History and Genealogy Detective
INTRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN ONTARIO The early Grammar Schools in Upper Canada or Canada West (Ontario) provided haphazard education. A Grammar School had been established in Newmarket in 1843 but until 1853 there had been no official course, no school inspectors, and no local tax revenue to support education. The qualifications for admittance to…
CONTENTS FOREWARD Page 1 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN ONTARIO Page 6 GRAMMAR HIGH SCHOOL 1843 to 1875 Page 9 – 12 SECOND HIGH SCHOOL 1877 to 1893 Page 13 – 15 THIRD HIGH SCHOOL 1894 to 1928 Page 16 – 18 FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL 1929 Page 19 – 20 FORMATION OF HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS Page 21 – 22 NORTH WING…
As a young boy, I used to love to stand on the Queen Street bridge and watch the train go by, particularly the trains making their way across the country, and dream of places far, far away. This week, let’s look at the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) and its descendant, the Canadian National Railway (CNR),…
NewmarketToday.ca brings you this weekly feature about our town’s history in partnership with Richard MacLeod, the History Hound, a local historian for more than 40 years. He conducts heritage lectures and walking tours of local interest, as well as leads local oral history interviews. You can contact the History Hound at thehistoryhound@rogers.com. I grew up the grandson of George W….
NewmarketToday.ca brings you this weekly feature about our town’s history in partnership with Richard MacLeod, the History Hound, a local historian for more than 40 years. He conducts heritage lectures and walking tours of local interest, as well as leads local oral history interviews. You can contact the History Hound at thehistoryhound@rogers.com. I grew up the grandson of George W….
One of the oldest stores on Newmarket’s Main Street is the William N. Starr Building, located just south of the old Central Hotel, and later, the McCauley Block, which was destroyed by fire in 1968. It is a pre-Confederation building, constructed in about 1863, replacing a frame structure on the site. You will remember in…
One of the casualties in the debate over the future of the Clock Tower building in downtown Newmarket on Main Street was the historic building to the south, known as the Charles Hargrave Simpson building. Boarded up and neglected, and with a demolition company’s sign now posted on it, this building was once home…
One of the casualties in the debate over the future of the Clock Tower building in downtown Newmarket on Main Street was the historic building to the south, known as the Charles Hargrave Simpson building. Boarded up and neglected, and with a demolition company’s sign now posted on it, this building was once home…
As a young child growing up in Newmarket, I loved that the Salvation Army had its church just down the street from our home on Queen Street. Many a night our family would gather on our porch to listen to their band play at the corner of Queen and Niagara Street and I was intrigued…
This week, let’s look at the story behind the Elman W. Campbell Museum, which eventually found its home at the former County Registry Office on Main Street in 1991. Prior to 1862, all local documents were registered in Toronto, however, in 1863, a Registry Office was erected in the Village of Newmarket at the corner…
