As a preface to an in-depth look at the three area museums, the paper outlines the evolution of museums as an expression of community from Greek and Roman times to the present. It goes on to describe the three museums in terms of their history, collections, management, programming, and some of the problems they are facing. Suggestions for an enhanced role to be played by community musuems are presented along with possibilities for future research.]]>
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Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Beginning in 1861, members of the Mason family resided and worked the same farm in Stanhope Township for the next 134 years. For at least nine decades, three generations of the family kept the receipts from all their purchases and the author spent some time sifting through these receipts and cataloguing them into chronological and theme-related categories. From this, a picture of the day-to-day life of the family, a sense of their relationship to their local community, their networking with the larger world outside, and the agencies which facilitated the bridging of these two emerged. This paper outlines the process involved and presents a snapshot of the life of this family gleaned from the receipts.

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Exploration of the County of Haliburton by car. Ten tours are outlined with accompanying maps.

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Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Department: Geography]]> The author sets out to bring to light the lives of such women in Haliburton County beginning with a theoretical overview of how women might have participated in the settlement of the area.  The lives of several prominent women in Haliburton County including Edna Garnett Quinn Parrish and Dr. Agnes Jamieson are highlighted.

The second section describes the context for the formation of women's groups in Canadian history and features four groups: the Minden Women's Institute, the Haliburton Women's Institute, the West Guilford Ladies, and Eagle Lake Women.  Using minute books, newspaper articles, and personal communication, the author examines the multitude of functions and purposes behind the organizations of rural women.  The activities of two women's groups functioning in Haliburton County in 1993 are examined and the paper concludes with suggestions for future research possibilities in this area.

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This research was conducted for the Canning Lake Property Owners’ Association in conjunction with the Trent University Geography Department as an honours project satisfying a degree requirement. The research was conducted at the Minden Land Registry Office through the consultation of the Abstract Index of land titles and the appropriate deeds of ownership. A transition from rural to recreational land-use is evident in the 1950s and 1960s with the initial subdivision of lots into individual properties. It has also become clear that there is a second transition beginning in the 1980s and currently underway where land-use is shifting from recreational to residential uses on properties around Canning Lake as more people are using their “cottage” as their primary residence and where a seasonal operation has been converted into year-round habitation. This research can provide insight into the changing land-uses within the Canning Lake and surrounding area. ]]>
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Haliburton Association for Recreational Canoeists]]> Host contact: Chivers, Sally]]> Department: Geography]]>