In this week’s column, I highlight the links between Bishop John Strachan, founder of the powerful elite ruling institution in Upper Canada, and Newmarket The Family Compact was a political institution that shaped many aspects of our local history, which quite frankly was unclear back in my high school history lessons. The Family Compact ruled Upper Canada…
Month: October 2022
Indigenous Shared Secrets Including That Of The Sugar Bush With Settlers
Let’s examine a fun topic, you may say a “sweet topic.” Maple sugar was an important commodity for our early pioneers and, as was so often the case, the knowledge of maple sugar production came to us from our Indigenous peoples who shared the secret with our ancestors. Would our early settlers have survived life in the new world…
