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I had fun playing with these little treasures,,,,the lace and old spools belonged to my husband's grandmother,,,the books came from his family too,,, the beautiful old cup is one of a few given to us by the first pastor we had when we immigrated to Canada,,,special memories,,love them all,,,,
Wishing you all a good weekend.... thanks so much for your visits,,,
Thanks to Jai Johnson for the texture,
I composed this photograph of Le Chateau Montebello while visiting there during a lengthy road trip through Eastern Canada.
It claims to be the largest log building in the world. Construction for the hotel building was overseen by Finnish immigrant Victor Nymark, a master log builder who immigrated to Canada in 1924. As work on the building began before the hotel's final design plans were completed, Nymark's construction crew occasionally proceeded without blueprints to guide them.
The three resort buildings erected in 1930 were built using 10,000 western red cedar logs shipped from British Columbia. The log walls are painted black on the outside, although its interiors maintain natural wood colouring. The building also features 500,000 hand-slit cedar roof shakes and 166 kilometres of wooden moulding.
(Adapted from Wikipedia)
19th Century cavalry sabre belonging to my great great uncle who served in Upper Canada in the Royal Army. Photographs are of my great grandfather who immigrated to Canada and started a livery stable in Toronto, pictured with business partners and horses, and in the centre is a painting of a draft horse, artist unknown, which has been in my family for years.
I love Marta Elena. I am probably not alone, as she wins many hearts wherever she performs. Born in Havana in a musical family, where she started performig at young age, later with 'Anacaona' and 'Caribbe' bands. She immigrated to Canada in 2011. I seen her first probably around 2015, and was quite impressed. She is now one of the top Latin singers in the city and she makes a wild dance party, anywhere she performs. This year I've seen her not only at Kensington Jazz, but also at Toronto Jazz, Dundas West Festival and on here 'home' turf at Lula Lounge club. At Kensington outdoor stage she was with Danae Olano- keyboard, Jonathan Amador bass, unknown to me trombone player and a drummer. There are few who have stage presence anywhere close to Marta Elena. Probably her 9(?) year old daughter comes closest, but she is not performing yet.
269. Kensington. P1720058; Taken 2023-Sep 30. Upload 2023-Nov 28.
Cathedral of Transfiguration in Markham Ontario, for three decades, is a future unanswered!
The Cathedral cornerstone was the first one in North America
consecrated by late Pope John Paul II. ( We had been there when that happen!)
Three of the Onion domes are plated in 22-karat gold!
The three bell carillon is the largest in the World!
The Church is a Brainchild of Stephen B Roman, who immigrated to Canada in 1937 from Slovakia!!
Posted this for Remembrance Day. An old photo of my Grandfather in World War I, taken in England. My grandfather immigrated to Canada from England prior to the war and returned home for the war. That was the last time he saw his home as never returned again. He never did obtain a Canadian citizenship but still fought for Canada in the Canadian Forces. I restored the photo using AI from an old faded and blurry image.
Between 1947-1950 ,40,000 Jewish displaced persons immigrated to Canada Many of them settled in Montreal. making the city one of the largest communities of Holocaust Survivors in the world! In 2001 , 6,795 Holocaust Survivors were still living in Montreal.
The survivors sought each other out, building a community bound by their experiences. For many, this included a responsibility & commitment to memorialize the Holocaust. They initiated remembrances ,published commemorative books, Holocaust memoirs, and often worked directly within the schools to educate the next generation. The lobbied the Jewish community for support in the creation of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center in 1979, the first of it's kind in Canada. The survivors have been active politically, fighting racism, and antisemitism and opposing those who would deny the Holocaust.
The work accomplished by the Surviving Remnant, will live after them, honouring and protecting the memory of those who perished and serving as a warning to the world: Never Again.
Montreal, QC
Canada
Excerpt from niagarathisweek.com:
The building was built by Eugene and Catharine Udell in 1888. Eugene was the son of Morris and Harriet Udell, who as United Empire Loyalists immigrated to Canada from the U.S. in the early 1800s. The house remained in the Udell family until 1979.
Excerpt from heritagemississauga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Erinda...:
15. Taylor-Froebel House
(c. 1878) 1584 Dundas Street W.
Emerson Taylor, who immigrated to Canada in 1837 from Pennsylvania, built this house between 1875 and 1878. Emerson owned the Royal Exchange Hotel, was a local Magistrate and Justice-of-Peace, and he donated land for the building of the nearby Methodist Church in 1877. Emerson also owned a sawmill, knitting mill, and a fanning mill that produced wood furniture and grandfather clocks. A later owner was Vin Robbinson who ran a blacksmith shop and hardware store.
what a time we're living in. Hope that there will be no more bloodshed of innocent people. This photo I shot quite a while ago around the St.Albert, Canada area, to NOW show solidarity with the poor Ukrainians
Ukrainian Canadians (Українські канадці) are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born people who immigrated to Canada. In 2016, there were an estimated 1,359,655 persons of full or partial Ukrainian origin residing in Canada
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The current Ukrainian flag consists of two horizontal bands of yellow and blue, the colors represent the wide blue skies and the yellow represents the wheat fields that characterize the country. From a psychological point of view, blue symbolizes calm, whilst yellow symbolizes joy.
