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ACTINOLITE, FOUNDING OF

In 1853 Billa Flint (1805-94), a lumberman, member of the legislative assembly and later of the senate, built sawmills here on the Skootamatta River.

BELLEVILLE CITY HALL

This imposing structure was erected in 1872-73 to house the public market and administrative offices of the rapidly expanding municipality of Belleville. READ MORE

BELLEVILLE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School stood on this site on land set aside for educational purposes in the municip... READ MORE

GLANMORE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

This imposing house is a fine example of the Second Empire style which was popular in Canada in the 1870s and 1880s.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY BELLEVILLE

The Grand Trunk was incorporated in 1853 to run from Sarnia to Portland, Maine.

MEMORIAL ARENA

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Belleville purchased the Hume Arena on June 26, 1946

STIRLING

This farming town northwest of Belleville features a number of historic buildings bearing plaques describing the original uses of those structures.

STONE CHURCH HASTINGS

Stone Church, one of three known cobblestone churches in Ontario, is part of a small group of cobblestone buildings in this area.

TRENTON POST OFFICE

The door of the old Trenton Post Office has taken an official pounding...... READ MORE

TWEED CHURCH BELL

The bell was donated by the Epworth League in 1892 after the original bell was destroyed in a church fire.