah Northeastern Manitoulin and history and we had collaborated On October 21, 2008 the OHS hosted the Annual Meeting of the the Islands, is seen here pre­ many times on workshops. Hunts­ hosted a well-attended community Voyageur Heritage Network and senting a certificate to Linda in ville, Muskoka and Ontario have meeting to discuss the Willowdale I was very impressed with the de­ recognition of her fourteen years lost a really priceless asset. The Community Garden. The over­ tailed reports given by all the mem­ at the municipal museum. OHS bas lost a valued member and whelming positive response from bers of the network including the Photo Rob l ever!)• true friend. the community led to the creation Central Manitoulin Museum Vol­ Manitoulin Island has also lost of a project design committee unteers; Michael's Bay Historical the years to come, the OHS looks a local historian and key member and organizing committee. The Society; Greater City of Sudbury forward to working with our part­ of their community. Doug Lank­ OHS hosted a second meeting Museums; Sturgeon River House ners and members on Manitoulin tree passed away in early October. on November 18th for the design Musuem; Little Schoolhouse Mu­ Island. Doug was the President of the committee. I am very pleased to seum; Discovery North Bay and Central Manitoulin Historical So­ report that this meeting gener­ Centennial Museum. Members of New northern OHS Affiliates ciety and very active in preserving ated consensus within the design the general public joined us for a The OHS has many affiliated Mindemoya's historical past. committee allowing this exciting traditional turkey dinner followed societies and supporters in north­ Finally, I was shocked to hear project to move forward. Toronto by Dorothy Duncan's very popular ern Ontario. ram thrilled that in the that John Hart, 56, the Solicitor Parks, Forestry and Recreation workshop Manitoulin at the Table. last year there have been three new for the City of Peterborough died will start work on the community OHS then attended a special heritage organizations in the north suddenly. Readers of the Bulletin garden adjacent to the OHS head­ event in recognition of Linda incorporate through affiliation with will be familiar with the City of quarters this December. Clean and Kelly's fourteen years of service the OHS. They are la Societe Peterborough's appeal of the de­ Beautiful City capital funding will as Curator of the Centennial Mu­ historique du Nouvel-Ontario; cision that it is not in the public be dedicated to the project in late seum. (see picture above right) The Anderson Farm Museum and interest to relocate part of Confed­ 2008 and in 2009. Linda has been a great friend of Heritage Society; and most recent­ eration Square Cemetery. Over the I hope all of you have a great the OHS and since 1995 we have ly, the Bruce Mines and District last two years, I spoke to John on Christmas and my very best wishes worked together to deliver many Historical Society. The next issue many occasions "off the record" for a happy and healthy 2009! educational programmes in the of the Bulletin will have informa­ about this difficult file. I always north. Welcome to Heidi Ferguson tion about our educational pro­ found him to be a very fine and Rob Leverty, who is the new curatorial intern. In gramme next spring in Mattawa. thoroughly decent human being. Executive Director

