Historical Archiving – Creating the Human Story
“Unlike libraries, archives don’t organize individual items by subject matter” “Archives primarily collect records”. “Once archivists have arranged and described records, they become an accessible part...
View ArticleHeritage Fair @ Caledon Public Library
Caledon Public Library (CPL) is a proud supporter of Heritage Caledon this year as we celebrate ’40 Years of Heritage Conservation’. To kick off this year-long celebration bringing the Town of...
View ArticleThe Albion and King That Were
Robertson Matthews was a photographer at the beginning of the 20th Century who left us a fine legacy of diary accounts and photographs of Albion and King at the dawn the automotive age. “Robertson...
View ArticleOMB’s New Decision Rules the New must Respect the Old
Sharon Temple, a famous national historic site in our region, was threatened in the late 1990s by ex-urban development plans. Dan Schneider’s ‘Ontario Heritage Act and more’ blogpost about development...
View ArticleHeritage Week is the Time to Remind our MPPs that History Matters
Tomorrow, February 18th, during Heritage Week representatives of museums, conservation architects and heritage advocates will be meeting with MPPs to urge protection of our past. From a letter to...
View ArticleAlton’s History in Pictures
The Alton Branch of Caledon Public Library has on view two albums created by local historians Mike and Betty Starr. The pictures illustrate the pictorial history of Alton, a village deep in the Caledon...
View ArticleThe Heritage of Places of Worship
Bolton Presbyterian Church “…for heritage advocates, places of faith are front and centre on our list of species at risk. But is it any of our business? I’ve been told that heritage types should stay...
View ArticleA Designated Cemetery
Text and photos below courtesy of April 6th Just Sayin’ Caledon by Patti Foley – “Laurel Hill Cemetery is nestled on the western slopes of Bolton’s north hill. You may have glimpsed this designated...
View ArticleVolunteers Need Funds
York Pioneers founded in 1869 at Toronto Mechanics Institute. Canada’s oldest historical society serves the GTA and York Region “An understanding of heritage is a major pillar that supports the open...
View ArticleHeritage Preservation in the Cultural Melange
The Government of Ontario has just released for comment a summary of the ‘core elements’ of its coming Culture Strategy. While as one might expect this spells out this government’s political viewpoint...
View ArticleA City For All Reasons
The 13th Ontario Heritage Conference was held in Stratford this month (with some events in nearby St Marys, also in Perth County). Heritage blogger Dan Schneider sums up why the city of the Shakespeare...
View ArticleCaledon Heritage Trivia Night This Week
All are invited to a first-ever Heritage Trivia Pub Night organized by Caledon Public Library in partnership with the Town of Caledon’s heritage committee, Heritage Caledon, at the Villa Caledon Inn...
View ArticleCaledon Storytelling
Heritage Caledon is collaborating with the Caledon Public Library in the 5th year of the “Click, Create, Celebrate” competition that the Library runs each summer. As part of joint efforts in...
View ArticleWalking Through Heritage
To celebrate its 40th Anniversary this year Heritage Caledon is producing a number of downloadable walking tours of the built heritage of Caledon’s charming early settlements. Known today as a...
View ArticleDan Needles Tells Tales About Caledon
As part of Heritage Caledon’s Fortieth Anniversary year , the Caledon Heritage Foundation is hosting a celebration:- If you treasure our past and care for the future of heritage in the Headwaters,...
View ArticleHeritage Tour of Caledon in Fall
Caledon Heritage Foundation is adding a Fall Coach Tour called: “Caledon Cultural Landscapes and Autumn Splendour” to its celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Heritage Caledon and the 10th...
View ArticleConserving A Family’s Past
Signs of our own family’s past are all too often these days lost in the chatter and clutter of modern life. Fewer of us live in our parents’ homes or even in our parents’ neighbourhood. Mementos and...
View ArticleWalking Tour of Historic Bolton
Plummer Foundry, Mill Street, Bolton built in 1888. Photo courtesy of Don Chapman via FB’s Caledon Heritage Matters See and learn about Bolton’s pre-1854 buildings and others in its historic core this...
View ArticleA Grand Home in King Township
The Great Barn on the Seneca King property at Eversley when it belonged to Lady Eaton and before the fire of 1966 The Great Barn was recently featured in Open House King and is included in a new book...
View ArticleMeasuring The Value of Main Street
‘Currently the Ontario BIA Association, representing some 300 Ontario Business Improvement Associations housing over 60,000 businesses, with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs is...
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