Skip to content

Postcard Memories

POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Mudhen's' final trip a sad day for local train aficionados

POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Mudhen's' final trip a sad day for local train aficionados

In 1960, the final steam train left Midland station after 80 years of serving the town
POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Midland's photographer' captured town's enfance

POSTCARD MEMORIES: 'Midland's photographer' captured town's enfance

'J.W. Bald’s work is a complete record of the life, work and play of small-town Ontario,' notes Huronia Museum, which has large collection of his photographs, postcards and equipment
POSTCARD MEMORIES: After 120 years, Knox congregration bids church adieu

POSTCARD MEMORIES: After 120 years, Knox congregration bids church adieu

In the 1920s, the congregation numbered more than 300 people as it was a dominant group for Christianity in the region. The current congregration is moving to a smaller location
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Look up, way up! Midland once a ski jumping hotbed

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Look up, way up! Midland once a ski jumping hotbed

'At one time, Midlanders boasted that the town was the centre of ski-jumping activities in Eastern Canada,' museum points out
POSTCARD MEMORIES: When the roaring game came to town

POSTCARD MEMORIES: When the roaring game came to town

Initially the club used natural ice, but in 1933 made the switch to artificial ice by having it piped in underground from the adjacent Arena Gardens
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Icebreaker Alexander Henry once a Midland harbour regular

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Icebreaker Alexander Henry once a Midland harbour regular

Canadian Coast Guard ship built by Port Arthur Ship Building Company in 1959. It's now the centrepiece of the Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Christmas a special time, no matter the year

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Christmas a special time, no matter the year

Huronia Museum and Huron Ouendat Village photo collection shows some of the preparations involved prior to Christmas in 1960
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Soap-box derbies a longtime rite of spring

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Soap-box derbies a longtime rite of spring

Children and their parents often worked together to get the car just right for races in Penetanguishene and Midland.
Easter weekend marks homage to local churches

Easter weekend marks homage to local churches

In Midland, the churches have been at the centre of the community since its inception
Midland's steep streets once provided perfect toboggan runs

Midland's steep streets once provided perfect toboggan runs

Huronia Museum notes that besides super fast toboggan runs, 1936 winter carnival boasted ski hills 'blazed thorugh the bush on the hills north of the Midland-Penetang highway'