Dying Can Be a Pickle

This week the Globe and Mail noted that Oct 21st was the anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson at … More

MacNab’s Inchbuie one of many examples of early settler cemeteries in Hamilton Ontario

  Death doesn’t wait for anyone, in the days before church and city cemeteries, early Hamilton settlers had the practical … More

Soundscape – October winds at Hamilton’s Cootes Paradise

Sir Allan MacNab buried at the family cemetery called Inchbuie, located at Dundurn Castle,Hamilton Ontario

Sir Allan MacNab was buried with: his son (Robert MacNab); his parents (Allan and Anne MacNab); his first wife (Elizabeth … More

Art Post 43 – How the Dead Shape the Landscape

Yr 1862 MacNab dies on Aug 8th at Dundurn Castle, Hamilton Ontario

Odds and Ends – The Dead Shaping Our Urban Landscapes

Odds and Ends – an artist’s notebook Oct 19th – The month of the dead is fast approaching; and before … More

1855 the gardener’s house is built at Dundurn

Sight and Sounds – Bell Line in Burlington Ontario

1855 Legend says MacNab’s mansion becomes Dundurn after gates are installed