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в який час ми живемо. Сподіваюся, що більше не буде кровопролиття невинних людей. Це фото я зробив досить давно в районі Сент-Альберт, Канада, щоб ЗАРАЗ продемонструвати солідарність з бідними українцями
Українські канадці (Українські канадці) — громадяни Канади українського походження або особи, які народилися в Україні, які іммігрували до Канади. У 2016 році в Канаді проживало 1 359 655 осіб повністю або частково українського походження.
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Нинішній український прапор складається з двох горизонтальних смуг жовтого та синього кольорів, кольори яких символізують широке блакитне небо, а жовтий – пшеничні поля, які характеризують країну. З психологічної точки зору синій колір символізує спокій, а жовтий символізує радість.
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Натисніть клавішу L для кращого огляду. Дякую за вподобання та коментарі. Цінується!
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His trumpet has been silenced 9 years ago. Glasgowian Malcolm Higgins called Toronto his home for big part of his life. First he toured Europe with military band and later with Clyde Valley Stompers until he immigrated to Canada. Here he played trumpet and sung in several bands like Bourbon Street Buskers (gone), and the Hot Five Jazzmakers (very much alive). Here he is with Downtown Dixieland at Beaches Jazz with vocalist Myrna Van Weerdenburg. Their duets were not very romantic, as Myrna husband Nick plays clarinet in the band, but always funny, as they played of each other. I just came across this photo and decided to remember him as I am missing the Beaches Jazz (cancelled) and all the fun. Malcolm died in July 25, 2011. Harris Mark Lusher is on guitar.
48. Beaches TO 2009- July -24, P7240609; Uploaded 26. July 2020, Olympus -FE20)
Excerpt from www.visitniagaracanada.com/blog/patio-andaluz/:
Alejandra Lopez and Antonio Bueno decided to take matters into their own hands when they couldn’t find a suitable restaurant representation of paella or tacos. Lopez, who hails from Guadalajara in western Mexico, and Bueno, who grew up in the Andalusia region of Spain, decided to open Patio Andaluz, a Mexican-Spanish dining room in Port Dalhousie, specializing in the quintessential dishes of their homeland.
But it came after years of eating others’ spins on those recipes in and around Toronto where the couple lived for 13 years after immigrating to Canada, and leaving the table wanting.
“Tacos as a concept are tortillas with filling. You’ll find ours are traditional,” Lopez said. “People will make tacos with different ingredients and that’s OK. But sometimes you want a taste of home. I could never find a place where I could say ‘This is a taste of home; this is just like Mexico.’ I was always disappointed that our heritage wasn’t being represented in a culinary aspect.”
It is now, however, at Patio Andaluz. The couple, who have extensive restaurant experience, opened their cosy Lock Street eatery last year in a quest to provide proper tacos and shine a light on paella, the rice dish that’s one of Spain’s best-known culinary exports.
Isham, born in Palestine, spent most of his life in Morocco, recently immigrated to Canada (Montreal).
Excerpt from www.visitniagaracanada.com/blog/patio-andaluz/:
Alejandra Lopez and Antonio Bueno decided to take matters into their own hands when they couldn’t find a suitable restaurant representation of paella or tacos. Lopez, who hails from Guadalajara in western Mexico, and Bueno, who grew up in the Andalusia region of Spain, decided to open Patio Andaluz, a Mexican-Spanish dining room in Port Dalhousie, specializing in the quintessential dishes of their homeland.
But it came after years of eating others’ spins on those recipes in and around Toronto where the couple lived for 13 years after immigrating to Canada, and leaving the table wanting.
“Tacos as a concept are tortillas with filling. You’ll find ours are traditional,” Lopez said. “People will make tacos with different ingredients and that’s OK. But sometimes you want a taste of home. I could never find a place where I could say ‘This is a taste of home; this is just like Mexico.’ I was always disappointed that our heritage wasn’t being represented in a culinary aspect.”
It is now, however, at Patio Andaluz. The couple, who have extensive restaurant experience, opened their cosy Lock Street eatery last year in a quest to provide proper tacos and shine a light on paella, the rice dish that’s one of Spain’s best-known culinary exports.
This bust of Yousuf Karsh can be found on the street in Ottawa near the Chateau Laurier Hotel. Karsh has been said to be one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century. He was born in the then Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in 1908 and immigrated to Canada in 1923. He became a photographer and specialized in portrait photography. His works make use of dramatic lighting. One of his most famous was a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill that he took in 1841 which became known as "The Roaring Lion".
Excerpt from www.visitniagaracanada.com/blog/patio-andaluz/:
Alejandra Lopez and Antonio Bueno decided to take matters into their own hands when they couldn’t find a suitable restaurant representation of paella or tacos. Lopez, who hails from Guadalajara in western Mexico, and Bueno, who grew up in the Andalusia region of Spain, decided to open Patio Andaluz, a Mexican-Spanish dining room in Port Dalhousie, specializing in the quintessential dishes of their homeland.
But it came after years of eating others’ spins on those recipes in and around Toronto where the couple lived for 13 years after immigrating to Canada, and leaving the table wanting.
