Community Event - Cobourg/Port Hope - Author Visit Dan Buchanan

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38 Hours to Montreal
William Weller and the Governor General’s Race of 1840

In 1840 ‘The Stagecoach King’ William Weller has a plan to get Governor General Charles Poulett Thompson
to Montreal from Toronto in under thirty-eight hours - in a sleigh.
Dan will be in conversation with Lori Stephenson-Brittain
Tuesday, July 10 at 7 pm Mary J. Benson Branch 

Sponsorship courtesy of Furby House Books

Port Hope Public Library
31 Queen Street
L1A 2Y8
Port Hope Ontario

Public Notices/Announcements - Peterborough/Lindsay - Victoria County Historical Society needs your time

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Lindsay- The Victoria County Historical Society is seeking to add members to its volunteer Board of Directors. The Board is especially interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for local history in addition to experience in areas of board governance, charity and not-for-profit law, human resources, marketing and communications, or bookkeeping and fundraising. Interested applicants are invited to bring a résumé or curriculum vitae to the Olde Gaol Museum at 50 Victoria Avenue North in Lindsay and fill out an application before June 25. Successful applicants will be interviewed and required to submit a police background check with vulnerable sector screening.

 

The Victoria County Historical Society is a non-profit heritage organization that works to increase community awareness, appreciation, involvement, and support of the Olde Gaol Museum and Kawartha Lakes’ cultural heritage. Through the museum and its community outreach initiatives, the Society features, celebrates and shares educational content to the public based on significant events in Canada’s history and how they link to the local community.

 

For more information, call 705-324-3404.