This special Saturday Matinee production has been pulled from the Heritage Mississauga archives and features an interview and a tour with beloved Mississauga resident Ben Madill (1915 – 2013). Ben Madill epitomized a lifetime of giving and is fondly remembered and well respected in Mississauga’s heritage community. He regaled generations with his stories and knowledge…
Join us this Saturday for “Shaping Mississauga” which tells the chronological story of how Mississauga came to be and the tapestry of people, places and events that are woven together to create the fascinating history of the city we call home. #ApartTogether we explore how we have shaped the Mississauga landscape and how the landscape…
Join us this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. for our Saturday Matinee: “Mind Your Manors” as Historian Matthew Wilkinson explores the many historic estates, grand houses and edifices from historic Mississauga, including properties named “Thorn Lodge”, “Glen Ireton”, “IALFA”, “Gortmerron”, “Arcadia”, “Eden House”, and many more – and remembers these “relics of old decency” that were…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our Saturday Matinee: The Lay of the Land: Exploring Treaties 22 & 23 and the Racey Tract. June marks National Indigenous History Month, with a particular date focus on June 21, 2020 as National Indigenous Peoples Day. Heritage Mississauga would like to encourage Canadians to celebrate and learn more about…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for one of our most popular presentations: “Mississauga’s ABCD’s: Accidents, Blazes, Calamities & Disasters” this weekend on our Saturday Matinee. This presentation recalls some of the darker chapters of our formative years, from early train accidents and plane crashes, through devastating fires, epidemics, and major storms that wreaked havoc on our…