“Tacos as a concept are tortillas with filling. You’ll find ours are traditional,” Lopez said. “People will make tacos with different ingredients and that’s OK. But sometimes you want a taste of home. I could never find a place where I could say ‘This is a taste of home; this is just like Mexico.’ I was always disappointed that our heritage wasn’t being represented in a culinary aspect.”
It is now, however, at Patio Andaluz. The couple, who have extensive restaurant experience, opened their cosy Lock Street eatery last year in a quest to provide proper tacos and shine a light on paella, the rice dish that’s one of Spain’s best-known culinary exports.
Portrait is of my husband's great-uncle. He was born Irish and immigrated to Canada. He joined the Royal Canadian Army in WWI.
Before and after photo: FACEBOOK
The McCrimmon Hall (1902) in the community of McCrimmon, Ontario, Canada.
Originally known as the Sons of Scotland Hall, it was built around 1902. This is significant considering that the population of McCrimmon was 50 in 1905. It currently serves as an unofficial community hall.
The Sons of Scotland in Canada is an association that was established in Toronto in 1876 to provide insurance to its members, also including in its activities elements of sociability and the celebration of Scottish culture. Its original concept was to assist immigrants from Scotland, as well as their offspring, in establishing their new lives in Canada.
It eventually grew into a benevolent association, volunteering in local communities and raising funds to promote Scottish arts among youth.
The community (to dispersed to be termed a village) is named after the prominent McCrimmon family, which originally settled in the region during the early 1800s. Prior to March 1, 1877, it was called Kingsburg.
Excerpt from doppleronline.ca/huntsville/saturday-streetscapes-paget-l...:
George Paget, a native of Bristol England who was born in 1839, immigrated to Canada and arrived in Huntsville in 1879.
George’s foray into the Muskoka business landscape began as a grain merchant; however, he eventually earned his living as a government timber inspector – probably a prudent job switch considering Huntsville’s limited grain production and its preponderance of rich timber forests.
George also tried his hand at local politics when he became a councillor in 1901 on Huntsville’s inaugural Town Council.
In 1903, he commissioned local builder William Proudfoot to construct one of Huntsville’s most beautiful homes at 75 Main Street West. Known as Paget House, the Victorian-style abode retains its majestic appearance right up to the present as a local office building.
George fathered two sons who seemed to inherit their dad’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Arthur and Charles Paget owned and operated Huntsville’s Paget Car Cooperage Company, Paget Grain Door Company, and Huntsville Syndicate. Harkening back to Dad George’s original roots in the grain business, the two Paget brothers manufactured grain doors. Indeed, their claim to fame appears to be a unique grain door invention for which, in 1923, they were issued a patent by the Canadian Patent Office.
Arthur again followed his father’s footsteps when he threw his hat into the Huntsville political ring and served as the town’s mayor in 1919–20. By the time of Arthur’s death on July 5, 1948 at the age of 81 years, Huntsville’s streets included another of the “mayor streets” – Paget Lane.
For several years I've walked by this Jaguar off in the distance in a neighbours carport, not paying much attention to it thinking it's just another old Jaguar 4 door sedan. The other day I stopped and looked a little closer and wondered what the XJ6C badge indicated on the right. After looking it up and looking closer at the car I realized the 6C meant it was a 6 cylinder Coupe, one of only 6,505 produced in it's production run from 1974 to 1975 (there were a few early '73's and late '78's but were all part of the original total. They also came with a 12 cylinder engine and only 1,873 were produced. The licence plate on the car is from 1995, the neighbour no doubt has plans to restore it one day but I think like so many dreams it may never come to fruition. Life in the slow lane, I guess. Photographed in Victoria BC Canada, a hotbed of English cars dating back to the early years of our city when a large influx of English people immigrated to Canada and eventually Victoria, sometimes referred to as Little Bit of Olde England.
After years of having a cat, or four, for pets, my friends decided, after they lost their last one, that was it. No more. They didn't count on finding this little lady though. Still, they probably wouldn't have had her if it wasn't for her name. You see she is called Midge, the same name as the first cat they owned as a newly married couple way back in the '50's. That Midge was a beautiful back and white tuxedo that even immigrated to Canada with them. So last year when their daughter emailed them a picture of this Midge, who was looking for a forever home, they couldn't help but welcome her. As June said to me, "Our first cat was called Midge and now our last cat will be called Midge. It was meant to be."
Forgot to post this pic from the Abbotsford International Airshow. This flight of a B-17 bomber and a Messerschmitt 109 commemorates an incident from WWII. On December 20, 1943 a B-17 Flying Fortress piloted by 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown was participating in a bomb run over Bremen, Germany. It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and then attacked by German fighters. The tail gunner was killed and one of the other crew severely wounded. The aircraft sustained significant damage including one engine lost and one damaged. It was trying to maintain flight back to England when spotted by Franz Stigler a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109. When he saw the damage to the bomber and saw the wounded crew member, he remembered being instructed to never shoot at someone in a parachute. To him, the crippled bomber was in the same category. He attempted to signal the bomber to fly to Sweden which was closer than England, but the signal was not understood. Stigler then flew close to the bomber so that antiaircraft guns would not target it and escorted it to open water of the North Sea and saving the lives of the remaining crew. Brown was able to successfully land the bomber in England. Brown was able to track down Stigler in 1990, Stigler having immigrated to Canada in the early 1950's. The two became friends until their deaths in 2008. Stigler has a connection to Abbotsford as he was a member of the Abbotsford Flying Club that started the Abbotsford Airshow. Abbotsford International Airshow, Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), Abbotsford, B.C.
