2017 – Pinhey's Point Foundation

EXHIBITS: Commemorating 1867 and 1967, and 1917

The origins and significance of domestic Gothic architecture in Ottawa (May 14–October 8)

Ottawa the Capital and Ottawa the City come together as civil, ecclesiastical, Parliamentary and a revolutionary residential Gothic transformed rough frontier Bytown into a City of Ottawa worthy of being the capital of a new nation.

A circa 1872 black-and-white stereoview image of Earnscliffe, erected in 1857, the first of Ottawa's pinwheel floorplan villas. It was later the home of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. — Earnscliffe, c. 1872, the first of Ottawa’s pinwheel floorplan villas (Stiff Bros. stereoview, LAC, Topley fonds, PA-012694)

Pinhey’s Point meets the Sixties (August 1–October 8)

The National Capital Commission purchase of the Pinhey property was announced in 1959, with plans for Centennial restoration and a steamboat to Aylmer. Explore with us what happened – and what didn’t.

A black-and-white photo of a group of Pinhey family members at the unveiling of the original "Hon. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey" plaque at Horaceville, 1967 — Pinhey family members at the unveiling of the original Historic Sites plaque “Hon. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey” at Horaceville, 1967 (Courtesy Daphne Snelgrove)

Intimate views of Vimy (June 23–October 8)

The Vimy Memorial names 11,285 Canadians missing in France, one of Ottawa’s Pinhey family among them. Follow a devoted sister as she tries to learn his fate. And visit with another family member who came to Vimy as a student pilgrim in 1936.

A 1936 black-and-white photo of the two towers of the Vimy Memorial in France taken by student Juanita Snelgrove during an Overseas Education League tour of England and France (PPF Collections, Gift of Juanita Snelgrove) — Vimy Memorial, France, 1936 (PPF Collections, Gift of Juanita Snelgrove)

TRAVELLING EXHIBITS

Remedies, Elixirs and Medical Men and Songs of the Allies

Department of History, 4th Floor Paterson Hall, Carleton University, to April 30

Meet the Gentry and Whose Astrolabe?

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference, Algonquin College, Ottawa, June 16–18

Meet the Gentry

Dunrobin Community Assn, 1151 Thomas A. Dolan Parkway, July 1

The Pinhey Family at War, 1914–1918

New St Mary’s Anglican Church, 2574 Sixth Line Road, Dunrobin, November 12

EVENTS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVENTS

With the cooperation of our City partners the PPF is again conducting two digs at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site in 2017. The weekend of June 24–25 will continue work at the stone stable site. There will be opportunities for field work with cleaning and identifying objects as well as participating in the dig site. The second event August 19–20 will be an official event for Archaeology Month with expanded activities.

PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES: Vimy Centenary & First World War commemorations

(Admission free. Refreshments will follow each lecture.)

Vimy: Beyond the Battle (Monday July 17, 7 p.m. at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site)

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Canadian War Museum presents the special exhibition Vimy: Beyond the Battle. Dr Mélanie Morin-Pelletier will describe the experience of curating this exhibition that sheds light on how and why Canadians commemorate by exploring private and collective memories of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War, and more recent conflicts.

A colour photo of a model of Canada's Vimy Memorial in France in the Canadian War Museum's 2017 exhibit "Vimy: Beyond the Battle", which marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (B.E.). — Model of Canada’s Vimy Memorial in France in the Canadian War Museum’s 2017 exhibit “Vimy: Beyond the Battle”, which marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (B.E.)

Dr Mélanie Morin-Pelletier is Historian: War and Society at the Canadian War Museum.

A colour photo of guest speaker Dr Mélanie Morin-Pelletier, Historian: War and Society, at the Canadian War Museum — Dr Mélanie Morin-Pelletier

Designing the West Carleton War Memorial (Monday August 21, 7 p.m. at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site)

At the base of Falldown Lane, immortalized in bronze, a young Canadian soldier sits quietly among the ruins of war reading a letter from home. Each year at the 11^th hour of the 11^th month a shadow, our shadow, falls across the names of the fallen and a Morse Code message spread across the pavement calls us to Remember… Malcolm Wildeboer looks forward to bringing to light the many layers of thought and design behind the making of this new memorial.

A colour photo of the moving sculpture by Ron Cowle of Lanark of a sitting soldier reading a letter from home, part of the impressive West Carleton War Memorial site in Carp designed by South March architect Malcolm Wildeboer. (B.E.) — The moving sculpture by Ron Cowle of Lanark of a soldier reading a letter from home, part of the impressive West Carleton War Memorial site in Carp designed by architect Malcolm Wildeboer. (B.E.)

Malcolm Wildeboer is an architect with Vandenberg & Wildeboer Associates, South March.

A colour photo of guest speaker Malcolm Wildeboer, an architect with Vandenberg & Wildeboer Associates, South March — Malcolm Wildeboer

To view the Foundation’s current exhibits and events: Current

To view our other past exhibits and events: Exhibit/Event Archive