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Archival photos courtesy of Halton Region Museum collection. Halton County Radial Railway County Radial Halton Message from Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr

Welcome to the Halton Heritage Attractions brochure. Due to the success of the first edition, we are proud to present a new and updated version for the 2008/2009 season, with the addition of two new organizations, the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Trafalgar Township Historical Society.

Designed as a guide to the many historical and cultural attractions found within Burlington, , Milton Halton’s heritage can and Oakville, this brochure features facts about the be found everywhere. many heritage parks, museums, galleries and historical The chain of office societies that are located in Halton. Whether you are Regional Chair Gary staying in Halton or already live here, there are many Carr is wearing was great things to see and do while you’re here. once the Warden’s chain of office before With families looking for activities closer to home and the formation of people seeking to drive less, why not spend your next Halton Region in 1974. outing “in your own backyard” visiting one of these Each maple leaf on the chain has the name great sites? of a former Warden of Halton or Regional We hope you’ll use this guide to plan your next day out. Chair engraved on it. Once you’ve read this brochure I am sure you’ll agree that Halton is a great place to explore.

Sincerely,

Gary Carr Regional Chair Heritage Experience the history… Residents and tourists alike have many opportunities to explore Halton’s rich natural and cultural heritage. From the pioneer homestead founded by the Alexander Family at the Halton Region Museum, to ’s only operating streetcar museum, to a 15th century Iroquoian village—there are nearly endless choices to experience Halton’s history.

Halton Region works in partnership with local municipal tourism partners to promote heritage in Halton. Learn more about all the things to see and do and places to stay in Halton by calling or visiting the websites of local municipal tourism partners (see map on reverse side):

1 Tourism Burlington 414 Locust Street, Burlington Tel: 877-499-9989 www.tourismburlington.com

2 Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce 328 Guelph Street, Halton Hills Tel: 905-877-7119 www.haltonhillschamber.on.ca

3 Milton Chamber of Commerce /Escarpment Country 251 Main Street, Milton Tel: 905-878-0581 www.chamber.milton.on.ca

4 Oakville Tourism 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville Tel: 877-OAKVILLE www.oakvilletourism.ca Heritage

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25 Side Rd. No. 22 Side Rd. HALTON 20 Side Rd.

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Maple Av Guelph St Winston Churchill Blvd.

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401 Kelso Rd. 3 Side Rd Third Line 8 Steeles Ave. 3 Steeles Ave. Main St. 6 12 MILTON

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Fifth Line Line Fifth Britannia Rd.

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Walker's Line Walker's Burnhamthorpe Numbers on map correspond to listings numbers in attractions 403 407 Dundas St.

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Bronte Rd Rd Bronte Third Line Line Third Brant St. St. Brant BURLINGTON QEW HWY 6 6 HWY 15