A few roses from last year's garden and a few words from my heart. When I was 5, we immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands and this was one of the first hymns that I learned in English. In this world where there is so much strife and suffering, this old hymn pops into my mind and comforts me. Thanks so much for your visits and have a good day/evening
Inglis Falls
Known as “the best waterfalls in the area” is the most visited, anytime of year! One of three waterfalls that surround the City of Owen Sound, Inglis Falls is the best known and most visited. Situated in the heart of the 200-hectare Inglis Falls Conservation Area, Inglis Falls is an 18 metre high cascade, created by the Sydenham River meeting the edge of the Niagara Escarpment. The erosive power of the water has carved a deep gorge at the base of the falls. On a clear day you can see down the valley into the City of Owen Sound and out to the Owen Sound harbour.
There is something for everybody; a viewing platform for those unable to see over the stone wall, 7.42 km of trails of various difficulty, access to the Bruce Trail, more than 20 species of ferns, bird watching opportunities, a series of geological potholes, historical remains of a grist mill, washrooms, picnic facilities and visitor information centre.
Historical Information
Inglis Falls is rich in history – starting in 1843 when Peter Inglis immigrated to Canada and settled in this area. In 1845 Inglis purchased a small existing grist mill built two years previously by a Mr. Boyd, and 300 acres of deeded Crown land. It was in 1862 that Inglis replaced the old gristmill with a new four-storey mill that produced flour, bran and shorts (feed for animals).
Other ventures of Inglis’ included building a sawmill a quarter of a mile downstream of the falls. Peter Inglis also built a woollen mill on the eastside of the river on the brink of the falls. Here were manufactured tweeds, flannels and “rainbow” blankets, so called because of the three coloured stripes at each end. The woollen mill was destroyed by fire around 1885 and rebuilt only to burn down again in 1901.
Management of the mill was passed on to Inglis’ oldest son, William A., in 1886. William’s son, Victor, managed the mill until 1932. Eighty-seven years of steady operation under the Inglis family name is an amazing record which very few industries in this area of the province can surpass or equal.
In 1932, the property was obtained by the City of Owen Sound for water rights. The mill was idle for two years, until purchased by Emil Henkel. He ran the mill until 1945 when a fire completely destroyed it.
In 1960 the former North Grey Region Conservation Authority (now the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority) acquired what is presently the Inglis Falls Conservation Area. Today all that remains of that earlier industrial scene are the family home, a stone building, the silent millstones and the enduring beauty of Inglis Falls.
St-Viateur Bagel is a bagel bakery producing Montreal style bagels. It is located on the edge of the Jewish quarter of Montreal. It was opened in 1957 by a holocaust survivor who had immigrated to Canada in 1953. In addition to this original location, the company now has a second bakery and two other bagel cafes and a food truck. And yes, the bagels are delicious.
Its finally done! I was mostly waiting on the vests to arrive but now that its finished I think it looks good.
I made this because my family comes form Switzerland. my grandparents immigrated to Canada when they were around 20. later this month I will be finalizing my Swiss citizenship ;)
the webbing gear the military uses is more of a solid olive green colour but an entirely olive vest would look a bit weird to me ;)
weapons are:
-SIG 550 Service Rifle
- SIG P220
The next exhibition space we visited at Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) was the 4th floor roof top sculpture garden.
The garden features 13 sculpture by various artists.
Generation, 2013, from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery is aWinnipeg artist Eva Stubbs. bronze Commissioned from the artist in 2014.
Eva said the sculpture expressed the optimism she felt about family and the invisible ties between a mother and a child.
Stubbs was born 1925 inBudapest, Hungary and
immigrated to Canada in 1944. Stubbs died inWinnipeg, 1976.
In this monumental new work, Deanna Bowen expands her family history into a broader examination of discrimination in North America over the centuries.
Rooted in a chronology that begins with the artist’s great-great-great grandfather and ends with the birth of her mother in 1943, The Black Canadians (after Cooke) also maps the United Kingdom’s abolition of slavery in 1833 and the trade’s colonial legacy.
The title references a Maclean’s magazine article written in 1911 by Britton B. Cooke, which presented his argument against Black immigration to Canada from the United States. Bowen’s forebears were such immigrants, and were fleeing deadly violence on Muscogee territory in today’s Oklahoma. The family’s journey was further complicated by discriminatory Canadian policies affecting Indigenous land rights and Black immigration.
This major work – among the largest the Gallery has ever installed – has been developed upon lines of research and archival documentation presented in Bowen’s critically acclaimed travelling exhibition Black Drones in the Hive (2020), organized by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; The God of Gods: A Canadian Play (2019), at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto; and The God of Gods: Berlin, Berlin (2020), presented at the Gropius Bau as part of the 11th Berlin Biennale.
