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Feb 10, 2020 · Collingwood residents share their story - and their family's legacy - as founders of the Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Sylvia and Carolynn Wilson are the owners and operators of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday.
Feb 13, 2021 · Ildia Sheffield and her husband Wilfred (grandparents to Carolynn and Sylvia) were cooks on several Great Lakes Ships during the 1930s and 40s, and they opened Sheffield's Cedar Inn Restaurant in Collingwood.
Feb 14, 2008 · As North America celebrate Black History Month, one of Collingwood's best-known black historians has died.
Jan 5, 2024 · The preservation of local Black history was a lifelong dream of Howard Sheffield, founder of Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum. Today his vision is carried on by his nieces Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson—direct descendants of early Black settlers in Southern Georgian Bay.
Feb 14, 2008 · As North America celebrate Black History Month, one of Collingwood's best-known black historians has died.
For more than 35 years, Collingwood residents Wilfred and Ildia Sheffield worked as cooks on several Great Lakes ships. During the early 1900s, shipping was an important economic industry for Collingwood and provided employment opportunities for Black residents and a means of travel and connection to other communities along Georgian Bay.
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Nov 15, 2021 · Proud to serve. The Sheffield family served in the CEF and in the Second World War. We are getting students to learn about them. Some are unable to read cursive. If anyone on this one age is willing...
