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The Tollkeeper's Bulletin
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 Open Saturdays from 11am to 5pm.
 
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Coming 17 September.

This is Anne...   

ANNE SHIRLEY BLYTHE

COMESTO TOLLKEEPER’S

COTTAGE MUSEUM


THE TOLLKEEPER'S COTTAGE WALKS
 ARE BACK!

OUR NEXT WALKING TOUR IS
SEATON VILLAGE, Sunday
SEPTEMBER 24 AT 10:00 AM
This Walk is based on our previous
 Seaton Village Walk, but with 
added emphasis on the rich Black
 History of the area.

Please sign up, as we need a minimum 
of 4 people to do the walk and we 
limit the group to 15 walkers, 
so everyone can hear and be heard. 
Send us an email at 
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com 
to get on the list.

If you consider Sunday at 10 coffee
 and pyjamas time, we will be offering 
other walks on some Sundays and
 Fridays at 2, before the snow flies!

POSSIBILITIES:

    the Christie Pits area 
(the Riot, Garrison Creek, Koreatown ....) 
    the West Annex (Jane Jacobs, 
Canlit, the Massey murder ...) 
    the ever popular Wychwood Park
    Seaton again.
    If this sounds like your kind of 
thing, send us an email!

Our walking tours are a benefit of
 membership in the Community History 
Project.
 Members may go on any or all of our walks
 – and bring a friend! Not a member?
 That is easily remedied. Membership 
is $20/year ($35 for a family) and 
entitles you to an income tax receipt. 
You can pay by e-transfer to 
tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com, or 
bring cash or cheque to your first walk 
– or in advance when you visit us some 
Saturday at the museum.
 (Cheques to Community History Project.)

WE HOPE TO BE WALKING WITH YOU SOON!
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Don't forget to join us for the 
following Indigenous events:
TEA AND BANNOCK AND
INDIGENOUS STORIES 
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 AT THE COTTAGE 
FOR 12:00-5:00
WHY WE WEAR ORANGE FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 30
 AT THE TOLLKEEPER'S PARK FOR STORIES,
 HAND DRUM AND DANCE 3:30-5:00
Tiny knitted orange t-shirt pins and
 regular t-shirts (shown below) are 
available for sale this Saturday at 
the Tollkeeper's Cottage.

 

 

RAMP AND ROOF: If you've walked or cycled past the Cottage lately, you've seen workers on top! YES, we have a new roof! using cedar shakes, nailed in by hand.
OUR FORMERLY WEAK AND UNSTABLE RAMP HAS BEEN PARTLY REBUILT: thanks to volunteers Tony and Margaret Reyes, Max Gross and Board Member Ed Janiszewski. Thank you for helping us to remain securely wheelchair accessible.
THE DETERIORATING TOLL GATE HAS BEEN REBUILT: If you peak through the construction fencing, you'll see a freshly painted sparkling white toll gate, rebuilt thanks to our Board Member Bill Kindree and former Board Member Terry Marescaux. Great work!

 

.Our membership year is now January to December. Your membership fee of $20 individual or $35. per family will get you one whole year of membership, voting at the Annual Meeting in March or April, and an opportunity to run for the Board of Directors. Any questions, please email us at tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com.

   There is a sign cottage open , on the lawn when the cottage is open..

Take a tour of the cottage..

 

Jane Beecroft our founder, passed away Oct  10 2021.

 

We have some slide shows on the site!. Please check them out here.

We also added two little buttons next to this scroller so you can go back if this scroller is too fast for you!


Please keep us in mind during this season. If you would like to make a donation or pay a membership fee, you can now do it in the modern way online! We can now receive an e-transfer at our email address! Donations and membership fees will receive an income tax receipt in February.

Send us an Email to tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com . Thanks for your support..


The Community History Project that manages the Tollkeeper's Cottage Heritage site has various collections of materials in its archives focusing on local history, places and people. We have restored and run the cottage museum for 12+ years and our not-for-profit; charitable organization.


We can still use help of our supporters in the heritage community in locating a more permanent, more economical space of 500 to 1000 sq feet to house our collections or your help with increased donations to help pay for the temporary storage.


Now on Twitter...Twitter



Educational class tours (in English or French) or Educational adult tours can be arranged. (teachers and administrators may wish to print out the brochures referenced)

The Tollkeeper's Cottage
The oldest structure
of its kind in Canada - now
a museum about tolls, roads,
and nineteenth century life
owned, restored and operated
by the
Community History Project
(now a charitable organization)
.

Located at the corner of
Bathurst St. and Davenport Rd.

(Toronto, ON)
in The Tollkeeper's Park.


Community groups can use the space for meetings also


Look for the Blue Canoe near our commemorative birch trees. Thanks to the wonderful people at City of Toronto Parks Department, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Mississaugas of the Credit for making this possible.

There are gift-type items for sale at the museum such as: books on local history, hand-made pure soap, knitted wear, walking tour guides, recipe collections.

We have Tollkeeper's Cottage Tee shirts for sale
We have just started selling hand-made dolls' clothes suitable for American Girl and other 18 inch dolls.


Volunteers wanted eg we need a spinner volunteer-- so people can watch us spin yarn.

See a video tour and a virtual tour of the Cottage

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