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The foremost historical organization in the province, The Ontario Historical Society, originally called the Pioneer Association of Ontario, was established on September 4, 1888 largely through the efforts of the Reverend Henry Scadding. It initially…

As a babe in arms, I was introduced to Ontario historical plaques ("The Grand Portage," Pigeon River Provincial Park, outside Thunder Bay).

IN 1852, A COMMITMENT TO THE CARE OF OTHERS MOTIVATED A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN TO OPEN THE MAGDALEN ASYLUM AND INDUSTRIAL HOUSE OF REFUGE FOR THE SHELTER OF HOMELESS WOMEN IN A RENTED HOUSE ON RICHMOND STREET. AFTER A MOVE TO THIS SITE IN 1860, A NEW…

City Hall was designed in 1887 by E. J. Lennox to fit this central site at the head of Bay Street. In one structure, these municipal buildings combined a City Hall, in the east portion, and Court-house, in the west. The building, constructed mostly…

In 1820 the government surveyed Orillia Township and a decade later located Chief William Yellowhead's Ojibwa band on lands near the "Narrows". By 1839, when the government laid out the Orillia town plot, these Indians had been moved across Lake…