Opening of the Cottage July 1
2008
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MAY EVENTS AT THE COTTAGE
VICTORIA DAY TEA
MONDAY MAY 20 from 1:00-4:00 pm
Come chat with friends, sip
from
delicate tea cups,
and enjoy our freshly baked
scones with jam in the
sunny
outdoors!
Families and friends of all
ages are invited to our
traditional tea
with
laughter and good conversation.
Queen Victoria will be on hand
to answer your questions about
life in the nineteenth
century!
Adults $10. / Children $5.
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NOTE FROM DOCENT MARILYN
SPEARIN:
The season for our local history
walking tours is
upon us!
Here are some of the tours we do:
Seaton Village
– including its Black history
the
West Annex
– with Jane Jacob’s house
the Christie Pits area
– Koreatown, unusual
houses, the Riot
Tarragon Village
– with Baldwin and George Brown
Wychwood Park
– with or without turtles
Casa Loma – with very grand stables
If you would care to join us
for
a guided walk through Seaton Village,
the West Annex, or many other
interesting
areas nearby,
send us a message at
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com to be
added to the
list of those we
contact when a walk or two are imminent!
Our walks are for anyone interested.
No fee, but we would appreciate
a donation!
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COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-25
Thank you to our members for
an
interactive Annual General Meeting,
where we passed the new Constitution
and
celebrated our Ontario Trillium Grant.
Thank you to Ethan Doddes,
who took MPP Jill
Andrew's place
while she was recovering from
a foot injury. Wishing you a
speedy
recovery,
Jill! We wish our hard-working
board another successful year!
COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT
ACTIVITIES ...
We have extended
the 2024 membership to all
those who purchased
memberships from
June
2023 onwards. For our
planning, please RSVP
at tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com if
you
will attend. Thank you!
THE TOLLKEEPER'S COTTAGE WALKS
ARE BACK!
At this time of year
we can't give you too much
advance notice of our walks,
because the weather can't
promise good walking weather
far in advance..
Our walking tours are a benefit of
membership in the Community
History
Project.
Members may go on any or all of our walks
– and bring a friend! Not a
member?
That is easily remedied. Membership
is $20/year ($35 for a family)
and
entitles you to an income tax receipt.
You can pay by e-transfer
to
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com, or
bring cash or cheque to your first walk
– or in
advance when you visit us some
Saturday at the museum.
(Cheques to Community History
Project.)
WE HOPE TO BE WALKING WITH YOU SOON!
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There is a sign cottage open ,
on the lawn when the cottage is open..
Take a tour of the cottage..
Jane Beecroft our founder, passed
away Oct 10
2021.
We have some slide shows on
the site!. Please check them out here.
We also added two little buttons
next to this
scroller so you can go
back if this scroller is too fast for you!
Send us an Email to
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com .
Thanks for your support..
The Community History Project that
manages the Tollkeeper's Cottage
Heritage site has
various collections
of materials in its archives focusing
on local history, places and
people.
We have restored and
run the cottage museum for 12+ years
and our not-for-profit;
charitable
organization.
We can still use help of our
supporters in the heritage community
in locating a more permanent,
more economical space
of 500
to 1000 sq feet to house our
collections or your help with increased
donations to help
pay for the
temporary storage.
Educational class tours (in English
or French) or Educational adult tours
can be arranged.
(teachers and
administrators may wish to print out the
brochures referenced)
The Tollkeeper's Cottage
The oldest structure
of its
kind in Canada - now
a museum about tolls, roads,
and nineteenth century life
owned, restored and
operated
by the
Community History Project
(now a charitable
organization).
Located at the corner of
Bathurst St. and Davenport Rd.
(Toronto,
ON)
in The Tollkeeper's Park.
Community groups can use the space for meetings also
Look for the Blue Canoe near our commemorative birch trees. Thanks to the wonderful people at City of
Toronto Parks Department, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Mississaugas of the Credit for making this
possible.
There are gift-type items for sale at
the museum such as: books on local history, hand-made pure soap, knitted wear, walking tour guides, recipe
collections.
We have Tollkeeper's Cottage Tee shirts for sale
We have just started selling
hand-made dolls' clothes suitable for American Girl and other 18 inch dolls.
Volunteers wanted eg we need a spinner volunteer-- so people can watch
us spin yarn.
See a video tour and a virtual tour of the
Cottage
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