Join us for our October Heritage Walk as we remember the people, places and events that helped shape our neighbourhoods. Moses Gatchell and his brother Thomas purchased nearly 200 acres west of the cemetery in 1903. This Sunday we will step outside of our Kingsmount-Bell Park boundaries to remember some of the prominent Sudburians andContinueContinue reading “October Heritage Walk”
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Creek Stories
Join us for our September Kingsmount-Bell Park heritage walk as we remember the people, places and events that helped shape our neighbourhoods. This Sunday we will explore the Kingsmount section of Junction Creek. Prior to the arrival of European settlers Junction Creek (Nibi Nikwejiwong) was an important “water highway” for area First Nations people. ForContinueContinue reading “Creek Stories”
Creek Stories
Join us for our September Kingsmount-Bell Park heritage walk as we remember the people, places and events that helped shape our neighbourhoods. This Sunday afternoon we will explore the Kingsmount section of Junction Creek. Prior to the arrival of European settlers Junction Creek (Nibi Nikwejiwong) was an important “water highway” for area First Nations people.ContinueContinue reading “Creek Stories”
Heard on the July heritage walk
Our Kingsmount-Bell Park CAN heritage walk took us from the former Sudbury General Hospital to the St Nicholas Greenspace and the “Mountain” overlooking Ramsey Lake. Sudbury Star February 20, 1926 The sisters of St. Joseph secured the property of F. M. Stafford adjoining Bell Park in July, 1944. The new hospital which opened in October,ContinueContinue reading “Heard on the July heritage walk”
June Heritage Walk
Join us in our continuing series of Kingsmount-Bell Park Heritage Walks as we remember the people, places and events that helped define our neighbourhoods. This month we will explore Mayor Larry O’Connor’s perch on Front Street, Robert J. Tough’s Kingsmount survey, and “Count” Romanet du Caillaud’s properties. What part did these prominent citizens play inContinueContinue reading “June Heritage Walk”
May Heritage Walk
Join us for the third in a series of Kingsmount-Bell Park Heritage Walks as we remember the people, places and events that helped define our neighbourhoods. Names like McNaughton, MacLeod, Dubois, Romanet du Caillaud and Bell all left a mark on Sudbury and the lakeside neighbourhoods. What do we know about them? How did theyContinueContinue reading “May Heritage Walk”