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Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Ron

Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY I had spent the night in my tent at Selkirk Shores State Park which is located about 20 miles to the east of Oswego, NY. While checking out in the morning, park staff had told me … Continue reading →

Selkirk Shores State Park

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Ron

Selkirk Shores State Park It was a bit late at night when I arrived at Selkirk Shores State Park so, when I awoke in the morning, I got up onto the picnic table to take a few shots of the … Continue reading →

Posted in New York State, Syracuse, USA | Tagged campground, camping, Fire hydrant, hiking, near Oswego NY, New York State Parks facilities, recreation, Selkirk Shores State Park, shores of Lake Ontario, tenting, TNF Mountain 25, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

3rd Quarter 2012- MegapixelTravel’s most popular blogs

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Ron

3rd Quarter 2012 – MegapixelTravel’s most popular blogs Top Ranking – For the second quarter in a row the top ranking goes to blogs about the Kingdom of Osgoode. Although the Kingdom of Osgoode blog for 2012 still garnered quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged bathing suit, Bruce Trail - Lions Head, civil war reenactment, El Otro Varadero, French and Indian War, hand fasting, heat of the summer, international travel, Kingdom of Osgoode, Lion's Head, massena, mermaids, north american travel, north face mountain, North Face Mountain 25 review, Osgoode, poison ivy, polar bear swim, reenactments, RLCT, Sandcastles, Travel in Denmark Seden Netherlands and Belgium, tripadvisor, Upper Canada Village, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

Upper Canada Village near Morrisburg, Ontario

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Ron

Upper Canada Village near Morrisburg, Ontario (Location) We had some visitors from the U.S earlier this week so spent some time visiting the Upper Canada Village located between Cornwall, Ontario and Morrisburg, Ontario. I have been there a few times … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Upper Canada Village/Morrisburg | Tagged 1860's pioneer and trades village, 19th century construction methods, 51st season of Upper Canada Village, Alight at Night, Alvin and William Beach Heckston Ontario, Anglican (Episcopalean), Applaud sign, aspects of life, Asseltine's woolen factory 19th century machinery, baby coffin, Bags of flour, Bakery stone oven, Beach's Sawmill, Bellamy's Flour Mill, bicentennial, box fiddle, Boy Scout Jamboree flag signals, brass storm lamp, Bread baskets, Bridge over the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall Ontario, broom, Broom-makers house, Butterfly Show, Cabinet Maker, calf, Canada Geese, Child's wooden Rocking Horse, children's choir, christ church, Cook's Tavern, corn brooms, cornwall ontario, costumed interpreters, cow, Crysler Farm, Crysler Hall, Crysler's General Store, daylight hours, ducks, Eastern Ontario tourist destination and attraction, Eureka Separating and Scouring Machine, famer and cattle on path, farm equipment shed, farm overview, fireplace and pots, flags, flour mill, Freemason, gingerbread competition, hand-stooked grain, hoop skirts and crinolines, horse stalls, images, J. Kelly Blacksmith and Wheelwright, log buildings, log tongs, looms, Loyal Orange Lodge #35, Lutheran pastor William Sharts, Magasin du Village, Masonic Association Eastern District, masonic lodge, McIlraith, McIlraith family Perth Lanark County, Michael Urias Cook the first person to import Holstein cattle into Canada, morrisburg ontario, museum displays, museum style, old clock, old hinge door, old piano, ontario location, period clothing, pumpkin, re-enactment of the War of 1812 battle at Crysler Farm, Restoration architect P.J. Stokes, S.J. Bellamy Flour Mill, Saint Larence River, Samuel Chancey and HIram Bellamy NOrth Augusta, sawmill, Seaway Project Lost Villages, single cylinder reciprocating steam engine and horizontal return tube boiler, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Riverside Ontario, ST. Lawrence Parks Commission, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, stacked lumber, stage coach, steam driven flour mill, Steam flour mill, stooking, Telegraph Signal Tower, the tin shop, The Travelling Tiltons, Tilton Tonic, Tinsmith, tourist buses, tourist population, tow scow, Upper canada Spinning and Carding Mill, Upper Canada Village, verticla saw, Village blacksmith, Village broom-maker, Village Store, war of 1812, water turbine, Water-driven Asseltine Woolen Mill, Willard's Hotel, womens 19th century clothing, wool drying racks, woolen mill, working farm | Leave a comment