403 Rd Waterdown 13 Speers Rd. Burloak Dr. Dr. Burloak

Plains Rd. Fairview St Rebecca St. Maple Ave. Ave. Maple

King Rd Rd King 10 2 14,16,17,19 18 St. Lakeshore Rd. 1 3 Lake Ontario 5. Country Heritage Park 8560 Tremaine Road, Milton Halton Heritage Tel: 905-878-8151 Attractions www.countryheritagepark.com 1. Bronte Creek Provincial Park 1219 Burloak Drive, Oakville Tel: 905-827-6911 www.brontecreek.org Outdoor fun all year round! Education Programs, family events, playgrounds, trails, outdoor pool in July and August. Outdoor skating Mid- Dec to end of Feb. Always something going on. Call for Country Heritage Park operating hours. Burlington Art Centre Over 30 exhibit buildings and host to numerous regional 20,000 artifacts displayed and 2. Bronte Historical and national art exhibitions. interpreted by costumed staff. Society Open Mon to Thurs 9:00a.m.- An outstanding collection of 10:00p.m., Fri to Sat 9:00a.m.- Sovereign House antique tractors, steam engines, 5:00p.m., Sun 12:00p.m.- and farm equipment, plus 5:00p.m. 7 West River Street, Oakville many special events. Open year Tel: 905-825-5552 round by appointment, and Situated on the Bronte Bluffs 4. Canadian Golf Hall weekends in July and August. overlooking Lake Ontario, Office open 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m. the House is also known as of Fame and Museum Mon to Fri year round. the Mazo de la Roche Display 1333 Dorval Drive, Oakville Centre. Come for Art on the Tel: 905-849-9700 ext. 411 6. Crawford Lake Bluffs from late June to mid www.rcga.org October. Open May to October, Conservation Area A celebration of the history Wed, Sat and Sun from of golf and its development in 1:00p.m.- 4:00p.m. Open Wed . Features an area to year round by appointment. try out replica historic putters and drivers, as well as featured 3. Burlington Art Centre temporary exhibits, the RBC 1333 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington Canadian Open Trophy and Tel: 905-632-7796 the CN Canadian Women’s www.burlingtonartcentre.on.ca Open Trophy. Open daily April to October from 10:00a.m.- Home to the nation’s largest 5:00p.m., November to March, collection of contemporary Mon-Fri 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. and Crawford Lake Canadian ceramic art and Sun 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m. ConservationHeritage Area 3115 West, Halton’s history. Open year explores the founding, settlement Milton round Mon to Fri 12:00p.m. - and development of Burlington, Tel: 905-854-0234 5:00p.m. Victoria Day Joseph Brant and Iroquois life, www.conservationhalton.on.ca to Thanksgiving, open daily and a Canadian historic costume from 12:00p.m.-5:00p.m. collection. Travelling exhibitions A 468-hectare park that of all subject matters. Open Tue includes unique geological to Fri 10:00a.m.-4:30p.m. and features, extensive forests, Sun 1:00p.m.- 4:30p.m. a rare meromictic lake and a reconstructed 15th century Iroquoian village. Approx.19km of nature trails. Open daily from 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. 7. Halton County Radial Railway 13629 Guelph Line, Milton Halton Region Tel: 519-856-9802 Museum Joseph Brant Museum www.hcry.org A full-size operating electric 9. Ireland House at 11. Limehouse Kiln railway and museum featuring Oakridge Farm Society historic electric railcars operating on two kilometres 2168 Guelph Line, Burlington Limehouse Conservation Area, of scenic track. Ontario’s first Tel: 905-332-9888 Halton Hills and largest operating electric Toll free: 1-800-374-2099 905-877-1427 railway museum. Open www.museumsofburlington.com www.limehousekilns.ca weekends May to October and A pioneer experience within Lime kilns along the daily in July and August from the city! This ‘living’ history in Limehouse Conservation Area. 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m. museum was built in 1835 and These structures are has been restored to reflect the the remains of early Ontario 8. Halton Region four generations of the Ireland industrial history when lime family who lived on the farm. was required for the production Museum Interpreted costumed tours of mortar. Open to the public 5181 Kelso Road offered. Open Tue to Fri at all times. (inside Kelso Conservation Area), 10:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. and Sun Milton 1:00p.m.- 4:30p.m. 12. Milton Historical Tel: 905-875-2200 Society and Waldie Toll free: 1-866-442-5866 10. Joseph Brant Blacksmith Shop ext. 7935 Museum www.halton.ca/museum 16 James Street, Milton 1240 North Shore Blvd East, The former site of the 905-875-4156 Burlington www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca Alexander Family Farm Tel: 905-634-3556 settled in 1836 by Scottish Toll free: 1-888-748-5386 A working blacksmith shop immigrants. Visitors can www.museumsofburlington.com located in the original 1865 explore indoor and outdoor location. Restored by the Milton Heritageexhibits which focus on The Brant homestead replica Historical Society, it now houses Please contact organizations individually for site accessibility.

