One of my favourite parts of the built heritage landscape that I explored in Montreal was the old churches that are located throughout the city. These churches are often tucked in amongst office buildings, hotels, and other modern day amenities. Additionally, a number of the churches have multiple buildings on their properties such as: a … Continue reading Built Heritage in Montreal: Churches
Northern Ontario Historical Photo of the Week: Algoma Steel
The idea to do a weekly photo series was inspired by Andrew Smith's recent Historical Photograph of the Day feature over and on his blog and Kayla Jonas' blog series on photography of Hamilton buildings. In the upcoming weeks I plan to focus on historical Northern Ontario images and to highlight the variety of sources … Continue reading Northern Ontario Historical Photo of the Week: Algoma Steel
Historical Acitivsm In A Digital Age.
As my previous post mentioned we recently had a class on writing for a public audience. We were given the assignment of writing a 400 word newspaper article on any topic of historical relevance. My 'article' was a blog idea I'd been toying with for awhile, and here are the fruits of the assignment:Your family … Continue reading Historical Acitivsm In A Digital Age.