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This Simcoe Day, we’re taking a look at a cemetery hidden in plain sight. In the heart of Toronto’s busy King West Village sits a quiet patch of green that most passersby mistake for just another city park — but … Continued

Today we look at Oakham House at 63 Gould Street in Toronto. Over its 176 years it has had many incarnations – a home and office, Working Boys Home, university residence and social centre with a pub and café. Located … Continued

While I have always been drawn to built heritage, I definitely get my passion for old train stations from my grandfather. Today, after arriving in Kleinburg a little early for a session at the McMichael Art Collection, I drove around … Continued

The Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse was destroyed in a massive fire last night. The Ward’s Island Association (WIA) was established in 1913, the same year the city started to regulate the increasingly popular and haphazard tent city on the site. … Continued

Frederick George Topham, VC was born in Toronto on 1917 and attended Runnymede High School. Serving in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during WWII he earned the Victoria Cross at age 27 for his brave actions on March 24, 1945, … Continued

Yesterday morning I had a chance to visit the Adamson Estate in Lakeview, Mississauga which is just east of Port Credit. It certainly wasn’t my first visit, as I grew up nearby and fondly remember attending several summer church bible … Continued

11 Gibson Avenue in north Etobicoke is for sale. I wish I had the $5.5 million they are asking for this beautiful old home on a huge lot. The property is behind advertised for subdivision or redevelopment and the house … Continued

My visit earlier in the day to the Christie Methodist Cemetery in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall inspired some research into the history of the area. Naturally the unusual name of the mall and surrounding Bridletown Circle, where we … Continued

In doing some genealogy research a few weeks ago, I came across the obituary of an extended family member who had died in a plane crash. I started investigating and discovered that the crash of Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 … Continued