KAM and its member sites sit on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee & Anishinaabek peoples.
By Mary K. Armstrong / Photo by Susanna Gordon Let me introduce you to Linda Tsuji, the Miller Museum of Geology’s new curator. Those of you who have visited this museum will understand why The Museum of Geology attracted Dr. Linda Tsuji. Dr. Tsuji earned her PhD in paleontology from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.... Continue Reading →
By Elizabeth Cashman The Miller Museum of Geology is named after Willet Green Miller, a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and metallurgy 1898-1923 and President 1908-09. Provincial Geologist for Ontario 1902-25. Learn more about him in a Kingston Whig-Standard article by Susanna McLeod here. It is with pleasure that I am taking up the... Continue Reading →
By Emily Manson The Cataraqui Cemetery is a lovely place for a long meandering stroll or a contemplative rest. It’s filled with beautiful trees, ponds and ravines. Many notable Kingston residents are buried here. The cemetery was established in 1850, in a time period when rural cemeteries were being founded across North America and were... Continue Reading →
Thomas Neill had joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force along with his brother James in March 1916, when he enlisted with the 111th South Waterloo Battalion. They had completed basic training at Camp Borden, Ontario and sailed together to England for further training. Thomas had remained in England in various training camps for an entire year,... Continue Reading →
Just recently, I had the pleasure of participating in a wonderful opportunity to be involved with the arts at Agnes Etherington Art Centre - an artist talk during the lunch hour. I was certainly not the only one - students, seniors, mom & toddlers as well as some making good use of their lunch break... Continue Reading →
Written by Emily Manson I’ve been to Canada’s Penitentiary Museum a few times, but I learn something new each time I visit. The site is small but picturesque and packed with fascinating history. It is located directly across the street from Kingston Penitentiary, in the former Warden’s residence. The building of a house for the... Continue Reading →
If you can believe it - we have lived in Kingston for a full 8 years and have only now visited Fort Henry, a National Historic Site right here in our own home! I am so glad we have finally come - it was really worth our while and we ended up spending the better... Continue Reading →
On a lovely Saturday afternoon, for once completely unscheduled, I took the opportunity to hop on over to Bellevue House and learn more about local aboriginal history through their Aboriginal Storytelling program with Tim Yearington. Tim Yearington is a Métis person of French-Canadian-Voyageur and Algonquin ancestry. His ancestors are from the Kitchizibi (Great River) territory... Continue Reading →
By Andrea Gyimah Situated among the abundant lakes of Addington Highlands, the town of Cloyne, Ontario evokes the nostalgia of its logging past. The donation-run Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives serves as a time machine for those interested in taking a look at the history of the logging and timber industries in Southeastern Ontario. It... Continue Reading →
By Clara Columbus, Photography by Susanna Gordon The story of Fairfield House begins during the American Revolution. The Fairfields were a family of Vermont farmers who remained loyal to the British Crown as tensions rose and the rebels gained power. William Fairfield fled to Canada in 1778, leaving behind his wife, Abigail, and seven children,... Continue Reading →
