Caledon’s landscape reminded early Scots settlers of their homeland, so they named the Township after it, romantically say our local histories. However, these also note that early settlers were not only Scots and Irish…but United Empire Loyalists!

A pen and ink drawing of Eveline Beatrice Alice Warren hung on their bedroom wall and my grandmother often told me fascinating tales of the cousin she called “Lena”.

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George called the Canadians the “shock troops” of the British Empire. Canadians were the most feared troops by the Imperial German Army on the Western Front.

The mud, blood, patriotism and chaos of the First World War seemed a long way away from prosperous rural farming communities in the Caledon, Dufferin and Halton county areas. From these local farmers, labourers, clerks, and tradesmen the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) 164th Infantry Battalion was raised in 1916 for service in WWI.

Twin structures rise like alien monoliths at the side of Mississauga Road one kilometre west of Cheltenham. The massive rectangular brick buildings surrounded by random smokestacks stand in stark outline against the sky.

THE HUMBER RIVER and its tributaries contain literally hundreds of bridges and culverts in an infinite variety of styles and designs.

An “ordinary” person, Venta Janosik-Wronski has lived an extraordinary life. Latvian by birth and almost 100 years and four husbands later, this Caledon resident has experienced 20th century European history first hand.

Nobody truly knows when Freemasonry first started; some place it back in the days of King Solomon.

Such is the incredible living history you will see re-enacted at the Great War Flying Museum, the ONLY museum of its kind in Canada.

Many of us have been fortunate enough to inherit some pieces of Corn Flower glass from a grandmother or elderly aunt.