heritage-designation

PHOTOlog | early settlement on old waterways SIMCOE

colonial history, historical Canadian waterways

Innisfil township overlooks Cook’s Bay on Lake Simcoe – an important historic waterway – Samuel de Champlain came through here as did Sir John Franklin. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, May 2015


early Ontario fieldstone construction, first post office, fire

One of four heritage-designated buildings in Innisfil, the 1841 Barclay House, the township’s first post office, was destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve 2014. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, March 2016

SIMCOE County | Innisfil Township

PHOTOlog | under maintenance WENTWORTH

Scottish stonemasonry, heritage-designation, under maintenance

The Richardson Hyslop Frebold House, built after 1858 by Scottish masons, under maintenance. Garner Road at Westmount. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, February 2014

WENTWORTH County | Ancaster Township