Opening of the Cottage July 1
2008
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. We are open Saturdays from 11am to 5 pm. We look forward to having people in the museum again!
The
results of Our Photo Event Fall 2022 are in! Click here to see in a new
windowl
OUR
TRADITIONAL COOKIE DAY DECEMBER 10 A variety of delicious treats including sugar cookies,
shortbread, refrigerator cookies, decorated and plain. As well you can browse our usual
beautiful hats, scarves and mitts and neighbourhood walking booklets for Seaton Village, the
Annex, and our new Christie Pits Walk. We'll have our door snakes, dryer balls and new
stained glass treasures...
LIONS AND TIGERS AND --OH, MY! DECEMBER 17 We're evoking Dickens' Pickwick Papers in an evening of ghostly tales told just the way the Victorians liked to do. Suspend your disbelief and come and tremble!
RAMP AND
ROOF: If you've walked or
cycled past the Cottage lately, you've seen workers on top! YES, we're getting a new
roof! After much deliberation, negotiating, comparing, and discernment of appropriate roofing
material and process, we found a company that has expertise in providing a sensitive and
appropriate replacement to maintain the integrity of the Tollkeeper's Cottage as a heritage
building; namely, by 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!
NEW WALK! Members of the Community History Project can join one of our docents on our guided neighbourhood walks. And as a member, you can bring a friend on the walk!
We have an upcoming walking tours: The tours should take between 1 hour and 1 hour & 30 mins. All
the tours will end near a busy street/intersection or a TTC stop/subway station, and Erin can offer you
directions.
Please confirm your space on the next tour by or query us on when the next tour is
by emailing rinty78@hotmail.com.
Reminder: our regular membership year runs from June 1st to May 31st. If your $20 membership has lapsed, you can renew ..
WHAT ARE WE UP?
We have an interesting line-up
of activities to get us back to socializing (all things permitting). We'll have a mix of the old and
the new. We are enjoying our new garden and its pollinators We'll also do a trivia evening, scavenger
hunt and much more!
There is a sign cottage open , on the lawn when the cottage is open..
Take a tour of the cottage..
PLEASE WEAR A MASK!
Jane Beecroft our founder, passed away Oct 10 2021.
We have some new and updated 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.
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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