The Cottage Years: Exhibit Guide – Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre – Photo Exhibit in celebration of the 135th Anniversary of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)

In worldwide colonial history Indigenous peoples succumbed to disease arriving with settler society, were pushed aside to marginal lands, or were killed; many resisted

Dictionary of Canadian Biography speaks of Colonel Samuel Smith in his retirement years – as the first settler landowner in Long Branch, following his years of service in War of the American Revolution

My interest in colonial and military history began with a study of local history in Toronto

Diane Chapman has shared some awesome 1949 photos from the Long Branch Army Camp

The Cottage Years, in celebration of 135th Anniversary of Long Branch, Ontario – Aug. 21 to Sept. 28, 2019 Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre

Severance at 70 Thirty Sixth St. refused by TLAB (Message from Long Branch Neighbourhood Association)