DECE:\IBER 2008 OHS BULLET(;\ PAGE 5 FEBRUARY 13 FEBRUARY28 20th Heritage Dinner Northern Terminus Kick off Heritage Week in Ham­ Join the Grey Roots Museum & ilton and join The Ontario Histori­ Archives for the launch ofN orthern cal Society in celebrating the 65th Terminus: The African Canadian OCT 2008 to FEB 28, 2009 JANUARY 11 Anniversary of the Head-of-the­ History Journal (Vo l 6) and Over any Distance Imaginable: Sir John A. Macdonald Dinner Lake Historical Society! OHS Ex­ Threads: Piecing Together the The Royal Mail from York The Kingston Historical Society ecutive Director Rob Leverty will Underground Railroad. Event will Th is exhibition offers insight into is hosting this anniversary dinner be the keynote speaker at this event. be held at 102599 Grey Road 18 the tumultous period of the 1830s, in honour of Canada's first prime Waterfront Banquet Hall, 555 Bay (just south of Owen Sound) at 1 :30 during which letters were the only minister at the Senior Staff Mess St. N., Hamilton. 6:00 p.m. cock­ pm. Presentations will be followed form of long-distance communica­ at the Royal Military College. The tails, 7:00 p.m. dinner; $35.00 per by refreshments and music by the tion. Presented by Toronto's First guest speaker wiJ 1be Professor Tom person. Telephone 905.924.0805 Bobby Dean Blackburn Trio. Free Post Office at The Market Gallery, Axworthy, Queen' s University. or visit www.headofthelake.ca for admission. Visit greyroots.com for St. Lawrence Market, 95 Front St. Event begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets more information. more information. East, Toronto. Contact 416.392. on sale until January 6. For more 7604 or [email protected] information please contact Heather at 613.544.5596 or Warren at NOV 2008 - MARCH 1 2009 613.545.9316. A Few of Our Favourite Things Visit a showcase of quilting tradi­ FEBRUARY 13 tions and beyond from The Grand Valentine Tea at McCrae House Quilt Guild of Fergus. Welling­ Treat your special someone to an ton County Museum & Archives. afternoon tea at the historic McCrae Visit www.wcm.on.ca, phone House! Seating begins at 2:00 p.m. 519.846.0916 or email info@wcm. and tickets are purchasable in on.ca for more information! advance only for $ I 2.00, which includes admission to McCrae DECEMBER 2008 House and Guelph Civic Museum. Creches From Across the World Order by calling 519.836.1221. This exhibit features over 150 creches from almost 60 different Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald recently visited Belleville countries. Open daily, with special as guests of the Hastings County Historical Society. Joining them as activities for children, between guest speaker at the Society's annual banquet was author Richard 1: 00 and 4:00 pm until Decem­ Gwyn, on the left, who is working on the second of his two­ ber 22nd, and again on the 28th volume set on Canada's first prime minister. To Macdonald's right is and 29th. St. James' Cathedral, Society President Orland French and, in the Macdonald sweatshirt, Toronto. 416.364.7865, ex. 233. Heritage Advisor Gerry Boyce. The Macdonalds were portrayed by Brian and Renee Porter, re-enactors who live in Brockville. In separate presentations, Porter and Gwyn provided a fascinating history lesson SEND Us Y oua SuBMISSIONs! on the life and style of Sir John A. The banquet attracted a sold-out Do you have an exhibit, event or story crowd of 180 people at the Ramada Inn, raising about $6,000 for the that you would like to publicize? If you Society's archives fund. Photo Hastings County Historical Society have a submission, send it to: For over twenty years, Moris Editor, OHS Bulletin, and Carol Leach have attended The Ontario Historical Society, 34 Parkview Ave., Wtllowdale, ON, M2N 3Y2 every workshop the OHS has or [email protected]. held on Manitoulin Island. Thank you Moris and Carol! The The OHS Bulletin reserves the right to OHS appreciates your enthusi­ edit all submissions. Good quality, high asm, dedication and support for resolution images are always welcome. our educational programmes. Photo Rob Leverty

