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What's on the shelf
Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of Memory, by Jane Irwin with photographs by John de Visser (2007)
Firefly Books. Canada abounds in historical burial places. Once you begin noticing their presence, old cemeteries seem to be everywhere. But these important links to the past are in danger of disappearing forever. The expansion of cities and roadways reclaim valuable land, and inscriptions are worn away by weather and time. Older cemeteries may be important records of immigration, settlement, armed forces, epidemics, class and religious schisms, and upward mobility of ethnic groups.
In Old Canadian Cemeteries, Jane Irwin invites the reader on a visual tour of historic cemeteries across Canada, examining such diverse topics as:
- Burial traditions, including customs from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Ukrainian, Quaker, Pioneer, Acadian, Chinese, Japanese, Inuit, First Nations and African-American cemeteries
- War memorials
- Graveyard symbols and motifs, and their meanings
- Materials used in cemeteries – stone, wood, bronze and cast iron
- Historic graveyard conservation.
Old Canadian Cemeteries is a must for anyone interested in Canadian history.
Wilderness Ontario: by Gary and Joanie McGuffin (2007)
Boston Mills Press. A stunning celebration of Ontario’s vast and diverse wilderness. Ontario is wild. The province’s more than 12 million people live in densely populated urban centres, but Ontario is larger than France and Spain combined. Over a quarter of a million lakes hold one third of the world’s fresh water. No matter where you go in Ontario, you are never far from wilderness. Nobody knows this better than veteran adventurers Gary and Joanie McGuffin.
The McGuffins’ Ontario is full of favorite places: rock promontory campsites where the swimming is perfect, lakes where loons and eagles nest, cliffs where peregrine falcons soar, ancient forests where only the sounds of nature are heard. Here, one can paddle whitewater rivers, sea kayak to distant granite islands, hike mountainous trails, and snowshoe the fresh forest trails left by foraging moose and wolves.
The diverse, wild beauty of Ontario is celebrated in this breathtaking collection of images taken during two decades of travel to every corner of the province.
Concrete Toronto, edited by Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart (2007)
Coach House Books. Toronto is a concrete city. Looking at its international landmarks, civic buildings, cultural institutions, metropolitan infrastructure and housing . . . it is clear that much of Toronto was born of an era when exposed concrete design was the order of the day.
Underappreciated and misunderstood, the more than 50 concrete projects considered here represent an exciting era of cultural investment and design innovation. A product of Canada coming into its own culturally, economically and artistically, Toronto’s modern concrete heritage is a testament to Canadian optimism and nation-building following the Second World War.
Concrete Toronto brings together the perspectives of a diverse group of experts who reexamine and explore these buildings. You will find the insights of many of the original architects, local practitioners from some of Toronto’s leading architecture and engineering firms, city planners, university faculty and students, historians and journalists. Together they explore, with new and archival photos, drawings, interviews, articles and case studies, the past and future of our concrete buildings and the role of concrete as a material in their conception.
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Resources: Building communities: Heritage conservation districts
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- Tools for conservation
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Resources: Investing in preservation
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- Archaeology
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- Tools for conservation
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- 31 May 2011
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- 28 Jan 2011
- Expanding the narrative
Community - Author: James Raffan,
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- 28 Jan 2011
- Buildings and architecture
Community
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- 07 Oct 2010
- Community
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- 06 May 2010
- Buildings and architecture
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Resources: Finding our place in Ontario’s history
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- 06 May 2010
- Buildings and architecture
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Designations in bulk
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- 06 May 2010
- Buildings and architecture
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- 06 May 2010
- Buildings and architecture
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- 06 May 2010
- Tools for conservation
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- 06 May 2010
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- 11 Feb 2010
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Evelyn G. McLean,
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- 11 Feb 2010
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Kathryn McLeod,
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- 11 Feb 2010
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Cultural landscapes - Author: Dave Benson,
The history of Chatham-Kent
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Alison Little,
A legacy of support: Faith-based community
Reaching out to those in need has long been a part of Ontario’s religious tradition. Faith-based groups offering medical and social assistance arrived with the...
