This Episode places us in the middle of a night of terror gripping Collingwood. The threat of armed invasion seemed imminent. How would the citizens respond? The answer, given in part through later advertising in a local paper, might surprise you! Finally, we also give some updates around our Gallery reopening, which you should take advantage of while the podcast is on a short break in August. And lastly we tell you how your children can still take part in some of our summer crafts and activities at home, even though all our physical kits have been spoken for.

Episode Picture:

The Collingwood Rifle Company, posing before the Globe Hotel, ready to defend the Niagara Front [Collingwood Museum Collection X970.890.1]

Research:

Barbara Arp, ed., Reflections An Historical Anthology of Collingwood (Collingwood: The Corporation of the Town of Collingwood, 1983), 30-31, 272.

Senior, Hereward. “Fenians” The Canadian Encyclopedia.ca, February 7, 2006. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fenians

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography “The Fenians” © 2003-2021 University of Toronto/Université Laval   http://www.biographi.ca/en/theme_fenians.html