.. .from O NTA RIO H ISTORY page I Shennan, an invaluable Index of Ontario History from 1899 to 1972 and Records was never the same was created. This search tool only after the contributions of the likes strengthened the publication's use of Landon, Ernest Cruikshank, and among students. In 1993, a supple­ Supreme Court Justice William mentary index was created by Jean Riddell. Burnet, Elizabeth Bloomfield, and The economic hardship of the Linda Foster. Both of these index­ Pictured (left to right) are Pam Hawley, Curator, Fort Frances 1930s brought with it difficult times es can be viewed online at OHS's Museum (FFM); Margaret Sedgwick, Chief Librarian, Town of Fort for the publication. The government website. Frances and Faye Flatt, Municipal Planner and member of the town's grant was altered such that it would Many congratulations are due to Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) with Rob Leverty, OHS no longer fund Papers and Records, the countless authors, editors, and Executive Director, at the launch of the OHS' Accessible Heritage and to save money, the OHS was contributors of Ontario History Tool Kit at the Fort Frances Civic Centre. The FFM and the town's forced to make some changes. for this landmark I 00th issue. It AAC were partners with the OHS and the Accessibility Directorate of They cut the publication back to has had a successful and impres­ Ontario for the workshop Making Ontario's Heritage Accessible for a third of its size, changed from sive history, and in the words of People with Disabilities. Photo courtesy of the Fort Frances Times hardcover to paperback printing, Gerald Killan, it "contributed to and began to print the OHS Annual the foundation of critical histori­ Reports together with it. cal scholarship in Canada." Today, Ontario History Spring 2009 Preview The periodical continued this this strong tradition of publishing way, mostly unchanged until 1947, relevant historical interpretations Though at the time of writing several articles are still in revision, the when under the editorship of future under high scholarly standards Spring 2009 issue of Ontario History will feature an eclectic mixture archivist of Ontario George Spragg, continues into a twenty-first-cen­ of articles covering a wide expanse of time. David Bain has contributed Papers and Records underwent tury Ontario. a 'facelift' of sorts. Stylistically, For further reading, see Dorothy a fascinating study of Toronto's High Park and the man most responsible Spragg renamed the periodical to Duncan's "Nothing Short of a Mir­ for its creation, John George Howard. For something completely Ontario History, added the book re­ acle! " in the Autumn 2008 (Vol­ different, be sure to read Daniel Laxer's analysis ofFranco-Ontarien folksongs view section, and introduced bright ume C, No. 2) Ontario History. and the coureurs de bois and voyageurs who sang and composed amongst the colours to the cover. This continued Also check out Gerald Kill an' s diverse peoples of the North American fur trade. Bringing us into the 20th until 1962, when under Morris "The Good, The Bad, and an century will be Anne Warner's article on 1920s youth culture at Queen's Uni­ Zaslow, Ontario History covers re­ Occasional Touch of the Ugly: versity, which explores the tension between traditional ideals of middle class ceived pictures and the publication The Ontario Historical Society Canadian society and the values that began to emerge among middle class youth was split into four annual prints, or Papers and Records" (June 1975, in the I 920s. Also expected is another article by David Calverley, who last ' numbers'. In terms of substance, Volume LXVII No. 2). contributed in 2006 on the subject of the Hudson's Bay Company and Treaty Spragg lay down higher standards To order an issue of Ontario Nine. His latest work examines the dispossession of the Ojibwa and Cree by of writing and research that remain History or to add a subscription to the creation in 1925 of the Chapleau Game Preserve. Also in revision is an ar­ to this day. your membership, please contact ticle by Lorene Bridgen that discusses the role that African Canadians played In 1974, thanks to the efforts of the OHS at 416.226.9011 or Hilary Bates Neary and Robert [email protected]. in Southwestern Ontario's temperance movement between 1830 and 1860.

