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Cragside has featured in an Open University Arts Foundation Course, [129] Jonathan Meades's documentary series Abroad Again in Britain, [130] BBC One's Britain's Hidden Heritage, [131] Glorious Gardens from above, [132] Great Coastal Railway Journeys, [133] Hidden Treasures of the National Trust [134] and ITV's series Inside the National Trust ...
English: Oil painting William Armstrong (1778-1857), father of Baron Armstrong, corn merchant and local politician; Held by the National Trust, Cragside. Depicted people William Armstrong
Sites, Events and Persons are each typically marked by a federal plaque of the same style, but the markers do not indicate which designation a subject has been given. For example, the Rideau Canal is a National Historic Site, while the Welland Canal is a National Historic Event. [7]
On 21 September 1899, by order-in-council it changed its name to the National Trust Company, Limited. In 1900, National acquired the Manitoba Trust Company in Winnipeg, which gave the company its first western office. This was followed by an Edmonton office in 1902, a Saskatoon office in 1905, and a Regina office in 1911.
The National Trust for Canada oversees three properties. In Quebec, the organization holds two properties: One is the Papineau Chapel, a stone memorial chapel built in 1851 by Louis-Joseph Papineau, on the grounds of the Château Montebello in the town of Montebello. It is the National Trust's first property, having been acquired in 1974.
Bead Hill National Historic Site, in eastern Scarborough, became the only National Historic Site in Toronto in the national park system on June 15, 2019, located within Rouge National Urban Park. [4] [5] This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names for these sites.
Exhibition Place is a publicly owned mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown.The 197-acre (80 ha) site includes exhibit, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music buildings, monuments, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites.
Between 1862 and 1865, Armstrong built Cragside, a country house and "shooting box" (hunting lodge) just outside Rothbury, and extended it as a "fairy palace" between 1869 and 1900. The house and its estate are now owned by the National Trust and are open to the public, attracting many visitors to the area.