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Since the 1950s, the Ontario government has installed blue & gold historic plaques around the province, of which there are now over 1,200. The Canadian government and Heritage Toronto (City of Toronto) have installed hundreds more, featuring wonderful information about "what happenened here."
In the past decade or so, travelling around the province, I've amassed a significant collection of plaque snapshots. This site is a way of keeping track of things I've seen, and sharing what I've learned about Ontario.
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My First Ontario Historic Plaque
As a babe in arms, I was introduced to Ontario historical plaques ("The Grand Portage," Pigeon River Provincial Park, outside Thunder Bay).
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THE RIDEAU CANAL
Built between 1826 and 1832, the Rideau Canal is the best-preserved, fully operational example from North America’s great canal-building era.…
TOM PATTERSON, 1920-2005
A native of Stratford, Ontario, Tom Patterson grew up during the Great Depression and dreamed of plans that might revitalize his community. After…
STRATFORD NORMAL SCHOOL 1908
In the 1900s, concerns about the quality of rural education prompted the Ontario government to build four new Normal Schools to increase the supply of…