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Centre Island Farm is a big deal for children raised in the city to see a typical working Ontario farm containing all the animals and their young whic(...)
Centre Island Farm is a big deal for children raised in the city to see a typical working Ontario farm containing all the animals and their young whic(...)

Centre Island Farm is a big deal for children raised in the city to see a typical working Ontario farm containing all the animals and their young whic(...)

Date6/27/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Centre Island Farm is a big deal for children raised in the city to see a typical working Ontario farm containing all the animals and their young which the children can pet. There's even a farmer and a big tractor that the children can sit on. There are geese and ponies; pigs and horses - all the animals that can be found on any farm. Even the ferry ride to the island can be an adventure for the young - and it only costs adults 25 cents and children 10 cents a return trip.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113888F
A place to learn: Britannia Farm, in the heart of Mississauga, is home to a special project that offers Peel school children a hands-on learning experience of caring for the animals and land
A place to learn: Britannia Farm, in the heart of Mississauga, is home to a special project that offers Peel school children a hands-on learning experience of caring for the animals and land
10/11/1991
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
1851
Animals everywhere: Sandy Mitchell, who has cerebral paisy, redesigned his farm to cater to the disabled
Animals everywhere: Sandy Mitchell, who has cerebral paisy, redesigned his farm to cater to the disabled
11/1/1991
A collection of animals greet millionaire Paul Durish and his family and friends as they arrive at the Erin farm Durish has transformed into a wild li(...)
A collection of animals greet millionaire Paul Durish and his family and friends as they arrive at the Erin farm Durish has transformed into a wild li(...)
8/13/1973
John Holer. He's a Yugoslavian who came here at 22 without a penny. But a love for animals: adventure and business drove him to create the famed Marineland and Game Farm
John Holer. He's a Yugoslavian who came here at 22 without a penny. But a love for animals: adventure and business drove him to create the famed Marineland and Game Farm
4/14/1983
Peter pumpkin-eater would love these beauties, Andrew Wannop, 6 and his sister Alison, 3, admire some of the Big max pumpkins raised by their mother on their Markham farm
Peter pumpkin-eater would love these beauties, Andrew Wannop, 6 and his sister Alison, 3, admire some of the Big max pumpkins raised by their mother on their Markham farm
9/23/1986
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
2/17/1978
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
No boy can resist the rope ladder climb to the tree house in the older children's playground at the Canadian Creative Centre at Expo. Playground, whic(...)
No boy can resist the rope ladder climb to the tree house in the older children's playground at the Canadian Creative Centre at Expo. Playground, whic(...)
8/8/1967
Old Fort York, Toronto International Airport and the farm at Centre Island are some children's summer favorites
Old Fort York, Toronto International Airport and the farm at Centre Island are some children's summer favorites
5/6/1967
Domesticated and wild animals : a book for young children
Domesticated and wild animals : a book for young children
1856
Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
5/9/1969