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Gearing Up For Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir September 14, 2021 0 Comments
On This Spot is heading into fall as busy as ever, gearing up to participate in the national celebration of Culture Days, which runs from September 24th until October 24th. Across the country, residents and visitors will be able to participate in hundreds of free events celebrating Canada's culture, art, and history. On This Spot will be participating in five provinces, with over 40 events...

We’ve Reached 50 Cities!

ByNatalie Dunsmuir July 22, 2021 2 Comments
After a busy May and June, we at On This Spot have added our 50th city to the app! For a company which started as the passion project of a group of historians with big dreams, this marks a major milestone. We're making historical content more and more accessible across the country, reaching communities both big and small from coast to coast.  Our latest launches include a regional tour in the...

The Summer of Launches

ByNatalie Dunsmuir June 23, 2021 0 Comments
The solstice has passed and summer is officially upon us. For On This Spot, that means the launching of content in dozens of new cities and towns across the country. As Covid-19 restrictions lift in many of the provinces, now is the perfect time to get outside and explore the history of our Canadian communities.  It has been a busy spring as we have worked hard to prepare for the launches...

New Content Launching This Summer!

ByNatalie Dunsmuir May 21, 2021 0 Comments
An exciting summer is approaching for On This Spot. So far, 2021 has been our best year yet, as we are expanding our coverage to dozens of new communities across the country. In the lead-up to summer, we have been working hard to prepare for a grand Canada Day launch, which will include content in a total of thirty-three communities.  We are excited to embrace the possibilities this summer...

On This Spot Soft Launches in King Township, ON

ByNatalie Dunsmuir February 12, 2021 0 Comments
We're excited to announce the soft launch of On This Spot's King Township coverage! In partnership with King Township and the King Cultural & Heritage Centre, we're launching this new content just in time for Family Day weekend. The coverage focuses on the town of Schomberg, and a full walking tour will be coming soon so you can get outside and learn about this region's history. King...

Wishing Joe Fortes a happy birthday with our first video

ByNatalie Dunsmuir February 9, 2021 0 Comments
Today, February 9th, is the birthday of one of Vancouver's early heroes, and the man voted "Vancouverite of the Century" in 1986 by the Vancouver Historical Society. Joe Fortes was a Caribbean-Canadian lifeguard, swim teacher, and bartender who saved hundreds of lives during the thirty-four years he spent watching over the waters of English Bay. In On This Spot's new video, you can learn more...

On This Spot Launches Virtual Museum Tours

ByNatalie Dunsmuir February 5, 2021 0 Comments
This winter, we've launched eight virtual museum tours for historical sites across Alberta and British Columbia. Going virtual is a creative and powerful way to share Canada's unique historical locations with an audience of history-lovers from across the country. The tours currently include 360 degree views inside the museums, along with easy navigation from room to room and exhibit to exhibit....

Quebec has Landed in time for Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

ByAndrew Farris June 25, 2020 0 Comments
We have an exciting announcement to make! This Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day we’ve launched coverage in Quebec City and Montreal, our first projects in Quebec. They’ve been a very long time coming. We’ve done projects across BC, the prairies and Ontario, but we’ve held off with Quebec until we were fully confident we could offer the tours both in French and English, and were familiar enough...

We’ve launched Sault Ste. Marie coverage!

ByAndrew Farris June 16, 2020 0 Comments
We're thrilled to announce the launch of Sault Ste. Marie in the On This Spot app! It's the culmination of a year long partnership with Tourism Sault Ste. Marie, the Sault Downtown Association, and the Sault Ste. Marie Museum. At the eastern end of Lake Superior, Sault's history dates back millennia--from an ancient gathering place for Indigenous peoples, to a critical outpost in the fur trade,...

On This Spot launches in Stonewall, MB!

ByAndrew Farris May 6, 2020 0 Comments
February 20, 2020 After a year in the works, we’re proud to announce the launch of 80 photo opportunities and two comprehensive walking tours! Check out our Stonewall content here! Located 25 kilometers north of Winnipeg, Stonewall got its start in the 1880s as an industrial town with a multinational workforce who toiled in the limestone quarries. The quarries and the limestone kilns that...

Edmonton Coverage is Live!

ByAndrew Farris May 6, 2020 0 Comments
A view of the Macdonald Hotel in downtown Edmonton across the North Saskatchewan River. August 7, 2019 We’re excited to announce the launch Edmonton content as part of our partnership with the City of Edmonton! You can check it out here. The project includes two walking tours, one on early history of historic Strathcona, and another focusing on John Walter, an early entrepreneur who played an...

Just in time for Canada Day we’ve launched Ottawa coverage!

ByAndrew Farris May 6, 2020 0 Comments
June 26, 2019 The coverage includes 60 historic photos we’ve recreated and a walking tour around Parliament Hill that shines a spotlight on the history of the Canadian Confederation through events in the nation’s capital, from the founding of the city in the 19th Century to the burning of Parliament in 1916, and the Cold War odyssey of Igor Gouzenko. This is a fantastic free activity for...

On This Spotting in Ucluelet

ByAndrew Farris May 6, 2020 0 Comments
March 25, 2019 We just had a great time doing photography and research in beautiful Ucluelet on Canada’s Wild Pacific Coast. We’re working with Discover Ucluelet and the Ukee Historical Society to develop a couple walking tours examining the community’s intimate relationship with the sea (there was no land connection until 1959!) and the seaplane base the Canadian military set up there...