19th Century Queensville Farmsteads
Our Lands Speak: The Queensville Milne Site
The Queensville Milne site was the fifth and final site discussed in Volume 2 of Our Lands Speak series entitled The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. We discovered this site...
Our Lands Speak: Ezra Doan’s 1871 Diary
This is the sixth blog on our excavations of farmsteads in Volume 2 of Our Lands Speak series entitled The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. In two previous blogs, I described...
Our Lands Speak: Queensville Doan Site Part 2
I hope you enjoyed my posts over the holidays sharing some of my reflections on the last 50 years in Ontario archaeology. We pivot back now to the blog series on The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of...
Our Lands Speak: Queensville Doan Site, Part 1
This is the fourth blog summarizing our excavations at the five rural farmsteads in Queensville, a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. We found the Queensville Doan site while digging test pits behind the recently vacated...
Our Lands Speak: Archaeological Investigations at Queensville Site 3
Our journey back in time continues now with our dig at Queensville Site 3, chapter 4 of my newest publication, The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads, a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. This is the third blog in...
Our Lands Speak: Archaeological Investigations at Queensville Site 2
Thanks for joining me again, as we dive deeper in this blog series. As previously shared, these fascinating excavations encompass The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads, a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. We’re...
Our Lands Speak: Featuring Archaeological Investigations at Queensville Site 1
My next five blogs will summarize the excavations at the five farmsteads which are the subject of my new book entitled: The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario which has just been...
The Official Release of The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads, Volume 2, Our Lands Speak
Welcome back. As I discussed in my last blog, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the operation of Sharon Temple as a museum open to the public. After its closure in 1889, the temple sat derelict for many years until it was purchased by the York Pioneers and...
Sharon Temple National Historic Site and The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads
This year, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the preservation of the Sharon Temple and its operation of a museum open to the public—and you’re invited to the celebrations on Sat, Sept 8 at 2pm. It is a happy coincidence that this year also sees the publication of...