Ice Harvesting
The winter months brought a different type of harvest season to Bruce County. Before refrigerators and electricity were readily available, individuals had to be resourceful in keeping food, milk and […]
The winter months brought a different type of harvest season to Bruce County. Before refrigerators and electricity were readily available, individuals had to be resourceful in keeping food, milk and […]
The history of Bruce County is rich with agricultural organizations focused on building community and improving the life of the County’s rural communities. The Folk Schools that took place from
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Found in the collection of the BCM&CC is a plough first owned by James ‘Red Jim” McDonald of Huron Township. Like many ploughs it was passed down through three generations
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Bruce’s early settlers were resourceful and made the most of what they had. In the early days, as land had to be cleared, all settlers had plenty of trees within
The organization known as the Junior Farmers began in 1914 and was originally known as the Junior Farmer Improvement Association. Much like the Farmer’s Institutes that began in the 1800s,
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A large part of settlers receiving the Crown patent for their land was the clearing and agricultural working of that land. Once the land was cleared of larger trees, and
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