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Explore Saskatoon with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 23, 2021 0 Comments

This Saturday, get out and explore the historic city of Saskatoon. As part of Culture Days, a nation-wide initiative to celebrate and honour Canada's history, culture, and art, On This Spot is featuring a different city or town in Canada each day. Today, we take a look at Saskatoon and its rich history. We have one historic self-guided walking tour in the city, which is available for free online...

Explore Abbotsford with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 22, 2021 0 Comments

With only a few days left to the month-long nation-wide initiative of Culture Days, On This Spot is featuring the British Columbian city of Abbotsford today. We have two self-guided historical walking tours in this city, and both are available free online and through the On This Spot app. This weekend, get out and explore your local community! Abbotsford is a sprawling municipality on the banks...

Explore Stonewall, Manitoba, with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 20, 2021 0 Comments

One of the communities On This Spot has content for in the province of Manitoba is Stonewall, located 25 kilometers north of Winnipeg. As part of our participation in the month-long initiative of Culture Days, we are today featuring our two Stonewall self-guided walking tours on this blog. Both tours are available for free online and through the On This Spot app. Stonewall got its start in the...

Explore Princeton with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 19, 2021 0 Comments

Culture Days is an annual, nation-wide initiative to celebrate and explore Canada's culture, history, and art. As part of this celebration, On This Spot is featuring a different town or city across Canada each day on its blog. Today, we'll dive into the history, artwork, and environment of Princeton, in British Columbia, with our two self-guided walking tours. Both of these tours are available...

Explore Parry Sound with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 18, 2021 0 Comments

Located at the mouth of the Seguin River and with a protected harbour, Parry Sound was a gathering place for First Nations peoples for centuries prior to the arrival of Europeans. After the 1850s, the growth of logging and then mining spurred development of the town as a hub to access northern Ontario's hinterland. After World War II, Parry Sound became the heart of cottage country in Ontario,...

Explore Lacombe and Bentley with Culture Days

ByNatalie Dunsmuir October 7, 2021 0 Comments

The towns of Lacombe and Bentley sit between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta and have been home to First Nations peoples like the Cree, Sautleaux, Blackfoot, Dene and Sioux for at least 12,000 years. Today, On This Spot is featuring its Lacombe and Bentley content in celebration of the nation-wide initiative of Culture Days. In addition to dozens of historical then-and-now photo sets that show...