Tag: historic site

Scenic NS Town Looking to Sell Historic 1890S Schoolhouse, Says Can’t Afford Upkeep

April 20, 2023
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A prominent former schoolhouse in the scenic Nova Scotia town of Lunenburg is up for sale because the community can’t afford the costs of maintaining the national historic site. Lunenburg Academy, which dates back to 1895, is a three-storey Victorian-style building often referred to as the castle on the hill. The building served as a…

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Toronto’s Fort York Is Under Attack Again. This Time It’s an Inside Job

July 8, 2022
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Commentary For nearly 70 years, visitors to Fort York in Toronto have been greeted by the trill of fifing, the beating of drums, the crash of muskets, and the boom of cannon. These authentic 19th-century sounds, along with the colourful sight of red-coated soldiers of the Fort York Guard, have brought Canadian history to life…

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Parks Canada Seeks to Attract More Chinese Visitors to Norman Bethune Site

March 10, 2021
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Parks Canada is planning to celebrate staunch Canadian communist Dr. Norman Bethune by introducing programs to draw more Chinese visitors to the Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site in Gravenhurst, Ont., where Bethune was born. Specifically, the federal agency aims to offer the public “a much deeper understanding of Bethune’s life and legacy,” according to…

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