Jul 2021 — Sep 2021
Sep 10, 2021 • 17 minutes
The legacy of Francis Harvey in Dorset and how his donation of land to a church in Dorset impacted for the next 100 years. Plus, how Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna - sister to the last Tsar - ended up in Canada.
Sep 3, 2021 • 17 minutes
Yes, there were one room schoolhouses in the early 1900's. And what's the connection between the Scot and Irish clearances and a colony in the middle of Canada's prairies?
Aug 27, 2021 • 15 minutes
Francis Harvey's family was in 1800's Prescott (near Ottawa) but he had property in Dorset yet he seems to have commuted regularly. Plus, Chinese Canadians who volunteered for behind-the-lines commando duty in SE Asia during WW2.
Aug 20, 2021 • 18 minutes
An immigrant from Belfast opens Haliburton's lesser known hotel in the 1880's plus the remarkable life of one of Canada's little known heroes - Joseph Whiteside Boyle.
Aug 13, 2021 • 15 minutes
Phoebe Ann Clark led a remarkable life on Haliburton County's Boshkung Lake in the 1870's. Plus the 1885 roots and contributions of the Canadian Red Cross over the years - especially during wartime.
Jul 31, 2021 • 16 minutes
Community organizations tended to 'fraternal'. Women's Institutes were an outlet for women unable to join fraternal organizations. Plus, a group of hopeful prospectors called the Overlanders take a cross-Canada land route to the gold fields.
Jul 23, 2021 • 16 minutes
It was often necessary for early settlers in late 1800's Haliburton County to reinvent themselves to get by in life. Plus the Irish Fenian Brotherhood and their campaign of invasions into Canada from the U.S. in the mid 1800's.
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