In each of these exhibitions, Bowen created visual narratives drawn from publicly available archival sources to assess the different implications for European, Black, Indigenous and other racialized Canadians from the 19th to the mid-20th century. This era included Confederation, the South African War and two World Wars. It also comprised the founding of the National Gallery of Canada, in 1880, a formative moment during which a young country was striving to secure its place on the world stage, and sharing its vision through politics, arts and culture.
Exploring the complex history of colonialism, the trade of enslaved peoples, and Black migration through the lens of the artist’s own family’s experiences, The Black Canadians (after Cooke) restores generations of voices in a thought-provoking commentary on the enduring impact of prevailing cultural norms.
The We're Here! gang is facing the world with bags on our heads today.
In this case, it's a bag from Murchie's Fine Tea, established in 1894 – one of Canada's oldest brands.
John Murchie, as a young boy working for Melrose's of Scotland, delivered tea to Queen Victoria while she was in residence at Balmoral. Over time, John became familiar with the types of teas the Queen preferred, and as his knowledge of tea grew, he started experimenting with blending teas on his own. After he immigrated to Canada and settled on the West Coast, he established Murchie's Tea.
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Collective Memory, by a Spanish and Italian team, is composed of bottle-lined walls. Visitors are encouraged to take and leave messages about their experiences immigrating to Canada, using the bottles as the means of exchange. The concept was inspired by the statistic that by 2031 nearly half of Canadians over 15 will be foreign born or born to foreign parents, and through public interaction it should tell a compelling, complex and dynamic narrative about what it’s like to land on new shores.
Source:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-public-878/
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Collective Memory, by a Spanish and Italian team, is composed of bottle-lined walls. Visitors are encouraged to take and leave messages about their experiences immigrating to Canada, using the bottles as the means of exchange. The concept was inspired by the statistic that by 2031 nearly half of Canadians over 15 will be foreign born or born to foreign parents, and through public interaction it should tell a compelling, complex and dynamic narrative about what it’s like to land on new shores.
Source:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-public-878/
1836 - 1929
The origin of the house that became the Senator Restaurant – the oldest restaurant in Toronto in continuous operation at the same location – can be traced back to the very first property survey that was prepared by the Town of York in 1836. A copy is mounted across from the bar and the property - #67 – is outlined in orange. In this era, the City of Toronto – named for the Mohawk word “meeting place” – was a residential and commercial melting pot for the diverse nationalities that were immigrating to Canada. Yonge and Dundas (nee Crookshank and later Wilton St.) was yet to become the primary intersection in the City and the property - originally a home built in the 1850’s - was owned by the General Council of the Salvation Army.
1929 - 1948
In the 1920’s, after the war and prior to the Great Depression, Toronto was the cultural centre of Canada. The restored ELGIN/WINTERGARDEN (1913) and PANTAGES/ED MIRVISH (1920) Theatres are the last vestiges of the vaudeville houses built in that golden era and along with MASSY HALL (1894) formed the city’s Theatre District. Toronto -nicknamed “HOGTOWN” for the commercial meat packing industry – now had a thriving downtown where the community lived, worked and entertained, so in 1929 Robert Angeloff, a Macedonian entrepreneur, converted the home to the BUSY BEE DINER. The “B”as it was known consisted of an open kitchen and dining counter and started a tradition for serving comfort food and coffee to go. In 1938 – the year is still visible on the bottom of the large Coca-Cola sign hanging in the middle of the restaurant – brothers Luke and Vangel Eftimoff purchased the Busy Bee, which they later sold to George Nicolau; a cook with a vision.
1948 - 1984
In 1948, George Nicolau renovated and enlarged the BUSY BEE and renamed his two story building the SENATOR. Designed and built by the renowned Toronto Refrigeration Company - whose trademark can still be seen on our back bar – the RESTAURANT has all of the original fixtures from 1948 while the WINEBAR on the second floor displays the 1850’s construction and a vintage Prohibition Period Bar. The post war 1950’s building boom saw the unprecedented creation of new restaurants and nightclubs in downtown Toronto – “THE STRIP” - but regrettably these legendary establishments; TOPS, BASSEL’S, STEELE’S, THE BROWN DERBY, CHILD’S, TIMES SQUARE, SILVER RAIL, COLONIAL, TOWN TAVERN, DIANA SWEETS and LE COQ D’OR have all been demolished. George retired in 1962 but the Senator continued to be operated by his family; with Nick, his son, working the stoves and nephew Cecil Djambazis and their wives Merlyn and Triada taking care of the customers, the Senator earned recognition for having the “best egg salad sandwich and coffee” in town.
1984 - Present
Saved and renovated in 1984 by Bobby Sniderman, the Senator has evolved to become a dining landmark synonymous with the City of Toronto. The success and reputation of the restaurant has been a result of our commitment to the finest quality ingredients and making many products in-house from scratch. We produce ROYAL CANADIAN HONEY on our organic farm in Caledon and are supplied by over 30 of the finest purveyors who provide the products for the preparation of hearty, delicious meals that are rooted in the classics. This beloved restaurant has served generations of Torontonians and visitors alike and now in our 89th year of continuous operation, we take pride in the tradition and longevity of this family business which will be operated by the SNIDERMAN family for many generations to come. The Senator began as a home and will forever remain one to our many valued suppliers, staff and customers.
