Tag: Kitchener

The Great Flood of ’74: Cambridge’s Watershed Moment

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Time: Saturday May 4 2024, 9:15 & 10 am (45 min)

Meeting Place: Fire Hall Museum, 56 Dickson Street, Cambridge
Walk Leaders: Fire Hall Volunteers

Join Fire Hall Museum volunteers for an informative 45 minute Jane’s Walk tracing the highlights and high water levels in downtown Cambridge during the Great Flood of ’74.
 
We’ll stop at the corner of Dickson and Ainslie Streets to pay tribute to Police Constable Jack Shuttleworth – whose photo standing waist-deep in water at this intersection was published around the world. It’s a great opportunity to take a selfie with Jack!
 
These Jane’s Walks will leave from the Fire Hall Museum promptly at 9:15 and 10 am. The tours conclude at Idea Exchange – Old Post Office on Water Street. Please note that the tours include hills, stairs and uneven terrain. Participants should dress for the weather. Washrooms are available at the start and end of the tour; there are no washroom facilities available during tour.

In commemoration of the Great Flood that happened 50 years ago this spring, this walk is part of multiple events across Cambridge put on by the Fire Hall Museum.

Check out the full schedule at: https://www.firehallmuseum.ca/greatfloodof74.html

Kitchener: Then, and Now

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When: Sunday May 7, 2023.  11 am – 12 noon Will be cancelled if it’s raining

55 Bramm Street, Kitchener, ON (Free Parking)

Walk Leader: Tim Willcox

We explore former Down Town Kitchener locations, using vintage photos of yesteryear, and compare the old photos to what those locations look like today. Kitchener – Then, and Now

MidTown Green Walk: Climate solutions in your backyard

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Time: Sunday May 7, 2023, 1-2:30 pm

Meeting Place: George Lippert Park, 204 Ahrens St. W (near the playground)

Walk Leader: Ryan Fobel

Many in our community are deeply concerned about the climate crisis. We know that we need to make deep lifestyle changes to reduce our carbon emissions but we feel powerless and intimidated by the scale of the challenge.

Come get inspired by a host of innovative, climate solutions right here in MidTown, including solar power, heat pumps, green driveways, active transportation, urban agriculture and more…

You’ll catch a glimpse of the green transformation that’s well underway in our city. As William Gibson famously said, “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.“

Brewers, Taverns, Hotels and Saloons: Drinking in Berlin/Kitchener History

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Time: Friday May 5, 2023, 6:30 – 8 pm

Meeting Place: TheMuseum, 10 King Street West, Kitchener

Walk Leader: Todd Bowman

Walk through downtown Kitchener exploring the theme of alcohol in its history. Discover the locations and people behind Berlin’s earliest breweries and the various establishments where people gathered to socialize over a drink. Meet interesting people in Berlin history, like the blacksmith who opened the city’s first tavern. Discover places you’ve walked past before or never knew were there, like the hotel whose name changed more times than the city’s did, the brewery that made Canada’s first lager, and the city’s first LCBO that opened after Prohibition. Finally, find out which city accused Waterloo County’s brewers of a major tax evasion scheme that threatened the whole industry!

Marvelous Mt. Hope-Breithaupt Park: From Industrial Past to Innovative Present

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Time: Saturday May 6 2023, 1-2:30 pm

Meeting Place: 72 St. Leger Street (corner of St. Leger & Breithaupt Streets), Kitchener

Walk Leaders: Lane Burman and Ted Parkinson

Ted Parkinson and Lane Burman will lead this walk through the Marvelous Mt. Hope-Breithaupt Park (MHBP) neighbourhood. In only a few blocks, just over a kilometre, we will discuss the history and development of our streets, businesses and industries. MHBP has been central to manufacturing furniture, buttons, tanning, pianos, stereos and more. And it is now a large part of the “innovation” district with software companies and two stops on the ION route. As always, there will be time to meet and talk with neighbours along the way.

This walk is sponsored by the Mount Hope – Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood Association (MHBPNA).