Walk along history itself with a Heritage Barrie Walking Tour , or on the Nine Mile Portage, re-opened to the public in celebration of Barrie's sesquicentennial in Box , Barrie, ON L4M 4T5 Phone: Description: Acts as an architectural advisory committee to City Council on the historical and architectural importance of buildings and other heritage matters in Barrie. The committee is appointed by City Council. When visiting Barrie, you will be on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg people, which include the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Pottawatomi Nations collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.
We also acknowledge the Wendat Nation Huron who occupied these lands prior to the middle of the 17th century. Tourism Barrie is dedicated to honouring Indigenous history and culture and recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples on this land. Things To Do. Wild Wing South Barrie.
Donaleigh's Irish Public House. Park Place. Best Western Plus Barrie. Known today as Canadian Forces Base Borden , it remains the largest training facility for the Canadian military.
Barrie is the 34th largest municipality in Canada, and the 16th largest in Ontario. According to the census , prominent ethnic groups within the city included Canadian Indigenous peoples make up 3. Industries employing significant numbers of Barrie residents include retail , health care and social assistance, and manufacturing.
Many residents commute to Toronto and other cities for work. The census found that the Barrie Census Metropolitan Area which includes Innisfil and Springwater has 95, commuters.
Nearly one in five of those commuters 18 per cent have a long commute. A long commute is defined by Statistics Canada as at least an hour spent getting to work. Barrie has the largest proportion of commuters with a long commute of all CMAs in Canada.
City council is elected every four years, and includes a mayor and 10 councillors. Marjorie Hamilton served as mayor from to She was one of the earliest female mayors in Canada.
The MacLaren Art Centre exhibits both historic and modern artwork. A star on s CBC television music programs, and later an actress, Marshall is considered a pioneer among Black Canadian performers. Raised in Barrie, athlete Bobbie Rosenfeld set track and field world records, before advocating for women in sport through her newspaper column. The late freestyle skier Sarah Burke is the namesake of Highway 93, which connects Barrie to Penetanguishene.
Other notable residents have included innovative surgeon William Gallie , Ontario premier E. Drury, and British Columbia premier Charles Semlin. Barrie The City of Barrie website provides local municipal, business, and tourism information. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia. Remember me. I forgot my password. Why sign up? Among the Black settlers in Oro were veterans of the War of The Wilberforce Street lots, as well as some in Concessions III to VI, became home to about 60 Black settlers and their families, with a maximum population of approximately people.
Settlement occurred in two waves, from and from Belden Atlas map of Oro Township with lots owned or occupied by Black settlers highlighted. Page Content. On April 26th, , the Executive Council, two members of which had been slave-owners themselves, created a policy of settling Black Loyalist veterans and refugees on acre lots in the second concession of Oro Township.
It appears that none of these four grantees actually settled on Wilberforce Street. The recipients of these grants were a disparate group, mostly labourers who had emigrated from the United States. Eleven of the men who settled along Wilberforce Street had served in the military during the War of Of the others, eight were living in Upper Canada during the War. Only 19 actually applied for a location ticket, and only eight of these actually settled their lots.
It is unknown where the absentee settlers were, though some may have lived in Toronto or the Niagara region. Under the direction of Commissioner Peter Robinson, land was sold to Black settlers at one shilling per acre. Payment was not required until the patent was issued, after all improvements were complete.
In most respects, land distribution to Black settlers remained the same. Thirty-nine orders-in-council were issued by his office. The Wilberforce Street lots, as well as some in Concessions III to VI, became home to about 60 Black settlers and their families, with a population of approximately people.
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