Résultats

    Major General Zac Brown was in charge of the crew of the Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie.

    Wooden framed slate used by Amy Yourex, who was a student at the King Edward Public School in Dundalk.

    Most of these are small enough to classify as arrowheads; while the point on the bottom middle is too heavy and wide to have been used for an arrow.

    Used generally for functional construction (from bowls to canoes) this tool would be attached at a right angle to a wooden shaft and swung with the hand.

    The would typically be attached to a shaft and used to scrape fur off of a hide or the fatty tissue inside the skin.

    Found by Mr. Alistair Thomson in 1970 in the Boyne River valley in Flesherton.

    Most of these are too wide and heavy to be arrowheads and were most likely used on atlatl darts or spears 4,000 - 9,000 years ago.

    Most likely made about 4,500 years ago.

    Belonged to May Askew who graduated from Aberdeen Hospital School of Nursing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1937. During WWII Miss Askew served in Halifax, England, and Belgium; she retired from the

    Portable signal lantern. Black metal casing with wooden handle. Requires battery to operate. 5 different coloured filters on rotating disk.

    This small desk is over two hundred years old. It shows the fine artistry of craftsmen in the early days of Upper Canada (Ontario). It was given to Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, a British O

    Family bible which belonged to Elma and Olga Stewart. Apart from being used for scripture, family bibles were also a record of all the births, deaths, and marriages in a family. This makes them very

    Belonged to Lavinia (Ferris) Wiley who was born in 1868 in Kimberly. She married Samuel Wiley (Mountain Sam) and they lived on the farm on top of Talisman Mountain. Lavinia is the grandmother of Elva

    This woven doll cradle was made by a First Nation Indian living along the Beaver River. It was bought by the Webers and given to their grandchild Wilda (Weber) Laurence in 1911.

    The earliest known settlers of the Americas were in Southern Ontario during the final glacial episodes over 10,000 years ago, when the population of the entire province would have been 100-200.

    Glass slide projector made by the Victor Animatograph Company of Davenport, Iowa. The inventor, Alexander Victor, began as a magician and used a Lumiere projector in his shows which gave him the insp

    Worn by Agnes Macphail.

    Belonged to Agnes Macphail.

    Black Box Brownie no. 2, model F made in Canada. Fine leatherette covering. Very simple shutter design. It has two sliding mechanisms on the top, one for a bulb, or time setting, and the other for a

    Used by A.C. MacMillan during WWI.