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jbcurio.bsky.social
Side research find: a cool logo I've never seen before for Windsor's CKLW-TV (now CBET)

Detroit Free Press, March 10, 1957. #ontariohistory
March 31, 2026 at 12:24 AM
jbcurio.bsky.social
From the vaults: a look at Ontario's last segregated elementary school, which was located not far from where I grew up.

#ontariohistory #blackhistorymonth #bhm

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February 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
idgi1.bsky.social
Canada's oldest penitentiary stood for 178 years...

#DarkTourism #CanadianHistory #AbandonedPlaces #KingstonPenitentiary #DarkHistory #ExploreCanada #OntarioHistory #ForgottenPlaces #HauntedHistory #HorrorGaming #IndieGame #GameDev #DarkTourism #AbandonedPlaces #GhostHunting #HorrorGames #GameDev
August 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
explorationproject.bsky.social
Grimwood episode 10 is out! It’s about one of the first Icelandic settlements in Canada. What brought them here and why did they leave the tiny town where they first settled? 1/2

#icelandic #canadianhistory #ontariohistory
November 19, 2024 at 12:23 AM
thatgrrl.bsky.social
1930 Bathing Pavilion Sunnyside Toronto Canada - This is long gone now. I forget what it was demolished for. My Mother and her family visited Sunnyside, before the 1960's. #CanadianCulture #OntarioHistory #CanadianHistory
September 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
ginetteguymayer.com
Lost Villages Museum, Long Sault Ontario.
#ontariohistory #lostvillages #photography
November 3, 2024 at 12:52 AM
jbcurio.bsky.social
Good news for researchers: the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario's collection of newspapers is beginning its migration onto the Internet Archive.

This collection has been immensely helpful for my work.

#cdnhistory #ontariohistory

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Preserving the Ethnic Press: Internet Archive Canada and the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario Partner to Expand Access to Historical Newspapers – Internet Archive Canada
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April 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
therundowntvo.bsky.social
"During the Second World War, 70,000 Ontarians heeded the call to protect their communities." — @klblack.bsky.social

https://www.tvo.org/article/how-ordinary-ontarians-rallied-to-protect-their-homes-from-the-threat-of-german-invasion

#ontariohistory
March 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
On this day in 1800, American abolitionist John Brown was born. Here's a story I wrote for TVO @therundowntvo.bsky.social on Brown's activities in Chatham, Ontario prior to his famous raid on Harper's Ferry #cdnhistory #ontariohistory

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How a convention in Chatham helped spark the American Civil War | TVO Today
John Brown held a meeting to discuss liberating slaves via a guerrilla war — just before his infamous raid on Harpers Ferry.
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May 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
jrtphotography.bsky.social
The #ruins of the #BarberPaperMill in #Georgetown, #Ontario lie derelict in the #desolate brush on a gloomy day.

#BuyIntoArt #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces #UrbanExploration #HauntingBeauty #OntarioHistory

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/ruins-of-the-barber-paper-mill-ontario-2-john-twynam.html
The ruins of the Barber Paper Mill in Georgetown, Ontario lie derelict in the desolate brush on a gloomy day.
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
1) NEW! For TVO (@tvotoday.bsky.social) looks at the Canadian-born founder of chiropractic, Daniel David Palmer.

#history #ontariohistory

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December 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
1) From the vaults: a piece I wrote for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social on how Ottawa nearly cancelled trick-or-treating in 1982. #Halloween #ontariohistory

www.tvo.org/article/are-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. From the vaults, here's a piece I wrote for Cottage Life @cottagelifemag.bsky.social about the incident...

#ontariohistory #cdnhistory

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What really happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?
“We are holding our own.” Unfortunately, the final words transmitted from the Edmund Fitzgerald during the early evening of November 10, 1975 inaccurately
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November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
jbcurio.bsky.social
On my mind since the whole tariff dust-up: should the next provincial government put a big boost into local tourism and ramp the "Yours to Discover" campaign up to the exposure it had in the 1980s/90s?