their headquarters and archives. the particular qualities of the year round events in stunning Visit the resident blacksmith at architecture and the location. garden settings - family work. Open by appointment or Open Tue to Sun 1:00p.m.- activities, tours, entertainment, Wed and Sat from 10:00a.m.- 5:00p.m. (year round), Thurs refreshments. Open year round. 12:00p.m. 1:00p.m.-8:00p.m. (July-Aug). Call for hours of operation or visit www.rbg.ca. 13. Oakville Art Society 16. Oakville Historical 560 Bronte Road, Oakville Society 905-827-5711 110 King Street, Oakville www.oakvilleartsociety.com 905-844-2695 A small gallery, painting studio www.oakvillehistory.org and pottery studio operated by An archival reference centre the Society. The studios are used and library operated by the for art lessons for adults and Society. Historical walking children. The gallery is open tours. Office and archival Royal Botanical Gardens 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Mon to Fri reference centre open Tue and and occasional Sat. Office open Thurs from 1:00p.m.-4:30p.m. Mon to Fri, 9:30a.m.-4:30p.m. 19. Thomas House 17. Oakville Museum 14. Oakville Galleries at Lakeside Park, Oakville Centennial Square at Erchless Estate 905-844-2695 8 Navy St, Oakville www.oakvillehistory.org 120 Navy Street, Oakville 905-338-4400 A typical 1820s farmhouse in 905-844-0533 www.oakvillemuseum.com www.oakvillegalleries.com Lakeside Park operated by the An historic estate home and Oakville Historical Society. Open Programming at Centennial gardens on the shores of Lake Victoria Day to Labour Day, Tues Square, located within the Ontario in downtown Oakville. to Thurs, Sat, Sun and Holidays public library building, engages Guided tours of Erchless, from 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Open a broad cross-section of the Chisholm family home and Sun in September. community. Open Tue to Thurs Custom House. Walking tour 12:00p.m.-8:00p.m. (July-Aug), of estate grounds and gardens 12:00p.m.-9:00p.m. (Sept-June), with a panoramic view of the 20. Trafalgar Township Fri 12:00p.m- 5:00p.m., Sat harbour. Open Tue to Fri from Historical Society 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. and Sun 1:00p.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat to Sun 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m. (July-Aug) 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m. 2431 Dundas St West, Oakville (Sept-June) 1:00p.m.-4:30 p.m. 905-257-9080 15. Oakville Galleries at www.trafalgartownshiphistory.ca Gairloch Gardens 18. Royal Botanical This former schoolhouse, The Gardens Palermo School SS2, was one 1306 Lakeshore Road East, of only three schoolhouses Oakville 680 Plains Road West, Burlington in Trafalgar in 1817. It was 905-844-4402 905-527-1158 rebuilt in 1844, 1875 and 1942 www.oakvillegalleries.com www.rbg.ca and closed in the 1960s. It is The park and heritage house National Historic Site of Canada currently being restored as present a unique environment with over 2700 acres of gardens a schoolhouse museum and Heritagefor artworks that respond to and nature sanctuaries. Hosts archives.

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Courtesy of (operated by the Oakville Historical Society) Halton County Radial Railway County Radial Halton Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Heritage Attraction Heritage Bronte Creek Provincial Park Halton Region Museum Crawford Lake Conservation Area Conservation Crawford Lake Country Heritage Park Limehouse Kiln Society Oakville Art Society Oakville Oakville Galleries at Gairloch Gardens Halton County Radial Railway Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square Burlington Art Centre Burlington Oakville Historical Society Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate Thomas House Thomas Joseph Brant Museum Ireland House at Oakridge Farm Bronte Historical Society Milton Historical Society Royal Botanical Gardens Trafalgar Township Historical Society Township Trafalgar

 Contains post consumer fibre. For more information, contact: AUG 2008 Halton Region 905-825-6000, Toll free: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866) TTY: 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca This brochure was produced by Halton Region in conjunction with the Halton County Radial Railway, City of Burlington, Town of

Halton Hills, Town of Milton, Town of Oakville, and local tourism partners. CAO-08073