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Jennifer Drinkwater,
Toronto’s synagogues: Keeping collective memories alive
Collective memory is cultural memory – what is remembered about an event by a social or cultural group that experienced it and by those to...
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: David Cuming,
From Hamilton, a municipal perspective
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Vicki Bennett,
Form and function: The impact of liturgy, symbolism and use on design
During the 19th century, the location, physical condition and stylistic merit of churches were publicly discussed as reliable indicators of a community’s value, moral fabric...
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Jane Burgess and Ann Link,
Enduring stewardship preserves a treasured heritage church
Located just east of Beaverton, the Old Stone Church, built in 1840 by a predominantly Scottish congregation, is a simple but handsomely proportioned small Georgian...
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- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Laura Hatcher,
The changing face of worship
The architectural style, massing, materials and date stones of a place of worship offer clues about the congregation’s history and values. Likewise, the building’s size...
![First Baptist Church, Chatham](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Cook-Morrison-First-Baptist-Church-Chatham-web.jpg)
Religious freedom in the promised land
Eli Johnson toiled on plantations in Virginia, Mississippi and Kentucky before making his bid for freedom in the “promised land” – the term used by...
![With its associated cemetery and rural landscape, St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church is a Haldimand landmark](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Shearer-St-Annes-RC-Haldimand-web.jpg)
- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Cultural landscapes - Author: Wendy Shearer,
Places of worship in Ontario’s rural cultural landscape
The cultural landscapes of rural southern Ontario contain a variety of heritage resources – land patterns and uses, built forms and natural features. Within these...
![Ste-Anne-des-Pins, Sudbury](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Frenette-Ste-Anne-des-Pins-Sudbury-web.jpg)
- 10 Sep 2009
- Indigenous heritage
Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Yves Frenette,
Churches of “New Ontario”
In the middle of the 19th century, northern Ontario remained much as it had been under the French regime – a region of Catholic missions...
![Interior of Assumption Church, Windsor](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Kelly-Assumption-Church-Windsor-web.jpg)
- 10 Sep 2009
- Indigenous heritage
Buildings and architecture
Francophone heritage
Community - Author: Wayne Kelly,
Ontario’s rich religious heritage
From the First People who for thousands of years conducted religious and cultural ceremonies at places they believed held spiritual significance, to subsequent arrivals who...
![Christ Church Anglican, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/McLeod-Christ-Church-Anglican-web.jpg)
- 10 Sep 2009
- Indigenous heritage
Buildings and architecture
Community
Cultural objects - Author: Kathryn McLeod,
Christ Church and the Queen Anne Silver
Located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on the Bay of Quinte, Christ Church houses a silver communion service dating to 1712. This remarkable service represents an...
![Trust Researcher Erin Semande (left) and planner Laura Hatcher conducting fieldwork for Ontario’s Places of Worship Inventory.](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Moorhouse-Semande-Hatcher-web.jpg)
- 10 Sep 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Richard Moorhouse,
Launching the Places of Worship Inventory
Survey, documentation and research – these are the first steps in the conservation process. How can decisions be made about our heritage without first acquiring...
![Demolition of the Palmer Livery Building, Cambridge, March 27, 2007 (Photo courtesy of Ken Hoyle)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Fraser-Livery-Cambridge-Demo3-web.jpg)
- 28 May 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Tools for conservation - Author: Sean Fraser,
Subsidizing demolition
In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Nature operates in an endless web of interconnected cycles of use, transformation and reuse. The concept...
![The heart of the Ruthven estate is this two-and-a-half-storey limestone Greek Revival-style mansion](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Chipperfield-Aravopoulos-Ruthven-web.jpg)
- 28 May 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Natural heritage
Community - Author: Tamara Chipperfield and Kiki Aravopoulos,
Heritage in harmony: The integration of natural and cultural landscapes
Approximately 11,000 years of human culture are recorded in Ontario’s landscapes. Most existing natural landscapes in Ontario today have intrinsic cultural heritage meaning and significance...
![The Huron Historic Gaol (1839-42) is designated a National Historic Site](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Semande-Huron-Historic-GaolBW-web.jpg)
- 28 May 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Erin Semande,
The sustainability of place
Located on the Lake Huron shore at the mouth of the Maitland River, Goderich is known as “Canada’s Prettiest Town.” It is situated in what...