PAGE 6 OHS BULLET!~ DECF:\IBER 2008 and stone buildings depicted in de REFORMING ZEAL Visser's photographs bear witness. The Age of Light, Soap & Wa­ Bordering Collingwood are the ter: Moral Reform in English Georgian Bay, the Niagara Escarp­ Canada, 1885-1925. Mariana ment, and rolling farmland. Nearby Valverde. University of Toronto Chris and Pat Raible, Editors important services to a vice­ are Creemore and the Purple Hills, Press. 205 pages. Illustrations. [email protected] regal or territorial commissioner. Thornbury, Wasaga Beach, Beaver $27.95 softbound. Vice-Regal and Commissioners' Valley and the Blue Mountains. The turn of the twentieth century TWO FOR TORONTO Recognition Badges are awarded Farming country, waterfronts, night saw a great wave of moral fervour, Toronto: An Illustrated History to lieutenant-governors, territorial skies, historic houses, and civic particularly among Protestant of Its First 12,000 Years. Edited commissioners, and their spouses. and commercial heritage buildings social reformers in English Canada. by Ronald F. Williamson. James Coloured photographs show the - all are captured with consum­ Valverde looks at their attempt to Lorimer. 160 pages. Illustra­ various awards and complete mate skill by de Visser' s more rescue "fallen" women as well as tions. $29.95 softbound. lists of Canadian recipients are than 150 marvellous photographs to teach mothers what to tell their Five knowledgeable experts each included. and by Ross's appreciative text. children (most especially their presents an era in the history of daughters) about how not to "fall". Toronto. One sketches the geology, HISTORY IN FICTION Race, class, philanthropy, societal the glacial history, the flora and Who Were the Whiteoaks and views of sexuality and gender fauna, the natural world. Another Where Was Jalna? An Investiga­ roles, all informed their beliefs traces the archaeological record of tion into the Sources of the Jalna and actions. She sees this reform­ the area and what it reveals about Novels of Mazo de la Roche. ing zeal as an amalgam of several hunters, gatherers and fishers, Heather Kirk. Tecumseh Press. different issues: temperance, the followed by agriculture in more 210 pages. Illustrations. $19.95 white slave trade, immigration, ra­ enduring native communities. A softbound. cial purity, and the perceived threat third - by long-time OHS member Mazo de la Roche ( 1879-1961) of the city. Carl Benn - relates a more famil­ was one of Canada's most popular iar story of Iroquois occupation, a and prolific writers, and her many MINING HISTORY French fort, the establishment of faithful readers here and abroad Red Lake: Golden Treasure York, war, growth, rebellion, and BY THE BAY learned much of their Canadian Chest. Michael Barnes. General early urban development. Chapter Butchers, Bakers and Building history from her Jalna series. These Store. 145 pages. Illustrations. four tells of a century of industri­ the Lakers: Voices of Colling­ novels cover the life and times of $24.95 softbound. alization and economic prosper­ wood. Christine E. Cowley. the Whiteoak family between 1854 Red Lake in Northern Ontario, ity. The final chapter considers LifeGems Personal Histories. and 1954 and their rural estate, Jal­ not far from the Manitoba border, the period from the end of the 356 pages. Illustrations. $90.00 na, "somewhere in Ontario" . The is probably rarely, if ever, visited Second World War to the Toronto hardbound. first, Jalna, won an international by OHS members. Yet it and other we know today. All in all, a rapid, "It is through its people that competition, and by the time she northern mining communities highly readable and thoroughly re­ we come to know a place," says died, the Jalna series had sold continue to be of vital concern to liable work, a wonderful reminder Cowley, and in this fine volume she eleven million copies. Kirk says the province' s economy, and their of how present is Toronto's past has let today' s residents reminisce that de la Roche' s biographers have stories are of importance as well as and how important it is to the city' s at will to tell the story of Colling­ generally guessed that the fictional interest. Barnes gives us an appre­ future. wood. Starting somewhat slowly, Whiteoaks were based on wealthy ciation of Red Lake' s history from the small Georgian Bay settle­ strangers living west of Toronto earliest times. Not until the 1920s Historical Atlas of Toronto. ment at Hen and Chickens Har­ in Halton and Peel. Kirk makes was gold actually found, with the Derek Hayes. Douglas and bour seemed to blossom overnight the case that in fact the Whiteoaks first "gold rush" taking place in McIntyre. 