About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Toronto #12: Conflicts and Resolutions
Conflicts and Resolutions takes a look at Toronto’s involvement in times of War starting with Fort York an authentic War of 1812 site from … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Regiment, Afghanistan, Boer War, Canadian Forces, Canadian Soldiers, CanLoan, Christie Street, City of Toronto, Dieppe, Fenian Raids, Fort York, Gardiner Expressway, Garrison Common, history, Jarvis Collegiate, Kandahar, Korean War, Lady Eaton, Mackenzie King, Military Burial Ground, Military Hospital, Officer’s Mess, Pantages Theatre, Peacekeeping, Reil Rebellion, Remembrance Services, Royal Canadian Military Institute, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, UN postings, Vimy Ridge, War of 1812, Warrior’s wing, WW1, WW2
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1812 – Part 18: Aftermath — Military Settlements
The British Government has run out of money and rather than have the soldiers who have fought in the War of 1812 return home, … Continue reading
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Tagged 100th Regiment, American, Blockhouse, British veterans, ByTown, ByWard Market, Captain Burke, Chippewa, Clyde, Court House, Duke of Richmond, Fenian Raids, Garrison Church, Goulbourn Township, Governor General, Immigrant policies, Irish, Lanark, Loyalists, Lt Roderick Matheson, McMartin House, Merrickville, Military Settlement, militia, museum, Ottawa, Perth, Perth Town Hall, Rideau Canal, Sam Jakes Inn, Scots, St. James, standing army, Tay Canal, UNESCO, Upper Canada, War of 1812
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1812 – Part 17: Aftermath – Fort Frederick
It’s the Aftermath of the War of 1812. Along with the Rideau Canal and Fort Henry, Fort Frederick is built as one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Addison Hot Shot Stove, caponier, carronades, Commandants House, curtain wall, draw bridge, dry ditch, earth works, Fort Frederick, Fort Henry, gun batteries, hot shot, Kingston, Kingston Harbour, Martello Towers, museum, Rideau Canal, Roof Top Artillery, Royal Military College Museum, Royal Navy Dockyard, Snow roof, Stone Frigate, tourism, UNESCO, War of 1812
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1812 – Part 16: Aftermath — Fort Henry
It’s the Aftermath of the War of 1812. In 1832 the British are still concerned that the Americans might return to attack Upper Canada. … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, bagpipes, barracks, British, bugle, casemates, discipline, do den tap toe, drill, drums, Dry moat, England, Fort Henry, Garrison, Great Lakes, Kingston, lock stock and barrel, Martello Towers, military school room, Naval base, Naval dockyard, Officer’s Quarters, parade grounds, paymaster, re-enactors, Rideau Canal, soldiers, St. Lawrence River, Tattoo, tourism, UNESCO, Upper Canada, War of 1812, Welsh Fusiliers, Welsh goat mascot
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1812 – Part 15: Aftermath — Building the Rideau Canal
Although the War of 1812 is over there is still concern that the Americans might invade again and the British remain vulnerable to … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, America, Battle of Chateauguay, Bytown Museum, Cataraqui River, Celtic Cross, Chrysler’s Farm, Colonel John By, English, French Canadians, Guinness records, Hoggs Back, India, Irish, Jones Falls, Kingston, locks, malaria, military, Montreal, Napoleonic War, Newboro, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Rideau Canal, Rideau River, Royal Engineers, Sappers, Scots, skating rink, St. Lawrence, steamboats, tourism, UNESCO site, Upper Canada, Upper Canada Village, War of 1812, weirs
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Toronto #11: St. Lawrence Hall and Market
The grand St. Lawrence Hall is built on the ruins of a burned out farmers market in what is now the historic neighbourhood of … Continue reading
Toronto #10: The Story of Government House
The story of Ontario’s Government House and the official residences of the Lt. Governor from Simcoe’s tent to the first solid structure burned by … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, Bank of Upper Canada, Castle Frank, Chorley Park, Coal, Confederation, Depression, documentary, First Post Office, Fort York, Gas, Government House, history, John Graves Simcoe, Lt. Governor of Ontario, Queen’s Park, St. Lawrence Hall, Thompson Hall, Toronto, War of 1812
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Toronto #9: Epidemics & Discoveries
In 1834 – tragedy strikes. Toronto is invaded by cholera then typhus and has to take drastic measures to save the population. An archaeological … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, artifacts, Charles Best, Cholera, cholera sheds, documentary, Dr. George Grasett, England, Fever sheds, Fred Banting, Genealogy, history, Immigrant hospital, Insulin, Ireland Park, Irish famine, John Rolph, medical school, Medical Sciences, Reese Wharf, Russia, St. James Cathedral, St. James Cemetery, Toronto Hospital, typhus, University of Toronto, Upper Canada, Victoria College
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Toronto #8: The Blackburn Story – Slaves on the Run
The story of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn, slaves on the run from Kentucky, is brought to life with help from the Provincial Marine re-enactment … Continue reading
Toronto #7: The story of William Lyon Mackenzie
Elected to the Legislature in his later years and expelled from Parliament five times, Toronto’s First Mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was a prolific journalist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Toronto Mayor, archaeology, bylaws, Don Mills, Eastwood & Skinner, fire, George Brown, history, John Graves Simcoe, King Edward Hotel, Little York, Mackenzie House, Montgomery’s Tavern, Necropolis, Parliament, Patriots, Peter Matthews, police, printing, rebel, Samuel Lount, The Colonial Advocate, Todmorden, Toronto, William Lyon Mackenzie
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