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Watch highlights from the 2024 Youth Diversity Symposium, a collaboration between the Ontario Heritage Trust, Lambton Kent District School Board and community partners. Watch as speakers and students come together to celebrate heritage and foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of diversity through engaging activities and insightful discussions. Hear from keynote speaker, author and motivational speaker, Dwayne Morgan. Thank you to our sponsor, Canada Life.

Catch the energy of Emancipation Day at the Josiah Henson Museum with this highlight reel! With soulful music, inspiring performances and hands-on fun, the video brings all the excitement and joy of the day to life. Join the celebration and embrace the spirit of freedom!

For 10 years, the British American Institute provided education and manual-labour training to Underground Railroad refugees in the Dresden area. Learn more about the role of this school.

The Cheltenham Badlands site is one of Ontario’s geological treasures, formed at the base of an ancient sea about 450 million years ago. Today, this 36-hectare (91-acre) site is one of the most recognizable and visited natural heritage landmarks in Southern Ontario.

The Devil’s Monument comprises the Minhinick, LeFeuvre-Chupac and Schneider properties.  The name refers to the presence of a flowerpot that has long been a draw for locals and tourists alike. It is the only complete flowerpot on land along the east side of the Bruce Peninsula.

Great Manitou Island – owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust – is the largest island in the Manitou Islands Provincial Nature Reserve. The reserve was established to ensure the long-term protection of the outstanding colonial nesting habitat for great blue heron and osprey, as well as a variety of plant communities and a unique geological and archaeological history. The entire reserve is designated as a non-operational provincial park, which means that there are no facilities or services on the islands.

Scotsdale presents visitors with 215 hectares (531 acres) of pastoral countryside. Superb hiking trails run through the farm’s rolling hills and woodlands. Part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Bruce Trail and the Bennett Heritage Trail cross the property, offering hikers hours of scenic enjoyment. Visitors can also enjoy strolling around Scotsdale’s historical farm buildings, which make for beautiful backdrops in every season.

The Gardiner, Grace and Neilson Properties are all located 40 kilometres (24 miles) west of the City of Ottawa in the Appleton swamp, just north of the town of Appleton. The Appleton swamp is an extensive riverine swamp and marsh complex associated with the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The properties are all managed for the Trust by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority with the purpose of maintaining the natural features and biodiversity of the properties. There is no public access to these properties for that reason.

This property is part of the Lion’s Head Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest due to its provincially significant geological features. The most significant features on the Westover property are four distinct sea caves created by wave action that extend into the main escarpment bluff among massive blocks of dolostone. The main cave is considered a tourist attraction, with a prominent natural stone pillar rising along the back wall of the cave.

These properties are part of the provincially significant Barrow Bay South Life Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest, which contains rare species–including hart’s-tongue fern, round-leaved ragwort, eastern wood-pewee and wood thrush. The majority of these properties is a cliff and talus ecosystem with a unique, mature sugar maple forest community, and the presence of multiple permanent springs and seeps along the escarpment edge.