192 pages. Illustra­ when the Ontario, Simcoe and were modelled on an ingenious 1926. As gold increased in value, tions. $49.95 hardbound. Huron Railway sent its first railcar combination of her own close rela­ even during the Great Depression, Dozens of books track the his­ north along the new line in 1855. ti ves and those of her companion, mining companies were better tory of Toronto, once called York Farming of course remained im­ Caroline Clement. Jalna, Kirk able to obtain financing, and gold (and, according to one very early portant, but soon the ship-building believes, is a combination of prop­ mines in the Red Lake area have map, almost called Dublin). This of tankers, passenger ships, tugs, erties owned by these relatives in continued to produce the precious is the first attempt to interpret that ferries, and naval vessels brought Simcoe and York Counties. yellow metal without pause. This history cartographically, with the a growing tide of prosperity for the book, with its many photographs, maps marking every period in the newly named Collingwood. Other is a tribute to the early prospectors city' s history. Here are hundreds manufacturing and service indus­ and to all those people who have (more than three hundred) maps tries followed, and Cowley speaks stayed over the years, making a each originally drawn for a spe­ of "rich recollections of Saturday pleasant community in the still un­ cific purpose - for city planning, night shopping ... when the streets spoiled wilderness. for military defence, for subdivi­ and stores were lively until the wee sion development, for routing the hours of Sunday." Times change: KEEPING HOUSE rail roads, for every significant the last big laker was launched in This Old Haus: A Place in step in the urban area's more than 1985, the shipyard closed in 1986, Time. Susan MacFarlane Burke, two centuries. Accompanying text, the railway has virtually gone, Kenneth McLaughlin & Stepha­ despite its occasionally opinion­ and most factories have moved nie Kirkwood Walker. Friends ated tone and a few minor errors, elsewhere. But Collingwood has of the Joseph Schneider Haus. docs much to clarify the meaning adapted, with its emphasis on HUMAN RIGHTS 208 pages. Illustrations. $39.95 and significance of the images. four-season tourism and recreation A Struggle to Walk with softbound. Maps show what happened - and and its growing reputation as the Dignity: The True Story of a This splendid book celebrates what might have happened. Some perfect place to retire. Illustrations Jamaican-born Canadian. Gerald the 25th anniversary of the readers will delight in the details, and archival photos grace every A. Archambeau. Blue Butterfly. Joseph Schneider Haus Museum others will exalt in the bird's-eye, page of this comprehensive his­ 278 pages. Illustrations. $19.95 in Waterloo. It is the story of the panoramic views. If you are a lover tory, published in celebration of softbound. heritage enthusiasts who brought of old maps - and who among is us Collingwood' s 2008 sesquicenten­ Here is the story of an immigrant community and resources together not? - you wi 11 adore this book. nial. And genealogists take note: who did not easily make good, to recreate an authentic mid-19th there is a splendid index! who struggled to make a living, to century Mennonite homestead, HONORIS CAUSA stay alive. For a time his world was and it is a tribute to the staff and On Her Majesty's Service: Royal A View of the Bay: Collingwood transcontinental railway sleeping volunteers who continue to bring Honours and Recognition in and Beyond. John de Visser and cars serving as a (then termed) to life the legacy of its Pennsylva­ Canada. Christopher McCreery. Judy Ross. Boston Mills Press. Negro porter meeting the needs of nia-German settlers. Starting with Foreword by Her Royal High­ 160 pages. Illustrations. $39.95 mostly white passengers. That era the complex work of restoring the ness The Princess Royal. Dun­ hardbound. is gone, but other jobs the author durn, 173 pages. Illustrations. Writer Judy Ross has once again also worked at also had racially­ B o oKSHELF cont'd page 8 ... $30.00 softbound. teamed up with photographer determined conditions and pay­ Royal recognition in Canada John de Visser in this gorgeous scales. Archambeau tells of facing Please Note: More extensive is accorded through a variety of book celebrating the charm and his own family breakdowns and reviews of a number of books honours and awards. The Royal beauty of the area's heritage and personal problems on the one hand relating to the history of our prov­ Victorian Order and Medal have landscapes. Ross describes how and experiencing gross prejudice ince are published in each issue of been used since 1896 to honour Collingwood (renamed in honour on the other. As he testifies, he Ontario History, published by The Canadians who have rendered of Admiral Collingwood, Nelson's survived "by developing a political Ontario Historical Society. extraordinary or personal services second-in-command at the Battle conscience." Only by challenging The prices of books referred to the Sovereign. 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