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”…
Haunted Barns! Part 2 PRESENCES INSPIRE PRESERVATION by Peter Roe It has often been noted that ghosts haunt any location where life has existed,… Continue reading “Haunted Barns! Part 2”…
Haunted Barns! Part 1 by Richard Palmisano. Nothing defines a farm from any other property then that of the majestic barn. The command-and-control centre… Continue reading “Haunted Barns! Part 1”…
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”…
The Return of the Barn Swallows Excerpts of an email to OBP by member Ted Spearing, edited by Jim Campbell I’m writing back in response to… Continue reading “The Return of the Barn Swallows”…
A Word of Caution by John Uren Some words of caution to your readers. It’s easy to assume, as I did, that if the… Continue reading “A Word of Caution”…
Worked at Well: The Stable Pump by D. B. McCowan, P.Eng. (bmccowan@netrover.com) An old wooden pump sitting in Bill McCowan’s (1923-2018) barn in Pickering probably came… Continue reading “Worked at Well: The Stable Pump”…
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 ”…