In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History Month, marking the beginning of an annual month-long celebration of the outstanding achievements of women throughout Canada’s history. Women’s History Month in 2020 includes the International Day of the Girl (October 11) and Persons Day (October 18). For Women’s History Month we will be…
In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History Month, marking the beginning of an annual month-long celebration of the outstanding achievements of women throughout Canada’s history. Women’s History Month in 2020 includes the International Day of the Girl (October 11) and Persons Day (October 18). For Women’s History Month we will be…
In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History Month, marking the beginning of an annual month-long celebration of the outstanding achievements of women throughout Canada’s history. Women’s History Month in 2020 includes the International Day of the Girl (October 11) and Persons Day (October 18). For Women’s History Month we will be…
This week’s article continues with our nautical theme and the evolution of the harbour at Port Credit. Last week’s article looked at the development of the harbour in the 1960s and the arrival of Canada Steamship Lines. One hundred years earlier, a different industry called the harbour at Port Credit home. It has been said…
Keeping with the nautical theme from last week, but with some more direct Mississauga connections, there was a time when large lake freighters called Mississauga (well, Port Credit) their home port. We do not often think of Mississauga as being a “Port City”, as our waterfront has become largely recreational, but there was a time…
Several weeks ago we shared an article on the Ridgetown (formerly S.S. William E. Corey), which is the former Great Lakes freighter that is now the permanent breakwater at Port Credit Harbour. The Corey was launched on June 24, 1905, and in the previous article we mentioned that the Corey/Ridgetown is the fourth-oldest surviving great…
At 9 am on September 2, 1945 – 75 years ago today – aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed between representatives of the Japanese Empire and the Allied forces, formally bringing to an end the hostilities of the Second World War (although, in terms of international diplomacy,…
2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War. But making sense of dates can sometimes be confusing. At times, the Second World War offers a complicated narrative. But before I delve into the end of the Second World War and some of our connections, allow me a moment to step…
I recently received an inquiry asking about the former Windinglane Bird Sanctuary along Mississauga Road, and I thought it would be a fascinating story to share as part of the Way Back Wednesday series. Hance “Roy” Ivor (1880-1979) established Windinglane Bird Sanctuary along Mississauga Road, just to the north of what is now The Collegeway…
Last week I received an inquiry asking about the Ridgetown, the Great Lakes freighter that serves today as the breakwater for the harbour at Port Credit. Back on a May episode of Ask A Historian, I answered a question asking about the Ridgetown, and while I initially directed the inquiry to the YouTube video from…