Showing 464 results

People and Organizations
Corporate body

Ontario. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

  • Corporate body
  • 18 Jan 2010 -

The ministry was born out of the amalgamation of the Ministries of Culture and Tourism on January 18, 2010.
Sport was added and the Department became of Tourism, Culture and Sport in 2011.

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

  • Corporate body
  • 1863-

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment originated in Belleville, Ontario on 16 January 1863, when The 15th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Canada was authorized to be formed. It was redesignated: 15th Battalion or the Argyll Light Infantry on 2 June 1871, 15th Regiment "Argyll Light Infantry"' on 8 May 1900, The Argyll Light Infantry on 12 March 1920, The Argyll Light Infantry (Tank) on 15 December 1936, and The (Reserve) Argyll Light Infantry (Tank) on 7 November 1940. On 1 April 1946, it was amalgamated with the 44th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA converted to artillery, and redesignated the 9th Anti- Tank Regiment (Self-Propelled) (Argyll Light Infantry), RCA. On 1 September 1954, it was amalgamated with the 34th Anti-Tank Battery (Self Propelled), RCA, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment and The Midland Regiment, converted to infantry, and redesignated The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.

Sidney South Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1961-1998

The Sidney South Women's Institute was formed in November 1961 in the southern part of Sidney Township, Ontario. It was closed in 1998.

Chatterton Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1905-1976

Chatterton Women's Institute was organized in 1905 in Sidney township, Ontario. It was closed in 1976.

Kitchener's Red Cross Society

  • Corporate body
  • 1917-1919

The Kitchener's Red Cross society was organized in the Wallbridge area of Hastings County and held its first meeting on 16 October 1917 and the home of Mrs. Nelson Beatty. The group made trench caps, bed socks and property bags for troops overseas.

Scott's Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1919-1924

The Scott's Women's Institute was organized on 24 April 1919 at the home of Mrs. Rufus Spencer in the Frankford area of Sidney township, Hastings County, Ontario. The first president was Mrs. Nelson Beatty.

Bancroft Public Library

  • Corporate body
  • 1901-1909, 1918-

The first library was located at W.N. Simmons' Tailor Shop, later at Athens High School. In 1918, the Women's Institute made a library their first peacetime project. Beginning as a small travelling library, it later was established in the basement room of the Community Hall, built originally as a jail, until it moved in 1960 to 14 Flint Avenue. (Reynolds, Nila. Bancroft: A Bonanza of Memories. Bancroft, Bancroft Centennial Committee, 1979, pp. 161-165)

Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

  • Corporate body
  • 2010-

The Community Archives was established in 2010, as a result of an agreement between the City of Belleville, the County of Hastings, and the Hastings County Historical Society. Its remit is to collect, preserve and make available the records collected by the three founding organizations and other materials which reflect the people and communities of Belleville and Hastings County.

Village of Stirling

  • Corporate body
  • 1858-1997

The Village of Stirling in Hastings County, Ontario was incorporated as a municipality in 1858. In 1998 it was amalgamated with the Township of Rawdon to become part of the Township of Stirling-Rawdon.

Harold Cheese Manufacturing Company

  • Corporate body
  • c. 1888-1990

The Harold Cheese Manufacturing Company was on Harold Road in Rawdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. In May 1990 it was sold to Keith Henry of Henry Foods.

Results 81 to 100 of 464