Island Barn Mystery: Part 1
by Everyday Lillie. (Editor’s note: During this hot spell, I thought it may be perfect timing to share Lillie’s story….)…
Category: Barn History (page 2)
If These Barns Could Speak: Part 1
by Shonna Giles, Member of Ontario Barn Preservation. If the old barns could speak and tell stories, what would they…
Documenting the Loss of Old Barns in Sombra Township
Posted by Darrell Randell, OBP Member and Regional Representative A long-time volunteer at the Sombra Township Museum, the late Charlie…
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 3, continued from last week … Gordon worked for the Montreal…
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 1 “When people say, ‘There used to be a barn here,’…
Education in Eramosa: Part 2 – Exploring the OAC Dairy Barns
By Emma Rutledge In this month’s blog post, we have an article written by Emma Rutledge, who is a history…
Education in Eramosa:
Part 1 – Exploring Farmer Tim’s Historic Barns Written by Emma Rutledge Foreword written and edited by Mikayla Barney In…
Rising Leviathans:
How Barn Poetry Can Uncover Canadian History By Mikayla Barney, OBP Member and Volunteer Repurposing can come in many forms.…
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…
The Canada Farmer, 1864
by Diana Macdonald While doing research in The Canada Farmer, a fortnightly news journal printed in Toronto, from 1864 (slowing…