![Cheesemonger at the St. Lawrence Market, Toronto (Photo © Ontario Tourism 2009)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Hatcher-00040770-cheese-man-web.jpg)
- 28 May 2009
- Environment
Tools for conservation
Food - Author: Laura Hatcher,
100-mile conservation
Increasingly, people are becoming more aware of not just what they eat, but where their food originates. While the concept is by no means new...
![The Fairfield White House, Bath](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/McLeod-Fairfield-Homestead-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Kathryn McLeod,
Heritage off the 401
Highway 401, stretching from Windsor to the Quebec border, is one of the busiest highways in North America. Anyone who has journeyed east of Toronto...
![The dining room at Fulford Place in Brockville](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bubelis-Fulford-Place-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Romas Bubelis,
Building on the past
Eastern Ontario offers an array of impressive historic houses. Some of these houses – owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust – are featured...
![Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte (Photo courtesy of John T. Fowler, Photography for Education)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Jones-Mississippi-Valley-Textile-Museum-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Adaptive reuse - Author: Glenda Jones,
From mill to museum
The big oak door of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte in eastern Ontario swings silently open as it has done for over 10...
![Statue of Samuel de Champlain, Ottawa (Photo © Ontario Tourism, 2009)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Kelly-McLeod-Champlain-Ottawa-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2009
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Wayne Kelly and Kathryn McLeod,
Ontario's eastern treasures
Inhabited by Aboriginal Peoples for 7,000 years, present-day eastern Ontario is rich with heritage. The area gradually transformed as French and later United Empire Loyalists...
![J. Sandfield Macdonald (Archives of Ontario, RG 4-114)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Nowosielski-JS-Macdonald-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2009
- Community
- Author: Liane Nowosielski,
Honouring Ontario’s premiers
The Ontario Heritage Trust launched the Premiers’ Gravesites Program at a memorable ceremony last November in Cornwall to commemorate the province’s first premier – The...
![One noteworthy example of a successful adaptive reuse project was the conversion of this former post office into 91 market-rate units](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Hanson-Peterborough-post-office-web.jpg)
- 11 Sep 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Adaptive reuse - Author: Erik R. Hanson,
Second chances for Peterborough’s priceless heritage
One of the greatest challenges to creating a healthy downtown is getting people to live there. While Peterborough’s historic centre is full of beautiful heritage...
![A study is being conducted that will hopefully result in the establishment of the Old Sydenham Heritage Area (representing approximately 550 properties) as a heritage conservation district](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Letourneau-Old-Sydenham-Heritage-Area-web.jpg)
- 11 Sep 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Marcus R. Létourneau,
Kingston’s heritage: Time and again
The City of Kingston sits at a strategic location, halfway between Montreal and Toronto, where Lake Ontario meets the western end of the St. Lawrence...
![Thunder Bay’s Tourist Pagoda](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Wicks-Thunder-Bay-Tourist-Pagoda-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Thomas Wicks,
A renaissance of northern heritage
After railway development connected this once-isolated area to the rest of the province at the end of the 19th century, the abundant natural resources attracted...
![Near Thunder Bay, on the Kaministiquia River, the North West Company is immortalized by the Fort William Historical Park (Photo © Ontario Tourism 2008)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Guertin-Joly-Northwest-Company-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Community
- Author: Nicole Guertin and Andréanne Joly,
Northern Ontario: An authentic heritage
Heritage is often associated with the distant past and, for many, a dusty museum. Northern Ontario, however, is proposing a rejuvenation of its heritage by...
![Ontario Northland Railway, North Bay](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Mendes-Ontario-Northland-Railway-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Expanding the narrative
Community - Author: Beth Anne Mendes,
Routes through the wilderness: The development of a transportation network in Northern Ontario
Isolation, great distances, demanding terrain and difficult weather conditions challenged the fortitude and perseverance of the people who forged water routes, roads, railways and air...
