Education in Eramosa: Part 1 – Exploring Farmer Tim’s Historic Barns Written by Emma Rutledge Foreword written and edited by Mikayla Barney In… Continue reading “Education in Eramosa: ”…
Rising Leviathans: How Barn Poetry Can Uncover Canadian History By Mikayla Barney, OBP Member and Volunteer Repurposing can come in many forms.… Continue reading “Rising Leviathans:”…
Canadian Barn Reference Book List Contributed by Claudia Smith Secretary OBP If you are a barn lover who likes reading about old barns – their… Continue reading “Canadian Barn Reference Book List”…
A Great Drive to See Log Barns by Jon Radojkovic Radojkovic, OBP Director I was happy when I saw the first log barn. I had expected to… Continue reading “A Great Drive to See Log Barns ”…
The Canada Farmer, 1864 by Diana Macdonald While doing research in The Canada Farmer, a fortnightly news journal printed in Toronto, from 1864 (slowing… Continue reading “The Canada Farmer, 1864”…
Barn Records and History I learned to start snooping around the barns for notes and records and found that they could be in the strangest places. Continue reading “Barn Records and History”…
Century-old Film of Early Log Construction By Jim Campbell, OBP Vice President, Duntroon. Thanks goes to our awesome OBP Administrative Assistant Laura Brown for finding this… Continue reading “Century-old Film of Early Log Construction”…
Building a Log Barn in 1840’s Nottawasaga by Jim Campbell, OBP Vice President, Duntroon. In the early 1900’s my great-great-grandfather, Donald Blair, with only a Grade 3… Continue reading “Building a Log Barn in 1840’s Nottawasaga”…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 2 of 2 by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP The genesis of nineteenth century traditional barns Part 1 looked at the traditional… Continue reading “Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 2 of 2 ”…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 1 of 2 by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP You may have wondered about the architectural similarities and differences amongst heritage barns in… Continue reading “Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 1 of 2 ”…