The Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario welcomes you aboard for the Museum's annual closing weekend Thanksgiving train rides. This family friendly event will host talented musician Ken Ramsden alongside our family friendly train rides and activities. Please join us as we celebrate our railroading heritage and the beautiful Canadian harvest season. For details call: 613-283-5696. […]
Walking Tours of Historic Wakefield - Discover the heritage buildings of Wakefield and learn about the people who built them. Saturdays at 2 p.m. 8$ per person REGISTER at http://www.fairbairn.ca/tours-excursions/wakefield
In the postwar building boom leading up to Canada's Centennial, grand heroic ideals of civic welfare and cultural identity were translated into new visions for Ottawa. The strong character of brutalist architecture embodied renewed hope, stability, and humanity. Ironically, today many tend to misread these buildings as imposing and inhuman “eyesores.” The tour will explore […]
Jean Yves Pelletier will lead the walking tour along Montreal road in relation to the heritage in general as well as immigrant heritage. 2pm to 4pm. Start: PJC Jean Coutu, 262 Montreal Rd, Vanier; Finish : Notre-Dame Cemetery. Départ : PJC Jean Coutu, 262 Ch. Montréal ,Vanier Arrivée : Cimetière Notre-Dame
Can you find the escaped mammoths? You’d think it would be hard to lose a mammoth, but a bunch of these ice age mammals have escaped from the Neanderthal exhibition and are hiding in the Children’s Museum! Don’t be fooled by their Halloween costumes — these cute and clever creatures are trying hard to blend […]