Tag: Collingwood Museum

Collingwood Shipbuilders Hockey History–Blame Mickey!

In 1915, the Collingwood Shipbuilders faced the Hamilton Tigers. After being “slipped a mickey” between periods, the Shipbuilders fought through bleary eyes and battered bodies to write one of the most storied chapters in Collingwood’s hockey history.
Script by Ken Maher, Stories from Another Day, a Collingwood Museum Podcast. Photos courtesy of the Collingwood Museum.

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Collingwood Train Station – Off the Rails

From its vibrant beginnings as a railway hub to the eventual silence of the tracks, this is the story of how a humble settlement became intertwined with the iron veins of the Canadian railway, leaving a legacy that still echoes through the trails of Collingwood today.
Script by Ken Maher, Stories from Another Day, a Collingwood Museum Podcast, photos courtesy of the Collingwood Museum.

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White Hurricane – The Great Storm of 1913

In the deadliest event in the history of Great Lakes Navigation, a four-day storm, struck with relentless force in November 1913. The storm left in its wake 19 vessels lost and an estimated 248 sailors killed.

Script by Ken Maher, Historical photos courtesy of the Collingwood Museum.

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