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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Feb 1988, p. 37

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DO YOU REMEMBER? A QUIZ FOR HERITAGE WEEK Where did the ss. Sagamo cruise? What's a Calathumpian parade? Heritage Week, February 15 to 21, provides a unique 0 rtunity to focus, attention on Ontario’s multifaceted gimp, to increase awarenes! of heritage igues, and to salute the many volunteers involved in heritage activities. _ In recognition of Heritage Week, the Archives of Ontario and the Ontario Heritage Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture and Communica- tions, have prepared this heritage trivia quiz. The photographs, from the Archives of Ontario collection, correspond to the first three questions. " Why not test your knowledge of Ontario's heritage? Good luck and happy Heritage Week! HERITAGE QUIZ 1. Photo: Parade in Amherstburg, 1 August 1894. What are these people celebrating? (a) The opening of the Underground Railway. (b) The emancipation of black people in the United States in 1864. (c) The abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833. 2. Photo: Who are the famous babies in this 1935 photo and who is the Ontario premier with them? (a) Winners of the rust Gerber competition with George Drew. (b) The Dionne quintuplets with Mitchell Hepburn. (c) The Dionne quintuplets with Leslie Frost. (d) Winners of the Stork Derby with Howard Ferguson. 3. The SS. Sagamo. On what waterway did it cruise? (a) Great Lakes (h) Ttent-Severn Canal (c) Muskoka Lakes (d) Thousand Islands 10. What street began as an Indian Trail, was devel. oped as a military road and now stretches from Toronto to Rainy River - a distance of 1,885 kilometres - making it the longest street in the world? (a) Dundas Street (b) Bathurst Street (c) Yonge Street (d) Main Street What was required to bring the Steep Rock Iron Mining Company (1944-1980) near Atikokan into operation? (a) The draining of a 10.36 square kilometre lake. (b) The excavation of 61.2 million cubic metres of material. which is more material than was exca- vated for the Panama Canal. (c) The combined efforts of CD. Howe, Cyrus Eaton and Franklin D. Roosevelt. (d) All of the above. What was the official name of the French fort built in 1751 on the 'present site of Toronto? (a) Fort Cataraqui (b) Fort Frontenac (c) Fort Rouille (d) Fort Niagara Calathumpian parades were common in rural Ontario as late as the 1930s. What were they? (a) Orange Day parades. (b) Rural parodies on official Dominion Day parades. (c) Annual. parades of the militia. "Rat Portage" was. until 1905, the name of what northern Ontario town? (a) Kenora (b) Fort Francis (c) North Bay (d) Elliot Lake ' In many Ontario towns there exists something called a "LACAC." What is it? (a) An out-of-date feed mill. lb) Aural Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee. (c) A local Architects' and Carpenters' Assistance Cooperative? (d) A milk processing plant. I. For what is Mary Shadd remembered? (a) She won a gold medal for Canada in the Olympics. (b) She was a popular mm star in the 19405. (c) She established schools and newspapers for blacks in Ontario. Archives of Ont-do photos (o) OI ('06 (B) g (Q) t (o) 9 :uaaumv (P) Q (3) ' (3) S tq) g (9) I The City of Waterloo's local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee has been dedicated to the preservation of historical buildings for over a decade. You can discover these yourself with our new edition of our City of Waterloo Designated Landmarks. Available at The City of Waterloo. CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE HERITAGE LANDMARK Mm Y FEBRUARY local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee City of Waterloo "----C-.cC,-.',C,rclr--r-r, r WATE to, mo . PAGE)“

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