JUNE 7, 2014 Huronia Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society Meeting

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Huronia Museum is home to the Huronia Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society’s Monthly Meetings.

This chapter of the OAS meets every second Wednesday of the Month at 7 PM.

This month the Huronia Chapter OAS is hosting Christopher Dalton as guest speaker this month.   Chris will be discussing his role as Director of Chapter Services for the OAS and sharing with us his experiences as an avocational archaeologist in Ontario.

Christopher Dalton – is a carpenter by trade and archaeologist by hobby, whose interest in archaeology has been life-long. He has an avocational archaeology license for Ontario and is a life member of the London Chapter. Chris has worked extensively with John MacDonald mapping sites in the Blair area and more recently with Dr. Chris Ellis excavating the Davidson Site in Parkhill, Ontario. He is currently Director of Chapter Services for the OAS.

Chris Dalton_OAS

 

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

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A brief business meeting will be held after the presentation for Huronia chapter members.

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Last P.A. Day of the Year

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padaycamp_purpleHuronia Museum is holding camp for the final P.A. Day of the year of Friday, June 6, 2014.  It will be a day of games, crafts and outdoor play.  The camp runs from 9:00am to 5:00pm.  The cost for camp is $22 per child, per day.

For more information or to register a child, please  call us at 705-526-2844 or download the PA Day Registration Form and return it to the museum with payment.

Space is limited for this camp so pre-registration is strongly recommended

 

Thomas Gummersall Anderson letters blog

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1dcab57a088d25a6ac2db4fc4486bbecA blog containing the first seventy-five items from the Anderson collection

have been posted to a blog by Huronia Museum volunteer Bill Gibson. However the real herculean effort has been made by Peter Davis who transcribed several hundred handwritten documents. He is a bona fide expert in 19th century handwriting styles. Peter is a member of the museum board.

Thomas Gummersall Anderson, British Army, trader, Indian Agent, b. at Sorel, Province of Quebec, 12 Nov. 1779, sixth son of Captain Samuel Anderson, loyalist, and Deliverance Butts; d. at Port Hope, Ont., 10 Feb. 1875.

This blog contains selected items from the collection of the Huronia Museum in Midland, Ontario, Canada. The Huronia Museum wishes to gratefully acknowledge this donation from Pam Dunlop, a descendant of Thomas Anderson.

Captain Thomas Gummersall Anderson

was hired by the Indian Department of the British Army in 1815 and for the next 50 years was responsible for Indian policy in Upper Canada. He established the first Indian reserve at Coldwater, Ontario in 1830.

Captain Anderson was a gifted writer, combining a clear eye with a gift for narrative, and his wor k may be appreciated on this level alone. But his life – all those 96 years – also provides much more of interest, encompassing the major themes of his times: the United Empire Loyalist experience, the early settlement of Upper Canada, mercantile life (in Kingston), the fur trade in the upper Mississippi region, the War of 1812, and 43 years in the service of the Indian Department of Upper Canada (later Canada West). And then, with his retirement in 1858, he added the experiences of a gentleman farmer to this extensive resumé.

The Huronia Museum is assembling a collection of his papers and ephemera related to this period. Among the letters is one describing the events of the 1837 Rebellion. There are many letters to and by members of his family, especially his wife Betsy – b. 17 Sept. 1796 d. 30 June 1858 (Cobourg).

See http://thomasgummersallandersonblog.wordpress.com