![Sir Harry Oakes Chateau, Kirkland Lake](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Heroux-Sir-Harry-Oakes-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Denis Héroux,
Adventurous workers wanted for remote locations – Housing provided
The exploration, settlement and development of northern Ontario were motivated by the exploitation of the region’s natural resources – primarily fur, timber, gold and silver...
![St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral, Timmins (Photo from the collection of the Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bachmann-St-Antoine-Cathedral-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Francophone heritage
Community - Author: Karen Bachmann,
Our Francophone heritage
Fauquier. Moonbeam. Kapuskasing. Hearst. Val Gagné. Belle Vallée. Sudbury. Timmins. Sturgeon Falls. The history of northern Ontario cannot be told without looking at the contributions...
![McIntyre Mine Headframe, Timmins](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bubelis-DO-Timmins-McIntyre-Headframe-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Romas Bubelis,
Northern icons
The towering McIntyre Mine Headframe in Timmins. The Clergue Block House and Powder Magazine in Sault Ste Marie. St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church in...
![1907 Right of Way Mine with growing community in background](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Fraser-Cobalt-1907-image-web.jpg)
- 12 Jun 2008
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Cultural landscapes - Author: Sean Fraser,
The historical Cobalt Mining District – A community resource
At the turn of the 20th century, Cobalt was a small and isolated lumber camp. In August 1903, two lumbermen – James McKinley and Ernest...
![Spicebush swallowtail butterfly, Backus Woods Conservation Area](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Buszynski-Backus-Woods-spicebush-swallowtail-web.jpg)
- 14 Feb 2008
- Tools for conservation
- Author: Tony Buszynski,
Grassroots conservation
As the century progresses, there is an increasing sense of urgency about the need to preserve our precious natural heritage. Recent publicized discussions of global...
![SOS-Églises at work. David Tremblay leads the discussion while Jérôme Baillargeon helps with the notes.](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Tremblay-SOS-Eglises-discussion-colour-web.jpg)
- 14 Feb 2008
- Community
Tools for conservation - Author: David Tremblay,
Community conservation: Ingredients for success
For the past seven years, a group called SOS-Églises has led the fight to preserve two century-old village churches in Essex County. Located in Pointe-aux-Roches...
![A 1930s view of the town site taken from the north, looking towards the mill (Photo courtesy of The Ron Morel Memorial Museum, Kapuskasing)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Mendes-Kapuskasing-Photo-Ron-Morel-Museum-web.jpg)
- 15 Nov 2007
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Beth Anne Mendes,
Discovering the City Beautiful
On July 25, 2007, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Town of Kapuskasing unveiled a provincial plaque to commemorate the town plan that helped shape...
![$29 million restoration of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre by the Trust in 1987-89 (Photo: George Pelekis)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Hanna-EWG-024-web.jpg)
- 10 May 2007
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Tools for conservation - Author: Beth Hanna,
The R’s of conservation
An earlier generation spoke of the three R’s as “Reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic.” They were the fundamentals of education in the 19th century and considered...
![The Mason-Girardot House – a Victorian Italianate house built c. 1879 in the former town of Sandwich – is one of the properties participating in Windsor’s heritage property tax relief program](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Fraser-Mason-Girardot-web.jpg)
- 10 May 2007
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Tools for conservation - Author: Sean Fraser,
Leading the way in municipal heritage planning
What’s happening in your community? With significant amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act in April 2005 and a strengthening of the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS)...
![Port Carling plaque unveiling, from left: Mr. R.J. Boyer, MPP, Muskoka; Miss Elizabeth Penson; The Honourable Leslie Frost, Premier; The Honourable Bryan Cathcart; The Honourable William Griesinger; and Reeve Robert Bennett.](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bartleman-Port-Carling-plaque-unveiling-map.jpg)
- 15 Feb 2007
- Community
- Author: The Honourable James K. Bartleman,
In the beginning . . . the first provincial plaque
Fifty years ago – on a fine fall afternoon, September 26, 1956 – I witnessed the unveiling of Ontario’s first provincial plaque in my hometown...
![Clark-McCleary House, rear elevation](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Aravopoulos-Clark-McCleary-House-web.jpg)
- 15 Feb 2007
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Kiki Aravopoulos,
Exploring Country Heritage Park
In March 2006, the Ontario Heritage Trust acquired a cultural conservation easement on Country Heritage Park. Located in Milton, this designed heritage attraction was created...
