Open in December and Decorated for Christmas
Posted on November 25, 2021
Backus-Page House Museum will be open select days in December from 11am – 4pm for A Very Victorian Christmas. Enjoy a Christmas themed tour of the House Museum and hear […]
November 2021
Podcast Episode 17- Vanished Villages of Dunwich
Posted on November 24, 2021
Our first town, Burwell’s Corners, started with the family of the same name. Mahlon Burwell, first generation Canadian, became a surveyor in 1809 and was registrar of Middlesex by 1811. He lived […]
Weekend Highlights- November 20 & 21
Posted on November 18, 2021
Welcome back to another week of Weekend Highlights! With Christmas fast approaching we’ve got a bunch of festive holiday activities for you and your friends and family. Railway City Tourism […]
Podcast Episode 16 – Vanished Villages of Aldborough
Posted on November 17, 2021
The first town we will be talking about is the town of Churchville. Little is known about the corner settlement on the Kerr Sideroad in Aldborough. Churchville got its name from […]
Weekend Highlights- November 13 & 14
Posted on November 11, 2021
Welcome back to this weeks Weekend Highlights! We hope everyone’s had a great week so far. Only three more day to go, you’re almost there! Let’s jump into some of […]
Podcast Episode 15 – Gardening in the Early Talbot Settlement
Posted on November 10, 2021
Inside this episode we will explore the gardens at Fairwood Farm in Wallacetown, dairy entries from Merinda Williams-Pearce, and Colonel Talbot the horticulturalist to give you an idea of early plants, trees, and vegetables of Dunwich and Aldborough townships. […]
Weekend Highlights-November 6 & 7
Posted on November 4, 2021
Welcome back to another week of Weekend Highlights! Wow is time passing by fast. It’s November already, only 7 more weekends till Christmas! We hope everyone had a eventful and […]
Podcast Episode 14- Firsts in the Talbot Settlement
Posted on November 3, 2021
Let’s jump on into this episode and start with the first of schools. The first school ever opened in the County of Elgin was in Malahide in 1816. Up to the year 1830, only […]