Local History

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Tionontati (Petun)

Category:Canadian History, Indigenous Resources, Local History

Article about the Tionontati (Petun) peoples. Includes images, text and audio-visual resources. Helpful for students and educators.

The Petun Research Institute

Category:Canadian History, Indigenous Resources, Local History

The Institute conducts and publish interdisciplinary scholarly research particularly relating to the Petun-Wyandot native people.

Then and Now - Town of the Blue Mountains History Project

Category:Local History

Photographs, maps, audio and videorecordings of the history of the Blue Mountains. Maintained by the Blue Mountains Public Library.

Treaty 18 Transcription

Category:Canadian History, Indigenous Resources, Local History

Transcription of Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty No. 18. The municipality of The Town of The Blue Mountains is located within the boundary of Treaty 18…

Image of a section of a door painted in the style of Walter Trier. The door is painted light blue and has two rectangular panels. The top panel has a beige border with a painting of cherub riding a white horse with blue main and tail in the foreground and a green background with two trees and small plants. The lower panel has a beige border with a painting of a man and woman riding a white horse in the foreground with a dark blue and green gradient background mimicking the sky and grass.

Walter Trier - Online Exhibit

Category:Local History, Museum Online Exhibits

Walter Trier is the world-renown illustrator and commercial artist whose influence can be found far and wide, including in The Town of The Blue Mountains…

A Wee Willi Winkels Skateboards logo with a brown background. The logo is orange and shaped like a maple leaf with three letter W's on the perimeter creating the points of the leaf. In the middle of the leaf is brown text reading Wee Willi Winkels Skateboards. Below the leaf is orange text reading Made in Canada Fabrique au Canada.

Willi Winkels - Online Exhibit

Category:Local History, Museum Online Exhibits

This online collection of images, artifacts and resources demonstrates Wee Willi Winkels' innovations in skateboard manufacturing and snowboard…

Painting of a ski hill in the winter time. In the foreground are three skiers skiing down the hill. In the midground are seven skiers halfway down the ski hill. In the background is a large wooded area with a light blue clouded sky.

Winter Sport and Recreation - Online Exhibit

Category:Local History, Museum Online Exhibits

This online collection of images, artifacts and resource demonstrates the roots of the many different winter sports and recreation opportunities in the…

smiling dragon on a golden coin

Yesterday's News

Category:Local History

Historic news bites from Thornbury Review-Herald and Courier-Herald from approx. 25, 50, 100 years ago. Source newspapers are on microfiche at the…