Heritage Week 2024: Roseland Park Community Tour(s) - This event has already occurred
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The Roseland Park Community celebrates its 100 –year anniversary as a residential area this year with a 20th/21stcentury architectural history tour being offered. Prior to its establishment, the adjacent town of Port Nelson was a busy and important...
The Roseland Park Community celebrates its 100 –year anniversary as a residential area this year with a 20th/21st century architectural history tour being offered. Prior to its establishment, the adjacent town of Port Nelson was a busy and important port from where a wide variety of agricultural and other products were shipped along the Great Lakes. The area currently known as Roseland Park was at one time a farm occupied by the Rev. Thomas Greene, first Rector of St. Luke’s Church and his wife Kate Kilally, whom we have to thank for the name ‘Roseland’ given her love of roses. The land was granted to the church by Margaret Brant Powlis, a daughter of Joseph Brant. Roseland is now an area known for its beautiful tree canopy and stately homes. Join us on an afternoon tour and learn from two residents about this community’s rich history from its time as an important First Nations Territory to today with its beautiful tree canopy, one of the finest, most diverse urban forests in Canada. In-person. Register at hb@burlington.ca.