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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: For the Love of God: The Mennonites and Benjamin Eby

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin Eby was a Mennonite who brought his family to Canada from the U.S. in 1807. He carried with him 10,000 silver dollars sewn into 10,000 pockets in a quilt. The money was used to buy land which became the community of St. Jacob's...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Summers by the Lake: The History of Grimsby Park

For Students 9th - 10th
The development of Grimsby Park, Ontario is profiled. It started as the home of early United Empire Loyalists,then temperance camps, and later to an amusement park and beach. The era ended as the town became part of big city urban...