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The Elgin Military Museum is a privately owned, not-for-profit local museum in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.Founded in 1982 to preserve and commemorate the contributions of Elgin County to broader Canadian military history, the museum includes exhibits on the War of 1812, the First World War, the Cold War and the War in Afghanistan.
For many years it was one of the few Toronto beaches that was clean enough for swimming, windsurfing and kitesurfing; It typically meets high water quality, environmental and safety standards; [8] however, a 2012 environmental assessment found that the concentration of lead and zinc in the soil at Cherry Beach is above guidelines, which is attributed to previous industrial use of the area. [2]
The Canadian War Museum (CWM) (French: Musée canadien de la guerre) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance.
Ipperwash Provincial Park is a former provincial park on the shores of southern Lake Huron in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. Located near Grand Bend, the 56-hectare (140-acre) park was established in 1936. [1] It contains a long sandy beach on the lakeshore, as well as rare flowers and sand dunes.
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, [1] 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below and on the cluster pages listed below by the beaver icon ). Of all provinces and territories, Ontario has the ...
Sauble Beach in Ontario. This is a list of beaches by province or territory in Canada. British Columbia. Crescent Beach; English Bay (Vancouver) ...
Stacie Peterson, director of exhibitions and collections at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, arranges artifacts on a table as photos of the 100-year-old time capsule’s recovery are ...
A Martello tower at the water's edge below the fort. A removable roof to protect against snow is characteristic of Canadian Martello towers. Fort Henry National Historic Site is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic, elevated point near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St. Lawrence River at the east end of Lake Ontario.