![Maintaining balance: The modern architecture of the Toronto-Dominion Centre is part of Ontario’s varied architectural heritage. (Copyright permission provided by The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Moorhouse-TD-Centre-Photo-Cadillac-Fairview-web.jpg)
- 15 Feb 2007
- Economics of heritage
Tools for conservation
Communication - Author: Richard Moorhouse,
The future of heritage: The next 40 years
With this anniversary, the Ontario Heritage Trust is celebrating its accomplishments while also looking to the future. Preserving our heritage is an ongoing endeavour; the...
![Fulford Place](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bubelis-Holman-Fulford-Place-web.jpg)
- 15 Feb 2007
- Buildings and architecture
Cultural objects
Tools for conservation - Author: Romas Bubelis and Nick Holman,
Heritage conservation at our front door
The term “porte-cochère” has continental flair, though humble origins. In French, it means “carriage door” and originally referred to a covered entryway into a courtyard...
![Parading into the Spencerville Mill grounds is the Glengarry Pipe Band (Photo: The Spencerville Mill Foundation)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Burchell-Spencerville-Mill-Photo-Spencerville-Mill-Foundation-web.jpg)
- 07 Sep 2006
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Louise Burchell,
Saving the Spencerville Mill – Preserving community heritage
The Spencerville Mill, a fine cut-stone flour and grist mill, is located on the bank of the South Nation River in the small rural village...
![Richview-Willow Grove Cemetery](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bubelis-cemetery-web.jpg)
- 07 Sep 2006
- Community
Cultural landscapes - Author: Romas Bubelis,
Rush and remembrance
On a windswept summer day in 2005, a small congregation gathered beside a cloverleaf off-ramp at the western fringe of Toronto. In Richview-Willow Grove Cemetery...
![Today, the Ashbridge Estate is widely known in Toronto’s east end for its lush gardens. The Estate is owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. Its extensive collection of artifacts and archaeological discoveries celebrate the evolution of the Ashbridge family.](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Semande-Ashbridge-Estate-web.jpg)
- 07 Sep 2006
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Cultural objects - Author: Erin Semande,
The biography of a house: If these walls could speak
Researching family history is a popular pastime for many who want to uncover their family’s unique past and discover how they contributed to Ontario’s growth...
![Willem Hanrath, with his children and grandchildren, being presented with an Ontario Heritage Trust easement marker to recognize their generous donation of the natural heritage easement for the Caistor-Canborough Slough Forest ANSI (47 acres/19 hectares)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Collins-Hanrath-web.jpg)
- 25 May 2006
- Natural heritage
Tools for conservation - Author: Jeremy Collins,
The anatomy of a heritage conservation easement: Building the framework for a conservation partnership
Private landowners are often faced with a difficult dilemma – how to preserve the heritage of their land for future generations in a world where...
![Peterborough's Market Hall, before](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Pim-Peterborough-Market-Hall-before-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Tools for conservation - Author: Gordon Pim,
Winning the battle
There are countless examples across the province of successful restorations of Ontario’s treasured heritage sites. Although the challenges are great – funding being the primary...
![ICOMOS Canada 2005](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Blumenson-ICOMOS-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Tools for conservation
- Author: John Blumenson,
ICOMOS Canada 2005
Until the late 1800s, heritage had been primarily a national, almost insular concern. The concept of international heritage preservation began to be seriously considered in...
![The Scarab scenery flats c. 1920s](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Seon-Milette-EWG-scenery-flat-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Cultural objects
Tools for conservation - Author: Simonette Seon-Milette,
Historic scenery makes second debut
After being in storage for over 75 years, a dynamic set of theatre scenery will be displayed again at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre...
![Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Cultural-heritage-places-cover-Brampton-Peel-Heritage-Complex-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Buildings and architecture
Community
Adaptive reuse - Author: Sean Fraser,
Our cultural heritage places: how heritage buildings adapt
Although heritage remains a year-round activity for many of us, Heritage Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in February. This year’s theme speaks...
