History & Genealogy
Audience
Library Branch
Heritage Toronto in partnership with Toronto Public Library will present one of a three-part series on the War of 1812 and what it meant for the people who lived in what are today Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York.
Join us for talks on historical subjects. Meetings are free and include refreshments. At this meeting Ken McGoogan presents his book "How the Scots Invented Canada".
Presented by the North Toronto Historical Society and Toronto Public Toronto.
Wed Apr 25
Wed May 30
One hundred years ago, on April 14, 1912, the great ocean liner Titanic went down. R.M.S. Titanic by award-winning writer Hugh Brewster weaves the story of that fateful crossing with compelling portraits of the people on boa...
The Long Branch Historical Society presents a talk on Canada's first airplane flight. J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's first pilot and first person to fly an airplane in the British Empire, took off from the frozen surface of Bras d'...
The RVHS documents, preserves and promotes the history of the Roncesvalles area.
Thu Mar 01
Thu Apr 05
Join Kate McCauley, Assistant Curator, Toronto's First Post Office as she presents the history of the post in Toronto from 1798 to 1851, including the arrival of the colonial Post Office, alternatives to the official Post, ho...
Join Downsview staff on Tuesday March 6th, 2012 from 2-4 p.m., as our branch celebrates its 50th anniversary! At 2 p.m. there will be a guest speaker from the North York Historical Society with a special photo presentation fr...
Presented by the North Toronto Historical Society and Toronto Public Toronto.
Wed Feb 22
Wed Mar 28
Join us for talks on historical subjects. Meetings are free and include refreshments.At this meeting Karolyn Smardz Frost presents "I have a home in glory land" a story of the underground railway to Canada for runaway black s...


