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The Tollkeeper's Bulletin
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Closed from Dec 15 thru Jan.
Open Saturdays from 11am to 4pm.
NEW also open the first Sunday
of each month from 1pm  -4pm eg
Feb 2 2025.  Cottage is closed from after
cookie day (Dec 14, into the new
year for cleaning)
We reopen 1 Feb 2025. Happy
New year.

EVENTS AT THE COTTAGE
(newsletter)

GHOSTLY EVENING --
 SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
at 7:00 pm.
Tales and Sharing of
Otherworldly Experiences
 as in Victorian times.
Victorians saw the Christmas
 season as a time to explore
the supernatural world
 through seances,
mediums and ghostly stories.
A time to hear stories
and share tales from the group.
 
COOKIE DAY -- SATURDAY
DECEMBER 14
  from 12:00-4:00 pm
Chocolate chip, shortbread,
sprinkled and plain, we have cookies
 to suit every taste! Pick up some
 tasty home-made treats to sweeten
your holiday celebrations! Still
 only $1. per cookie, cash, cheque
or e-transfer.
Please bring your own container-
-you did that so well last year,
we saved lots of paper and plastic.
We'd love to see you here!

COSY KNITTING AND CROCHET HATS,
 MITTENS, SOCKS AND SCARVES
for holiday gifts. A super gift
 for family or friends that is
 warm and one of a kind.
Created by our own volunteers.

NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND RENEWALS -
- Thank you to  the
people who  renewed their memberships.
 There are many more of you out
 there and we'd like to see you
 continue your support.
And those of you who are not
 members yet--perhaps one of
these December events would be
a good time to start! It's
 only $20. for an individual
 and $35. for a family, and
it's tax deductible! Cash,
cheque (to the Community
History Project) or e-transfer. 

Here are some of the other tours we do:
Seaton Village 
  – including its Black history
the West Annex 
  – with Jane Jacob’s house
the Christie Pits area 
  – Koreatown, unusual houses, the Riot
Tarragon Village 
  – with Baldwin and George Brown
Wychwood Park 
  – with or without turtles
Casa Loma – with very grand stables
If you would care to join us for
 a guided walk through Seaton Village,
 the West Annex, or many other
 interesting areas nearby,
 send us a message at
 tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com to be
 added to the list of those we 
contact when a walk or two are imminent!

Our walks are for anyone interested.
 As we conduct these walks 
as part of our efforts to
 support the operation of
 the Tollkeeper's Cottage,
 we suggest a donation of $10.

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COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-25
Thank you to our members for an
 interactive Annual General Meeting,
 where we passed the new Constitution 
and celebrated our Ontario Trillium Grant.
 We wish our hard-working
 board another successful year!
 

COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT
ACTIVITIES ...

Send us a note to be put on
our list or keep watching here.
 

WE HOPE TO BE WALKING WITH YOU SOON!
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   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!


 

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 16+ 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 are selling
hand-made dolls' clothes suitable
for American Girl and other 18 inch dolls.



See a virtual tour of the Cottage

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