March Meeting
All are welcome, no cost, this is a joint meeting with Barrie Historical Association.
Date:Tuesday March 20th
Location: Simcoe County Museum, 1151 Hwy 26 W, Minesing
Time: 7:30 p.m.
For Information Contact: Gord (705) 721-9401
Speaker: Award-winning author Christine Cowley will present "Butchers Bakers and Building the Lakers: Voices of Collingwood".
In Butchers, Bakers and Building the Lakers: Voices of Collingwood author Christine E. Cowley shares the stories of generations of Ontario residents, skilfully combined with historical research for a richly presented oral/pictorial history spanning more than 150 years. Historical accounts of life in a key Great Lakes port offer insight into the social and economic evolution of northern Ontario as transportation routes to the head of the lakes were first opened.
Butchers, Bakers and Building the Lakers: Voices of Collingwood was awarded an Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal and the Fred Landon Award Certificate of Merit from the Ontario Historical Society.
Christine is an author, collaborator, editor and/or publisher of over 30 books and is the founder of LifeGems Personal Histories, a company specializing in personal, family and corporate histories.
You can learn more about the book’s contents, reviews, and ordering information at the website, www.lifegemsbio.com/book.htm

April Meeting
All are welcome, no cost.
Date:Tuesday April 17th
Location: Simcoe County Museum, 1151 Hwy 26 W, Minesing
Time: 7:30 p.m.
For Information Contact: Gord (705) 721-9401
Speaker: To Be Announced

May Meeting
- Our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
All are welcome, Ticket Price to Be Announced
Date:Tuesday May 15th
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
For Information Contact: Gord (705) 721-9401
Presentation: Featuring a noted local speaker, Ken Weber presenting
"Why Canadian History Is Not Boring"
- Sir John A. with a special friend on the side? (He was not the only one!)
- The only officer to win the Victoria Cross in the Charge of the Light Brigade was a Canadian (and a major embarrassment).
- Was Jack the Ripper educated in Canada? Evidence points that way.
- And were our soldiers so randy they terrified Europeans?
Not possible! This is Canada! There is a lot more of our country’s history in this presentation that no one bothered (or dared) tell us in school: about prime ministers whose bedroom hanky-panky was more interesting than their policies; how a discovery by a Canadian geologist quite literally changed the world; how a mistake by a teenage soldier from Toronto changed the Boer War, not to mention how the bravery of Canadian soldiers shaped the outcome of the First World War.
The list goes on.
Our country’s story has delights and disasters. It has firsts, like the world’s first woman driver and the first world champion of any sport ever. It has weird stories, heroic stories, and above all, truly funny stories for Canada is a country with a great sense of humour. Much of our history is unknown. Some of it is sad, some of it hilarious, and some of it is shocking, but as this presentation shows, none of it is dull!

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