Once Upon a Time
…to make dreams come true! Event Information Dates: Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 2024 Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Price: General/non-members Adult: $24.20 + HST Senior/ Student:…
Halloween at the Village
…our creepy carnival games, and stop by our Fake Frights station to pick up some old-fashioned ghost busting tricks. Event Information Dates: October 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2024 Hours:…
Hugh’s Story
…moment!” As you pass the next patient — a young man with a black eye — you think. There really should be protections for factory workers. What if it’s your…
Ruth’s Story
…you pass the newspaper office while running errands. They’re handing out flyers for the John Anderson case. “A former slave,” they tell you. “Living in Canada for years, and now…
Jacob’s Story
…feels like it. You squint at registers and figures, trying to ignore the spring breezes coming through the window. “All this sitting!” you mutter. “Too much writing!” As weeks pass,…
Join the Class of ’67
…took me to attend to their daughter — big mistake. Detroit is only fourteen miles from the border! I escaped and walked to freedom here in Canada. Fourteen miles, on…
Lesson: Class of ’67
…SUSANNAH MAXWELL (1805–1923) Susannah Maxwell was born to free black parents in Pennsylvania, in the United States. In the 1850s the United States passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed…
Animating Historic Sites
…re-imagine and animate selected Toronto history museums and Black Creek Pioneer Village . APPLICATIONS FOR 2024 ARE NOW CLOSED Questions? Please contact: Allison White, Curator Black Creek Pioneer Village allison.white@trca.ca…
Outdoor Camps at the Village
Young imaginations come to life in the historic surroundings of Black Creek Pioneer Village , an authentic recreation of a 19th century rural Ontario community. The Village’s 2024 summer camps…
Ruth’s Story
CHAPTER TWO You decide the Grands are right. When you’re in a brand new place, it’s more comfortable to be with people who understand you. The privately-run school is run…