I thoroughly enjoyed the Saturday afternoon presentations made at the McLaughlin Library (63 Bagot St.) by the panel speaking on many various aspects of Oshawa's history: Laura Suchan from the Oshawa Historical Society and Oshawa Museum, Jeremy Neal Blowers, Executive Director the Ontario Regiment Museum, Jane Clarke member of Heritage Oshawa, Eva Saether, Local History Librarian at Oshawa Libraries, and Sonya Jones, curator at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery (RMG).
The Local History room in Oshawa Library main branch (65 Bagot St) is immediately inside the front door on the right. The lights were dimmed to watch a power point and short video of the tanks and military vehicles at the Ontario Regiment museum. According to Jeremy Neal Blower, the Ontario Regiment Museum, located at 1000 Stevenson Rd. N., has the largest museum collection of working military vehicles in Canada, with many tanks from WWII and the Cold War. This November 11th the Museum will have over 45 tanks In Oshawa's Remembrance Day Parade and they will surround Memorial Park during the service 10:45 - 11:20 a.m.
Jane Clarke showed some wonderful pictures of Oshawa's heritage homes and buildings both designated and preserved, as well as those sadly lost to demolition. She told those in attendance how unfortunately the number of heritage properties in Oshawa is only 19 (10 of which are cemeteries) and very low compared to the over 60 designated in Whitby, and over 200 in Peterborough.
Laura Suchan's power point included pictures of the 3 very different heritage homes at Lakeview Park, the Guy House, Henry House and Robinson House, all preserved in their original location. She also spoke of the OHS's plan for a new building at Lakeview Park for archives, which she said hopefully will be completed in time for Oshawa's centennial in 2024.
Sonya Jones spoke with enthusiasm about Oshawa's beautiful 36,000 sq.ft. art gallery, built in 1969 and expanded in 1987. The RMG contains 4,600 works of art (the earliest dating from 1807) among which are 100 Group of Seven paintings and 1,000 of the Painters 11, a group of abstract artists organized by Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. who was married to R.S. McLaughlin's nephew Ewart McLaughlin. There are also over 4,000 Oshawa photographs collected by Thomas Bouckley, an Oshawa native and local history enthusiast. The art gallery is open 7 days a week with free admission, and the first Friday of every month the RMG celebrates local talent with musical performances.
The Local History room in Oshawa Library main branch (65 Bagot St) is immediately inside the front door on the right. The lights were dimmed to watch a power point and short video of the tanks and military vehicles at the Ontario Regiment museum. According to Jeremy Neal Blower, the Ontario Regiment Museum, located at 1000 Stevenson Rd. N., has the largest museum collection of working military vehicles in Canada, with many tanks from WWII and the Cold War. This November 11th the Museum will have over 45 tanks In Oshawa's Remembrance Day Parade and they will surround Memorial Park during the service 10:45 - 11:20 a.m.
Jane Clarke showed some wonderful pictures of Oshawa's heritage homes and buildings both designated and preserved, as well as those sadly lost to demolition. She told those in attendance how unfortunately the number of heritage properties in Oshawa is only 19 (10 of which are cemeteries) and very low compared to the over 60 designated in Whitby, and over 200 in Peterborough.
Laura Suchan's power point included pictures of the 3 very different heritage homes at Lakeview Park, the Guy House, Henry House and Robinson House, all preserved in their original location. She also spoke of the OHS's plan for a new building at Lakeview Park for archives, which she said hopefully will be completed in time for Oshawa's centennial in 2024.
Sonya Jones spoke with enthusiasm about Oshawa's beautiful 36,000 sq.ft. art gallery, built in 1969 and expanded in 1987. The RMG contains 4,600 works of art (the earliest dating from 1807) among which are 100 Group of Seven paintings and 1,000 of the Painters 11, a group of abstract artists organized by Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. who was married to R.S. McLaughlin's nephew Ewart McLaughlin. There are also over 4,000 Oshawa photographs collected by Thomas Bouckley, an Oshawa native and local history enthusiast. The art gallery is open 7 days a week with free admission, and the first Friday of every month the RMG celebrates local talent with musical performances.