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Ceci est un event archivé de la Fête de la Culture 2022.

View from the Hill: Tower Hill

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Auto-guidée La visite Histoire et patrimoine
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Date et heure

Cette activité se déroule pendant toute la durée de la Fête de la culture.

Lieu

Parry Sound, ON

Accès

Gratuit.

Offert en Anglais.

À propos

If you were to wind the clock back several decades, you'd find rural Ontario a place dotted by towers reaching into the sky. These structures were fire towers, and served as lookouts constructed by local forest rangers. In the time before airplanes, these towers were useful for spotting the telltale smoke trails that accompanied a raging wildfire.

On this tour, we will take a trip through Parry Sound history. As we stand atop the Fire Tower, try and reflect on the landscape before you -- and how it has changed and been changed by the people of Parry Sound.

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Organisateur

On This Spot

The On This Spot app takes people on guided walking tours through the history that surrounds them.

At each stop on their journey users will find themselves standing on the spot a historic photo was taken. They can view a then and now photo comparison, use the built in camera to create their own, and read about local history and how it ties into the broader human experience.

Based in Vancouver, On This Spot is working with heritage, tourism, and business organizations across Canada to expand the app's coverage.

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