Orillia Matters Feature: From the Museum Collection
Written by Fred Blair James Jethro Hatley was born in England in 1844 and arrived in Canda in 1867. In 1871, he purchased 143-149 Mississaga Street East. He may have built the building presently at that location that year, but the year of its construction is...
Qennefer Browne
Written by Don Ross, OMAH Founder The Founder/Visionary we recognize today is the late Qennefer Browne. The late Qennefer Browne was born in Toronto in 1937, the only child of Canadian sculptors Emanuel Hahn and Orillia-born Elizabeth Wyn Wood. For more than 50 years,...
Ted Duncan
Written by Trish Crowe-Grande, OMAH History Committee The Founder/Visionary we recognize today is Ted Duncan In 2015, after serving 40 years with the Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club, Ted Duncan, wanted to be involved with the community in another way. At OMAH,...