Supervisor of Historical Services / Curator at the St. Catharines Museum, gadget junkie, mom, still learning new things. Cadet officer. Opinions are my own.
@SW_Help Ok thanks very much for your help. We are travelling to the UK and just want to be sure we are able to get around within the schedule we have planned. :)
I am looking at the pre-colonial history of the Indigenous people of each province, west to east.
Today I am looking at the Secwepemc people of central British Columbia!
Known in English as the Shuswap People, their territory is 145,000 square kilometres in size.
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The #BattleoftheAtlantic was the longest continuous battle during the #SecondWorldWar, lasting 2,075 days.
Who do you remember in your family's history and how did they serve? Retweet this post and share their story, or reply in the comments. #CanadaRemembers
The ss Keewatin has set sail for her next adventure. Feeling some trepidation about this next leg of her journey, but also excitement for @MMGLK venture toward raising greater awareness of our maritime past. She will be refit at Heddle/St. Catharines, before sailing to Kingston.
A literary scholar argues we could use more exclamation marks — or exclamation points, depending on your preference — in our lives, not fewer. https://t.co/wr81nvSgPS
It is #BlackHistoryMonth. Here is the story of the Shelburne Riots
In the late-1770s & early-1780s, Black Loyalists left the United States to settle in Nova Scotia. About 1,500 Black Loyalists, some formerly enslaved, settled in Shelburne, including clergyman David George
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Black History Month at the St. Catharines Museum is here! This Saturday at 11:00 a.m. join us for our On the Liberty Line tour. On Sunday at 2:00 p.m. join us for a guided tour of our Last Stop: In Their Own Words exhibition. All programming is open to the public by donation.
Chloe Cooley was an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada’s first legislation limiting slavery. #BlackHistoryMonth
The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre will be closed all day on January 25th due to a scheduled power outage being planned by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. The Museum will reopen as usual on January 26th.
This week we are digging deeper into the story of the First Welland Canal with the "How the Story Goes" blog series. In Part 2 of 4, we investigate where the money came from for the building of the First Welland Canal. https://t.co/cu6IZII4A0