Website: thesenator.com/history/
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Known as “the best waterfalls in the area” is the most visited, anytime of year! One of three waterfalls that surround the City of Owen Sound, Inglis Falls is the best known and most visited. Situated in the heart of the 200-hectare Inglis Falls Conservation Area, Inglis Falls is an 18 metre high cascade, created by the Sydenham River meeting the edge of the Niagara Escarpment. The erosive power of the water has carved a deep gorge at the base of the falls. On a clear day you can see down the valley into the City of Owen Sound and out to the Owen Sound harbour.
There is something for everybody; a viewing platform for those unable to see over the stone wall, 7.42 km of trails of various difficulty, access to the Bruce Trail, more than 20 species of ferns, bird watching opportunities, a series of geological potholes, historical remains of a grist mill, washrooms, picnic facilities and visitor information centre.
Historical Information
Inglis Falls is rich in history – starting in 1843 when Peter Inglis immigrated to Canada and settled in this area. In 1845 Inglis purchased a small existing grist mill built two years previously by a Mr. Boyd, and 300 acres of deeded Crown land. It was in 1862 that Inglis replaced the old gristmill with a new four-storey mill that produced flour, bran and shorts (feed for animals).
Other ventures of Inglis’ included building a sawmill a quarter of a mile downstream of the falls. Peter Inglis also built a woollen mill on the eastside of the river on the brink of the falls. Here were manufactured tweeds, flannels and “rainbow” blankets, so called because of the three coloured stripes at each end. The woollen mill was destroyed by fire around 1885 and rebuilt only to burn down again in 1901.
Management of the mill was passed on to Inglis’ oldest son, William A., in 1886. William’s son, Victor, managed the mill until 1932. Eighty-seven years of steady operation under the Inglis family name is an amazing record which very few industries in this area of the province can surpass or equal.
In 1932, the property was obtained by the City of Owen Sound for water rights. The mill was idle for two years, until purchased by Emil Henkel. He ran the mill until 1945 when a fire completely destroyed it.
In 1960 the former North Grey Region Conservation Authority (now the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority) acquired what is presently the Inglis Falls Conservation Area. Today all that remains of that earlier industrial scene are the family home, a stone building, the silent millstones and the enduring beauty of Inglis Falls.
St-Viateur Bagel is a bagel bakery producing Montreal style bagels. It is located on the edge of the Jewish quarter of Montreal. It was opened in 1957 by a holocaust survivor who had immigrated to Canada in 1953. In addition to this original location, the company now has a second bakery and two other bagel cafes and a food truck. And yes, the bagels are delicious.
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Collective Memory, by a Spanish and Italian team, is composed of bottle-lined walls. Visitors are encouraged to take and leave messages about their experiences immigrating to Canada, using the bottles as the means of exchange. The concept was inspired by the statistic that by 2031 nearly half of Canadians over 15 will be foreign born or born to foreign parents, and through public interaction it should tell a compelling, complex and dynamic narrative about what it’s like to land on new shores.
Source:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-public-art-event-winter-stations-pushs-viewers-to-become-agents-ofchange/article34017Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Pinterest ♦ Instagram ♦ 500px ♦ Website
Collective Memory, by a Spanish and Italian team, is composed of bottle-lined walls. Visitors are encouraged to take and leave messages about their experiences immigrating to Canada, using the bottles as the means of exchange. The concept was inspired by the statistic that by 2031 nearly half of Canadians over 15 will be foreign born or born to foreign parents, and through public interaction it should tell a compelling, complex and dynamic narrative about what it’s like to land on new shores.
Source:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-public-878/
Beautiful tulip fields at the Tulips of the Valley Festival in Chilliwack near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
I have had a little break from photos as I didn't have much inspiration or time to taken photos. I recently had some more time to go out and about and hope to share some of my photos again.
Larger version: live.staticflickr.com/7896/47611154141_e53a77fdab_o.jpg
About this photo: After a February with many snow fall warnings and winter weather we enjoyed a lovely dry and warmer month of March with quite some sunshine. The blossoms started to bloom as well as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. Every year there are a couple of tulips fields near Vancouver that are opened to the public for about a month (although you have to pay to get in). The Chilliwack Tulip Festival opened on April 10, 2019 The Abbotsford Tulip Festival opened on April 13, 2019.
