Newsletters

President’s Message Spring has finally sprung, but Mother Nature is reluctant to let us enjoy the warmth that usually comes with the change of season. As I am writing this, a week after the big ice storm, some people are still struggling with no power and continue to...

President’s Message As the snowiest, coldest winter in recent memory draws to a close, brighter days are coming and we will soon replace snow shovels with gardening tools. As far as world events are concerned, events spinning both close to home and around the world...

President’s Message Welcome to the second newsletter of 2025. We’re now in the depths of the winter, and this one is just like the good ol’ days, with lots of snow, ice and cold. Lake Simcoe is frozen right across now, and the Jackson’s Point harbour is buzzing with...

President’s Message Another year has gone by, and the older we get the faster they go and we are entering 2025 with optimism for the new year. It was fifty years ago that the first buildings started to arrive at the grounds of the Georgina Civic Centre under the...

President’s Message The last two years as president of the Georgina Historical Society has been an interesting time, as the world is slowly waking up from Covid, but also seems to be in turmoil. Here at home, as we are entering winter, things are slowly returning to...

President’s Message What an interesting year this has been as I approach the end of my second year as the president of the Georgina Historical Society. The GHS has been doing pop-up appearances at the Sutton Farmer’s Market, hosting monthly meetings with entertaining...

President’s Message Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter, our editor Bob Holden has another good one for you, and I have lots of news to share. Harvestfest 2024 is behind us, and although attendance was down from 2023, we still had a successful day. I want to thank...

President’s Message As we watch the summer of 2024 disappear, we have to look forward to the upcoming fall season. And it’s coming fast, with the Georgina Historical Society’s Harvestfest being held on Saturday, September 21st. Your Harvestfest Committee has been busy...

President’s Message Well, summer is upon us, wow, that spring went by fast! There’s been a lot of stuff going on, and I am sharing a story in this issue of an interesting local sub-industry that flourished at the end of the last century, operated for many years, was...

President’s Message We’ve had a busy spring this year getting everything opened up and ready for summer. We have also had some interesting opportunities come our way to spread the word about Georgina’s rich history. During a visit to the local Rogers cable show...