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1. • • Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson are the owners of the Sheffield Park Black History Museum.
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     Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson keep history alive at Sheffield ...

2. www.collingwoodtoday.ca › local-news › black-history'Black history is Canadian history,' say founders of local museum

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   Feb 10, 2020 · Sylvia and Carolynn Wilson are the owners and operators of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday. A few family photos etched on small rectangles of tin began a collection that would not only reflect black history and culture in the area but would also help preserve historical sites across the region.

3. www.collingwoodtoday.ca › local-news › local-blackLocal Black museum telling the 'stories before slavery'

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   Feb 7, 2022 · Sylvia Wilson, who co-owns and operates the Sheffield Park Black History Museum in Clarksburg with her sister Carolynn Wilson, has been posting stories of Black Pharaohs and Queens this week for the museum’s Facebook page.

4. www.sheffieldparkblackhistory.com › aboutusSheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   About Us. Carolynn. Welcome to Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum! My name is Carolynn Wilson and I am the curator and co-owner of Sheffield Museum. This is where the history of early Black pioneers and settlers in Simcoe and Grey Counties is preserved, restored and experienced.

5. www.escarpmentmagazine.ca › community › preservingPreserving & Celebrating Black History - Escarpment Magazine

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   Jan 5, 2024 · Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson, whose ancestors were some of the first to settle in Collingwood in the late 1700s, are co-owners, curators, and caretakers of Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum in Clarksburg.

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6. www.simcoe.com › opinion › sheffield-park-blackSheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum welcomes ...

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   Feb 17, 2023 · Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson are co-owners of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. - Carolynn Wilson photos

7. www.collingwood.ca › council-government › newsBlack History Month in the Town of Collingwood

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   6 days ago · Black History Month has been a time identified to celebrate and honour the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians in shaping Canada’s rich cultural heritage and identity. The Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum curated and co-owned by Carolynn Wilson and Sylvia Wilson preserves the history of black pioneers and ...

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   Who owns Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum?

   • Sylvia and Carolynn Wilson are the owners and operators of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday A few family photos etched on small rectangles of tin began a collection that would not only reflect black history and culture in the area but would also help preserve historical sites across the region.

   'Black history is Canadian history,' say founders of local museum

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   Why did Howard Sheffield come to Collingwood?

   • It was the dream of Howard Sheffield to gather and preserve the history of his ancestors and share with the family. Community friends also became interested in the history of the black pioneers and settlers of Collingwood and the surrounding areas.

   Sheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   What happened to Sheffield Park Museum?

   • Interest increased and various cultural artifacts were donated to Howard's project. Sheffield Park Museum now became Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum. The museum includes pioneer life and times, the social networking of a community and the preservation of past generations.

   Sheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   What is Sheffield Museum?

   • Sheffield Museum is the telling of a community life, of whites and blacks co-existing from Africa to America, from slavery to freedom, from the past to the future. We are the link. Come, walk with me through time, reach out and touch history. You will never experience anything like Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum!

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   Where is the Black History Museum located in Collingwood?

   • In earlier years, our family had acquired property on Long Point Road, on the outskirts of Collingwood, and the seeds for our museum were sown. Several used school portables were purchased from Base Borden and renovated to showcase articles, stories and other details of Black history.

   Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum welcomes visitors to

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   When did the Canadian Black History Museum move to Clarksburg?

   • In 2008, the museum relocated to Clarksburg where we welcome visitors to experience the Canadian Black history journey. The museum features 18 buildings, including four large granite monuments. One stone is engraved with the family names of early Black settlers of Simcoe and Grey counties.

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9. www.midlandtoday.ca › local-news › series-historicSERIES: Historic Black cemeteries were often desecrated

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   Feb 14, 2023 · They forcibly removed the original Black settlers, many of whom relocated to Collingwood, Owen Sound, Oro Township and elsewhere. The “darky cemetery” fell into disuse and neglect in the 1880s. In the early 1930s, the gravestones were removed.