My friend and I decided to go to the Chilliwack Tulips Festival last Friday as they also feature fields of hyacinths and daffodils in case there weren't too many tulips blooming yet. Once we arrived the came across the fields of hyacinths with their incredible wonderful smell. We spotted some daffodil fields as well and once we passed by those we ended up by the tulips...Wow, there was a sea of red tulips almost as far as the eye could see! The tulips are definitely out and blooming, what a gorgeous sight! This photo was taken at the area with the red tulips.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77M2
*Focal Length: 16mm
*F-Number: F/10
*Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual (M)
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about the Chilliwack Tulip Festival: Onos Greenhouses has grown tulips since 1990, when the family immigrated to Canada. It started out as a cut flower operation, but then they thought, the beauty of the fields should be shared with more than just our family. So, began "The Tulips of the Valley Festival", an agritourism highlight of the Fraser Valley and Chilliwack. Celebrating Tulips, Hyacinths and Double Daffodils. They were also part of the Agassiz Circle Farm Tour for those first 10 years. Now, they’ve moved to Chilliwack where they have 20 acres of amazing tulips for you to see, in a mix of astounding colours! Chilliwack is about an hour drive from Vancouver, BC, Canada
From the Ashes…
“Though a fire destroyed Centre Block just over 100 years ago, its replacement—designed by an enigmatic architect—gave us the Peace Tower and its mysterious treasures. Sir Robert Borden was prime minister at the time of the 1916 fire, and launched the work of designing and building the new Centre Block. When William Lyon Mackenzie King became Liberal leader in 1919, he took special interest in the project.
John Andrew Pearson was born in England in 1867 and immigrated to Canada in 1888. He joined the firm of Frank Darling, an influential Toronto architect, and they went on to design important banks, houses and institutional buildings, though none as significant as Pearson’s Centre Block.
By today’s standards, the design and building went quickly. Immediately after the fire, Pearson was hired, along with Montreal architect Jean-Omer Marchand, to survey the ruins. They quickly ruled out merely rebuilding a replica of the old two-storey building. Instead, they proposed a modern concept, using steel-frame construction and load-bearing concrete, and adding a floor to expand the office space. The new Centre Block opened in 1922, with the Peace Tower finished in 1927.
Decorative elements were designed to inspire those elected to serve, and Pearson intentionally left blank spaces in the Tyndall limestone, quarried in Manitoba, for future stone carvers to fill with images from Canada in the decades to come, a tradition that still continues.
The Peace Tower stands apart, though, quite literally, having been completed last and positioned a few steps in front of the main building. It is Pearson’s expression of gratitude for peace after the horror of the First World War. Its heart is an interior memorial chamber, a shrine to the war dead.” [1]
This year, for the 34th year in a row, Centre Block is illuminated during the holiday season. “Combining bold digital technology with the architectural splendour of the Centre Block of Parliament, the Winter Lightscapes multimedia show plays on a 14-minute loop every night from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., from December 6 to January 7, 2019.” [2]
Sources: [1] www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/how-a-new-centre-block-ro...
[2] www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/christmas-li...
My great grandmother was born in a Russian Mennonite village. Her name was Susan Fehr. She immigrated to Canada in the 1880's. I'm thinking that all women are like matryoshka dolls with the many different roles we play - mother, daughter, wife, friend, lover, caregiver... but its important to always retain our essential youness, to protect and nurture it, as this inner seed is what sustains us through all the roles we must play.
seen on 41st in Kerrisdale on this day last year.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
22-26 Oxford Street, Guelph, Ontario.
Built circa 1872, it is one of four municipally designated buildings in close proximity to each other, each with its own distinctive details, resulting in a pleasing streetscape of preserved buildings representative of Guelph's early residential development.
Designated by the City of Guelph under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, March 18, 199, By -Law No. 91-13769.
Heritage Value
The heritage value of 22-26 Oxford Street is captured socially, historically, aesthetically/architecturally, and contextually.
22-26 Oxford Street is one of four residences that housed the merchants, medical doctors, factory owners, civic leaders, a senator and notable artists of early Guelph.
Historically this residence was the home of Hugh Walker, a local grocer, fruit merchant and alderman who was born 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada at the age of 19. Working as a clerk and subsequent partner of George Warren, a grocery merchant in Guelph, Mr. Walker by 1861 established his own business. At that time, no one in Guelph handled imported goods so Mr. Walker developed that avenue, expanding into a fruit trade business as well.
By 1906, he was concentrating on the wholesale partnership with his son, having disposed of the grocery aspect. He retired in 1913. His civic duties included membership in the St. Andrew's Society from 1857, becoming its president in 1878. At the time of his death, he had been the oldest living member of the Masonic Lodge and Odd Fellows in Guelph. Possessed of a fine singing voice, he acted as precentor/choirmaster for a number of Presbyterian churches over a 33 year period from 1855. He was keenly interested in civic administration, representing St. Andrew's Ward for 5 years as alderman and in 1901 was a candidate for the Guelph mayoralty.
The historic value of this property is magnified by its association with Matthew Bell (1820-1883), a local builder, architect and sculptor. Matthew Bell is recognized for a number of richly ornamented stone houses in Guelph including 40 Albert Street, 49 Albert Street, and 96-98 Water Street (a nationally recognized building for its distinctive series of eight carved stone heads adorning the north-east gable). The architectural details of these houses closely resemble those of 22-26 Oxford, and are the basis for the association.
In 1877, the trustees of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church purchased the Oxford Street home of Hugh Walker, their precentor, to be the residence of the Rev. James Cowie Smith. At this time it became known as "The Manse". It was sold in 1900 to Edmund P. Hawkins, general manager of the Bell Organ & Piano Company. Manufacturer John Mitchell and Dr. Thomas J. McNally, the Medical Officer of Health, were some of the subsequent owners.