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives, Cloyne, Ontario

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Ron

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives, Cloyne, Ontario (Location) The events surrounding the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 have begun in earnest in Canada and the USA but although I have been able to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Bon Echo Provincial Park, Canada Explorer, Ontario | Tagged 40th anniversary, block planer, Bon Echo Provincail Park, books by Denison, Brownie Hawkeye Camera, camera models, cannon ball, child high chair, civil war reenactment, clock on the wall, cloyne ontario, coal oil lantern, doll clothes, E. Leonard & SOns London Ontario, early memories, fishing gear, Free Methodist Church, French and Indian War, horseshoes on wall, Hungarian Goolash war rations, interesting things, Johnson Motor Company outboard motor, log cabin museum, oak switchboard, old binoculars, Old fish net, old hammer, old hatchet, old radio, ontario location, pioneer museum, rations, rations supper meniu No. 4, remington typewriter, research papers, sharpening stone, Sir Walter Raleigh Smoking Tobacco, tackle box, tom irvine, wall telephone, war of 1812, wolfe island, Yukon stove | Leave a comment

Fort Wellington National Historic Site, Prescott, Ontario

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Ron

Fort Wellington National Historic Site, Prescott, Ontario (Location) I arrived at Fort Wellington today after being a spectator at the re-enactment of the French and Indian War at the former site of Fort de la Presentation on the opposite shore … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Prescott | Tagged 19th century freight activities on the St. Lawrence River, Battle of the Windmill, blockade, british troops, earthen ramparts, Earthen ramparts with horizontal frieze pickets, Fort Wellington, French and Indian War, great lakes freighters, lake ontario, militia, north banks, ogdensburg new york, ontario location, Parks Canada National Historic Site, prescott ontario, re-enactment, smaller boats, St. Lawrence River, symbolic gesture, Thousand Islands, Union Jack on flag pole, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

Gananoque, Ontario

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Ron

Gananoque, Ontario June 2, 2012 – Gananoque sports a population of 5200 and is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River a few kilometers downstream from Kingston, Ontario. There are a number of reasons that one might … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario | Tagged 1 000 islands, 300 hp outboard motor, Arthur Child Heritage Museum, Bingo, boathouse, cannon, Cannon insgnia, Carron 1807, clock tower, Colonel John Stone, Dan goggin, dance floor, Delanyey 5 pin bowling alley, eastern ontario, Fire, fire hydrant art, firehall theatre, five women, ford truck, Gananoque Bench, gananoque ontario, Grace United Church, hilary wilson, Historical information about Gananoque, Hwy 401, Inboard motor, kayak, Kayak hung on wall, kingston ontario, Kristin Galer, lighthouse, Live theatee, Marlene Handrahan, mary kelly, Michigan, motor boat club, Musical theater, Musical theatre, nunsense ii, OLG Thousand Islands Casino, Ornate bench, Props, R.J. Deir & Sons Limited, Raid on Gananoque 1812, Ramona Gilmour-Darling, shuttle bus, Springer Theatre, St. John's Roman Catholic Church, St. Lawrence River, Talon Rock-Hit-Ship, The Gananoque Inn & Spa, theater, thousand island playhouse, Thousand Islands, thousand islands playhouse, Thousand Islands Railway locomotive 500, war of 1812, yellow kayak | 2 Comments

Bicentennial of the War of 1812 – $28 Million Dollars!!!

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Ron

Bicentennial of the War of 1812 – $28 Million Dollars and counting!!! Normally people and governments celebrate the END of a war. With respect to the War of 1812, June of this year will mark the Bicentennial of the START … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged background music, bicentennial, canadian taxpayer, canadians, digital image, federal government level, fireworks celebration, first nations, forts, image, megapixeltravel, million dollars, nails, photo, photograph, saskatchewan, star spangled banner, taxpayer dollars, taxpayer money, us national anthem, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

Bicentennial of the War of 1812

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Ron

In my previous post, I indicated how there are seasonal changes to what people are thinking about based on the frequency of visits to certain of our blog entries. In similar fashion, the celebration of historical events can trigger increases … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged anniversary, Battle of the Thousand Islands, Bicentennial of the War of 1812, Castillo de San Marcos, celebration, Fort George, fort niagara, Fort York, forts, French and Indian War, guelph ontario, historical events, New York State, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ogdensburg new york, ontario location, photographs, plains of abraham, reenactments, St. Augustine Florida, symposium, Thousand Islands, toronto ontario, uniforms, war of 1812, water battle, Youngstown | Leave a comment

War of 1812 Bicentennial

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Ron

Less than three months until the calendar page is turned to 2012. Throughout many parts of Canada and the United States, re-enactors and historians have been planning for many, many months for the various events for the bicentennial of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Home and About | Tagged 1812 overture, american interests, bicentennial, burning of washington dc, canadian tv, Fort George, fort niagara, Fort York, forts, maritime trade, napoleonic wars, Niagara-on-the-Lake, pbs channels, re-enactment, skirmishes, St. Lawrence River, upper and lower canada, us embassy, vignettes, war museum, war of 1812 | Leave a comment

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