![Detail of reproduced George Brown House central hall wallpaper](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Bubelis-GBH-wallpaper-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Archaeology
Buildings and architecture
Cultural objects
Tools for conservation - Author: Romas Bubelis,
Historic wallpaper: Finding what’s beneath
Wallpapers first appeared in Canada as early as the mid-17th century. These oldest papers were block-printed, hand-painted or stenciled. Pattern and colour was applied to...
![Penetanguishene Centennial Museum and Archives](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Mallon-Penetanguishene-Centennial-Museum-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: Tim Mallon,
Small-town museums key to small-town success
For 18 years, my wife and I raised our two sons in the Town of Richmond Hill just north of Toronto. When we moved to...
![17th-century French trade axe](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Doroszenko-ax-head-web.jpg)
- 16 Feb 2006
- Archaeology
Cultural objects
Tools for conservation - Author: Dena Doroszenko,
Digging up yesterday
Reesor live on a property near Bass Lake, Ontario that is protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust natural heritage easement. They lovingly care for this...
![The earliest brick structure in the City of Hamilton – the Book House, located in Ancaster – was recently lost to a suspected case of arson. (Photo: Sharon Vattay, City of Hamilton)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Cuming-Book-House-Photo-Sharon-Vattay-web.jpg)
- 08 Sep 2005
- Buildings and architecture
Community - Author: David Cuming,
Moving forward with heritage conservation
Thirty years ago, when the Ontario Heritage Act was new, I was a young planner with about a year’s experience working in London, England and...
![This decorative cupola adorns McMartin House, a Foundation property in Perth](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Well-Preserved-McMartin-House-cupola-web.jpg)
- 08 Sep 2005
- Buildings and architecture
Tools for conservation - Author: Ontario Heritage Trust,
The healthy roof: Staying on top of heritage preservation
The following excerpt appears in Well-Preserved: The Ontario Heritage Foundationʼs Manual of Principles and Practice for Architectural Conservation (Third Revised Edition), by Mark Fram (Boston...
![Mrs. Greenwood donated this property in the memory of her late husband; it will be known as the John Edward (Ted) Greenwood Sanctuary (Photo: Sylvia Barkman)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Heidenreich-Collins-Greenwood-Photo-Sylvia-Barkman-web.jpg)
- 08 Sep 2005
- Buildings and architecture
Tools for conservation - Author: Barbara Heidenreich and Jeremy Collins,
New natural heritage easement properties
John Edward (Ted) Greenwood Sanctuary On March 30, 2005, the Ontario Heritage Foundation received – from Mary Greenwood of Nakara, Australia – a 100-acre (40-...
![Coldwater Grist Mill – serving the community since 1833; an active part of Doors Open Huronia since 2002](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/Moorhouse-Hanna-Coldwater-Grist-Mill-web.jpg)
- 08 Sep 2005
- Buildings and architecture
Natural heritage
Community
Cultural landscapes - Author: Richard Moorhouse and Beth Hanna,
The new Ontario Heritage Act: The evolution of heritage conservation
An important shift has occurred in Ontario’s legislative framework for heritage conservation. On April 28, 2005, the Ontario Heritage Amendment Act (Bill 60) received royal...
![The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre (Toronto). In 1987, a basement is excavated under the lobby corridor, and the grand staircase is suspended in the air.](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/OHT-EWG-restoration.jpg)
- 19 May 2005
- Buildings and architecture
Tools for conservation - Author: Ontario Heritage Trust,
Working with superstructures: The framework for Ontario's heritage buildings
Last issue, we discussed the importance of a solid foundation when preserving heritage structures. In this issue, we see how a buildingʼs skeleton holds everything...
![Flooding in Toronto caused by Hurricane Hazel (Photo: Madeleine McDowell)](https://questions-de-patrimoine.ca/uploads/Articles/OHT-Hurricane-Hazel-web.jpg)
- 12 Feb 2005
- Natural heritage
Community - Author: Ontario Heritage Trust,
Hurricane Hazel 50 years later
There was little warning about Hurricane Hazel – one of the worst storms in Canada’s history. At the time, few Canadians paid attention to tropical...
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