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150 Years of Brockville History of Canada 150
In honour of Canada150, the Brockville Museum will be starting a special project. For the 150 days leading up to Canada Day (beginning February 1st), we will post to Facebook something that happened in the Brockville area every year from 1867-2017. These posts will include excerpts from the newspapers, photographs and artifacts from the Brockville Museum’s collection. After they have been posted to Facebook, we will add them to this site in 25-year increments. (Click on image for details).
1967 marked Canada’s 100th! To celebrate, there were pageants, new developments, community activities, park openings, parades, trips to Expo and more… Many of the community building projects have become familiar sights around the City. They include Centennial Park, the Youth Arena, and Centeen Park. Pictured is the opening of Centennial Park. Check out our virtual 1967 exhibit for more.
As an official Centennial Project, Brockville decided to build a second indoor rink. Many people contributed to the rink fund and by late 1968 the Brockville Centennial Youth Arena was open. Fifty years later, the Brockville Centennial Youth Arena is still in use, but is showing its age and City officials are working on plans to replace the old arena.
It’s 1991 and the area’s skies are filled with balloons of every shape and size. A cowboy hat, polar bear, Mr. Peanut, Mickey Mouse, Tony the Tiger and more were part of the Great Balloon Rodeo held at Grenville Christian College at Maitland. By the late ‘90s the event had run its course and the days of seeing hot-air balloon characters touching down in local fields came to an end. Photo from the 1991 event.
1967 marked Canada’s 100th! To celebrate, there were pageants, new developments, community activities, park openings, parades, trips to Expo and more… Many of the community building projects have become familiar sights around the City. They include Centennial Park, the Youth Arena, and Centeen Park. Pictured is the opening of Centennial Park. Check out our virtual 1967 exhibit for more.