This well proportioned two-storey limestone house is characteristic of Italianate architectural style with its rich carved stone ornamentation. The carved stone details are attributed to Matthew Bell, known for the fine sculptural decoration in his buildings. The central projecting entrance bay extending the full two storeys topped by a front facing gable typifies the Italianate style. The large moulded cornice brackets, carved segmented arched hood mouldings over the windows and the segmented transom all contribute to the architectural and aesthetic value of this property.
On the interior the twelve-foot ceilings display intact cove mouldings, an original fireplace and hard wood flooring in the principal rooms. Hand hewn beams were used in the construction and remain visible in the basement.
22-26 Oxford St. is in close proximity with three other municipally designated buildings, each with its own distinctive architectural details, resulting in a historically cohesive streetscape representing early Guelph residential development.
Character-Defining Elements
The key character-defining elements attributed to the social value of 22 Oxford street:
-limestone building material
-two-storey residence
-projecting frontispiece
The architectural elements and ornamentation contributing to the aesthetic/architectural values include:
Exterior:
-projecting entrance bay with gable roof and bracketed eaves
-central double door with transom, topped by a large segmental pediment of carved limestone
-windows embellished with arched lintels and carved stone trim
-facade and projecting frontispiece highlighted with raised quoins of matching stone
-the large pediments have been carved from a single block of limestone Interior:
-twelve-foot ceilings with decorative intact cove mouldings
-oak floors in principal rooms
-original panelling in window wells
-original double sash windows
-one original fireplace surround is in place on an east exterior wall
-evidence of another fireplace remains on the westerly exterior wall
-hand-hewn beams/floor joists in basement
-hot water system featuring radiators
The character-defining elements reflecting the contextual value are:
-its close proximity with three other municipally designated buildings, each with its own distinctive architectural details
Pacific Mall is an Asian shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Opened in the mid-1990s amid a period of significant Chinese immigration to Canada, Pacific Mall is the largest indoor Asian shopping mall in North America.
Coming 2021: B&W Night Photography.
Coming 2022: 80s&90s Television.
This is a portrait of my lovely fiancé and tomorrow I will be traveling to Holguin, Cuba to marry her on December 12th.
To all my friends on flickr I apologize for being absent but with work and wedding plans I have been extremely busy!
The hope for mine & Melissa's future is that she will be able to immigrate to Canada where we will have a wonderful life together!
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Beautiful tulip fields at the Tulips of the Valley Festival in Chilliwack near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Easter!!
I had a little break from photos as I didn't have much inspiration or time to taken photos. I recently had some more time to go out and about and hope to share some of my photos again.
Larger version: live.staticflickr.com/65535/40672483813_7892f776eb_o.jpg
About this photo: After a February with many snow fall warnings and winter weather we enjoyed a lovely dry and warmer month of March with quite some sunshine. The blossoms started to bloom as well as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. Every year there are a couple of tulips fields near Vancouver that are opened to the public for about a month (although you have to pay to get in). The Chilliwack Tulip Festival opened on April 10, 2019 The Abbotsford Tulip Festival opened on April 13, 2019.
My friend and I decided to go to the Chilliwack Tulips Festival last Friday as they also feature fields of hyacinths and daffodils in case there weren't too many tulips blooming yet. Once we arrived the came across the fields of hyacinths with their incredible wonderful smell. We spotted some daffodil fields as well and once we passed by those we ended up by the tulips...Wow, there was a sea of red tulips almost as far as the eye could see! The pink ones were starting to bloom as well. The tulips are definitely out and blooming, what a gorgeous sight! This photo was taken at the area with the pink tulips.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77M2
*Focal Length: 18mm
*F-Number: F/10
*Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual (M)
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about the Chilliwack Tulip Festival: Onos Greenhouses has grown tulips since 1990, when the family immigrated to Canada. It started out as a cut flower operation, but then they thought, the beauty of the fields should be shared with more than just our family. So, began "The Tulips of the Valley Festival", an agritourism highlight of the Fraser Valley and Chilliwack. Celebrating Tulips, Hyacinths and Double Daffodils. They were also part of the Agassiz Circle Farm Tour for those first 10 years. Now, they’ve moved to Chilliwack where they have 20 acres of amazing tulips for you to see, in a mix of astounding colours! Chilliwack is about an hour drive from Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Collective Memory, by a Spanish and Italian team, is composed of bottle-lined walls. Visitors are encouraged to take and leave messages about their experiences immigrating to Canada, using the bottles as the means of exchange. The concept was inspired by the statistic that by 2031 nearly half of Canadians over 15 will be foreign born or born to foreign parents, and through public interaction it should tell a compelling, complex and dynamic narrative about what it’s like to land on new shores.
Source:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-public-878/
William E deGrath (1907-1983) was born in Finland but immigrated to Canada in 1926.He was interested in sculpture, and in the 1970s embarked upon a ten-year project of carving a lasting monument to Canadian fishermen, their wives and children, using as his canvas a 100-foot-long granite outcropping on his Peggy's Cove property. Unfortunately, he had reached only the halfway point at the time of his death.