Agricultural Heritage of Trafalgar Township (North Oakville) - our fall Heritage Fair Saturday Sept 27 10am-4pm - FREE admission and Free parking.

Join us Sept 9th @ 7pm at the Palermo Heritage schoolhouse, Oakville. Tom Holbrook will discuss the days when preserving fruits and vegetables was essential for families, to the many shapes and designs that filled kitchens over the years. Bring along any jars you may have and your questions too.

"Agricultural in Trafalgar Township" visit us and step back into our farming past! A local Fair like experience with some history! There is lots of room at the old Schoolhouse in Palermo, Oakville, Ontario. Please plan on visiting Sept 27, 2025 10-4pm
More information at tths.ca/heritage-day...

Discover the Story of Home Canning Sept 9 7pm at Palermo's heritage schoolhouse (Oakville-Dundas/Brock)
Preserving the harvest was a matter of necessity. Local historian Tom Holbrook takes us back to when preserving food meant skill, ingenuity, and often, trial and error. After, we'll have a Q&A.

Trafalgar Township Historical Society was at the Glenorchy Community Festival 27 July 2025! A well done event, lots of fun, even free ice cones! The Teacher was demonstrating the finer points of bell ringing and our country farm maid was hard at work washing the clothes. Great fun for all

We'll be at the Glenorchy Fair July 27th! We will have the;
-"Teaching Master" from the Old Palermo school
-Wash clothes, make some bubbles, as they did 100 years ago
-A selection of early school books for sale
-Recipes
Have some fun and meet your local historical society in north Oakville!

Happy Canada Day 2025

Halton Peel Genealogical Society (Ontario Ancestors) will have noted speaker John McDonald presenting "The Temperance Movement". To be held at the the Brampton Public Library on Sunday May 25 at 2pm,

Author/historian John McDonald shares the story of Halton's County Court House/Gaol, built in 1853. A tale about the people, politics and drama behind this historic building—home to early county plans, major court cases, and even Halton’s only public hangings-at Palermo's schoolhouse in Oakville

On Saturday, May 24, 2025 11am-7pm it's a day of food, culture & performances at the Asian Heritage Festival, Fowley Park, 106 Fowley Dr, Oakville! @scottxieaj & @navnandaward7 Hosted by the Asian Heritage Society
Bring your family and celebrate Oakville’s vibrant diversity.

Speaker Night: Join us on Tue. April 1, 2025 at 7pm in the Palermo Heritage schoolhouse in Oakville. It's the 1st of a 3-part series on invasions of Canada - from l'Ancien Regime to Louis Riel. Dave Hobden will be our speaker.

Attended Heritage Week Celebration event Feb 25 at Oakville Town Hall and learned more about Oakville's Heritage Designation Project. All of Oakville's historical societies attended to show their support.

Thanks to Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst and her colleagues for doing a great job last night speaking on “Conserving Oakville’s Rural Settler Heritage”.
To those who attended many thanks for the engagement, bringing pictures, stories and questions to the Event!
We look forward to our next gathering

The old Palermo Schoolhouse was busy last night (4 Feb 2025) with a seminar on “Conserving Oakville’s Rural Settler Heritage” The focus on North Oakville gave us an overview of how the town identifies and helps protect these properties. We look forward to our next gathering.

On Feb 4, 2025 at 7pm in Oakville's heritage 1-room Palermo schoolhouse our speaker topic is "Conserving Oakville's Rural Settler Heritage". Please join us: 2431 Dundas Street West Oakville, Ontario

Thanks to Gordon Good for his presentation on the "The Founding of Upper and Lower Canada" on November 5th at the restored heritage Palermo schoolhouse in North Oakville

We would like to thank our contributors, sponsors, and participants at our successful Heritage Day, September 28, 2024 held at the restored Palermo schoolhouse in North Oakville.