Think about your kitchen. How many gadgets and gizmos are in your drawers? Your cupboards? On your shelves? It seems like there are many modern kitchen gadgets at your disposal. Believe it or not, the settlers had access to a huge amount of gadgets too!
Read MoreThe issues facing Indigenous communities in Canada are complex and the result of many things that have transpired over the past 150 years. Please find a list of resources that can help us to learn, donate and reconcile to the best of our ability.
Read MoreIn the time of the settlers, the fur trade was the lifeblood of society. Furs functioned as valuable barter currency. They also provided warmth and clothing for the harsh Canadian winters. Trappers would often leave the homestead for weeks at a time. Upon return, they'd bring a rich bounty of furs and skins. They'd sell them at the local trading posts or turn them into jackets, blankets, or rugs.
Read MoreCheck back weekly for a new deep dive into an interesting and intriguing artifact here at Kawartha Settlers’ Village. #whatsthiswednesday
Read MoreKawartha Settlers Village covers life in Canada from the 1850s to the 1930s. It is a hundred years steeped in history! it is important to understand how Canada evolved to accommodate these settlers! So let’s take a look at how Canada came to be.
Read MoreBack then, a post office functioned much like today, with a few differences. Oftentimes, they were located at the back of a General Store (much like how many post office locations can now be found at the back of a Shoppers Drug Mart!). Unlike the modern day bustle of the digital age, post offices in the 1800s were more analog. The letters delivered by horses. Packages weighed using mechanical scales. Envelopes stamped by hand.
Read MoreTucked away in Murphy barn at the village is a display. That display features an advertisement. It reads: “HYBRID BUFFALOES - For the production of Fine Beef and Handsome Robes.” Hybrid Buffaloes? What on earth could that be? Allow me to introduce you to the wacky world of - The Cattalo
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