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A drill crew at Petrolia in 1910, standing before their steam-powered drilling rig

Community
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Oil Springs Heritage District: Working from the ground up

In the mid-19th century, southwestern Ontario was Canada West’s last frontier, where lines of travel, civility and comfort faced the untamed. From these impassable wetlands...

Full Frontal T.O. - Exploring Toronto's Architectural Vernacular

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Resources: Building communities: Heritage conservation districts

What's on the shelf Full Frontal T.O. – Exploring Toronto’s Architectural Vernacular, by Shawn Micallef with photographs by Patrick Cummins. Coach House Books, 2012. For...

Downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake – a frequently visited heritage conservation district.

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Heritage conservation districts: The most popular tool in the heritage toolkit?

When the Ontario Heritage Act came into force in 1975, municipalities across the province suddenly had the authority to protect and enhance “groups of properties...

Barberry Lane streetscape in the Meadowvale Village HCD (Photo: City of Mississauga)

Buildings and architecture
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How districts change

Meadowvale Village – a once-small, rural village – is located on the Credit River at the north end of the City of Mississauga. In the...

The Bell House at 151 Stanley Street, New Edinburgh (Photo courtesy of Joan Mason)

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Grassroots heritage: The stewards of New Edinburgh

Located in the City of Ottawa at the confluence of the Rideau and Ottawa rivers is the historical community of New Edinburgh. With its roots...

50 West Street, following the tornado (Photo courtesy of Bob Davis)

Buildings and architecture
Community
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The Goderich story: A lesson in survival

For the past 18 months, West Street in Goderich has been as much a construction site as it has a place of service and retail...

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Resources: Investing in preservation

Stanley Barracks: Toronto’s Military Legacy, by Aldona Sendzikas Dundurn Press. Stanley Barracks begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the...

Several geophysical methods were used at the Trust’s Chedoke Estate in Hamilton, including resistivity (shown in photo), magnetometer and electromagnetic survey.

Archaeology
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Seeing the unseen: Archaeology and geophysics

As population growth results in substantial impact to Ontario’s landscapes, efficient and cost-effective methods to locate, map and acquire information from archaeological sites are needed...