Here's a piece I wrote about it for TVO. #onpoli #ontariohistory

www.tvo.org/article/and-...
February 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
NEW! For TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social, a look at how the province slashed the number of school boards in Ontario from around 3,700 to around 200 in stages over the course of the 1960s.

Just don't ask school trustees in Baden what their opinion was.

#onpoli #ontariohistory

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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
NEW! For the Canadian Encyclopedia (@historicacanada.bsky.social), I wrote an entry on William Ralph Meredith - jurist, five-time loser in attempts to become Ontario premier, and pioneer in workers compensation legislation.

#history #ontariohistory

www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/s...
Sir William Ralph Meredith
Sir William Ralph Meredith, lawyer, judge, politician, educator, public servant (born 31 March 1840 in Westminster Township, Upper Canada; died 21 August 1923 i...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
Distractionary find: back in 1874, it appears you could take a steamship excursion from Windsor to Chatham

Source: Detroit News, June 9, 1874 #ontariohistory
April 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
jrtphotography.bsky.social
The #ruins of #FortStJoseph, an old #WarOf1812 fort burned by the Americans in 1814, remain at the southern tip of #StJosephIsland in #Ontario.

#BuyIntoArt #History #Historic #Fort #DiscoverON #OntarioHistory

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/ruins-of-fort-st-joseph-ontario-1-john-twynam.html
The ruins of Fort St. Joseph, an old War of 1812 fort burned by the Americans in 1814, remain at the southern tip of St. Joseph Island in Ontario.
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
wendysmithto.bsky.social
Have just read Nick Rogers' new article on Henry Dundas & the Toronto campaign to rename Dundas St. It went straight into my dissertation biblio.
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
jbcurio.bsky.social
NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I look at how voters in two downtown Toronto ridings sent Communis...err...Labour-Progressive Partty MPPs to Queen's Park in the 1940s - one of whom was the uncle of a famous actor!

#TorontoHistory #ontariohistory #onpoli

www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...
The year the Commies won a spot at Queen’s Park
In the aftermath of the Ontario election, historian Jamie Bradburn looks back at the year Torontonians elected two Communists to the legislature
www.torontotoday.ca
March 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
jrtphotography.bsky.social
Close-up of #antique Thomas Organ & Piano Co. piano in #Huntsville, #Ontario. #BlackAndWhite.

#BuyIntoArt #History #Piano #Broken #AntiquePiano #ThomasOrgan #OntarioHistory #VintageMusic

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/antique-piano-by-thomas-organ-and-piano-co-bw-john-twynam.html
Close-up of antique Thomas Organ & Piano Co. piano in Huntsville, Ontario. Black and white.
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
uoftpress.bsky.social
We are pleased to share that Improving Upper Canada by Ross Fair has been awarded the 2025 Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario History!

Congratulations to the author.

Read the announcement: bit.ly/48KNTQR

#CanadianHistory #OntarioHistory @torontomet.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
shewandersferal.bsky.social
#Canada 🇨🇦 #Anchluss
#CanadianHistory
#CDNpoli 🍁 #CANpoli
#TorontoHistory
#OntarioHistory
#RuleOfLaw #Sovereignty
#TheAnnexationManifesto
“We do hereby solemnly protest against…the #annexation of the province to the United States of America"
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Toronto vs. The Annexation Manifesto
Plus: Old City Hall as the Museum of Toronto, Henry Moore, the Hearn, and more...
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January 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
jbcurio.bsky.social
Today the Curio Emporium is handing out Ontario provincial government pamphlets on how to enjoy "breakfast in a hurry." #ontariohistory

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January 9: Breakfast in a Hurry
Tips from the Ontario government on how to start your culinary day.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
jbcurio.bsky.social
From the vaults: in 1851 Toronto hosted a convention to discuss discuss abolitionism, the Fugitive Slave Act — and how to assist Black people fleeing into Ontario.

(Photo of one of the participants, publisher Henry Bibb)

#ontariohistory #blackhistorymonth #bhm

www.tvo.org/article/look...
February 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM