Tag: Tourism

• Cloyne Pioneer Museum: Logging Industry & Tourism in Ontario

  

  Situated among the abundant lakes of Addington Highlands, the town of Cloyne, Ontario evokes the nostalgia of its logging past. The donation-run Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives serves as a time machine for those interested in taking a look at the history of the logging industry in Ontario. It is a pretty drive up Highway…

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  August 20, 2018

  Historic Stories

  bon echo, cloyne, cloyne and district historical society, Cloyne Pioneer Museum, eastern ontario, logging history, mining, timber trade, Tourism

• March Of Museums At The Military And Communications Museum

  

  This March Break, we were enjoying a pretty awesome ‘staycation’ at home in Kingston. We had company with us – all the more reason to explore the unique sites Kingston has to offer. One of the great opportunities to see more of them – for free! – was the March Of Museums hosted by the…

  museumskingstonblog

  March 16, 2018

  Exhibits and Events

  canada, Family, History, kam, kingston, march break, march of museums, martello tower, Military, Military and Communications Museum, murney tower, museum association, ontario, Tourism, ygk

• Canada’s Penitentiary Museum: Innovative Inmates

  

  It is 1998 and you’ve landed yourself a bunk in the Dissociation Cell area of Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba. While using your supplied toothbrush for its rudimentary purpose of brushing your teeth is an option, there is another one. The innovative inmate you are, you could also use it and source remnants of various…

  museumskingstonblog

  August 15, 2016

  Exhibits and Events

  canadian penitentiary museum, discover, History, kingston, Kingston Pen, ontario, prison art, Tourism, ygk