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The Village at Black Creek

Open-air museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	The Village at Black Creek
image	In the shade (1247127124).jpg
established
location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
type	Historic site
map_type	Canada Toronto
map_caption	Location of the museum in Toronto
coordinates
publictransit	Pioneer Village station
owner	Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
website

The Village at Black Creek, previously Black Creek Pioneer Village, and before that Dalziel Pioneer Park, is an open-air heritage museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The village is located in the North York district of Toronto, just west of York University and southeast of the Jane and Steeles intersection. It overlooks Black Creek, a tributary of the Humber River. The village is a recreation of life in 19th-century Ontario and gives an idea how rural Ontario might have looked in the early-to-mid-19th century. The village is a regular destination for field trips by schoolchildren from the Greater Toronto Area. It was opened in 1960 and is operated by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Napier Simpson, a restoration architect in Ontario devoted his professional life to raising public awareness of the importance of heritage conservation including the Black Creek Pioneer Village project.

Collection

Main article: List of Village at Black Creek buildings

Taylor's Cooperage; this one-and-a-half-storey timber frame structure with board and batten.

The pioneer village consists of over forty 19th century buildings, decorated in the style of the 1860s with period furnishings. It is operated by historical interpreters and craftspeople housed in the restored buildings. The site also features historical re-enactments and visiting artisans, along with an annual Mennonite fair. Buildings include the Dalziel Barn, period houses, the original Stong family farm buildings, a water-powered grist mill, a general store, a blacksmith's shop along with over ten other trades buildings, a hotel, a church, and a one-room schoolhouse. A core of buildings built by the Stong family are on their original sites, while others have been moved in from across Southern Ontario.

The majority of the buildings were moved from their original sites (notably the large Halfway House and Mennonite Meeting House), and some re-built on their current locations. The board and batten blacksmith shop was originally built in the 1850s in Nobleton. The gunsmith shop was built in Bolton, and the Taylor Cooperage building was built in the 1850s in Paris. The weaver shop is within what was originally a Temperance Hall built in Kettleby in 1850 by the Sons of Temperance. The Roblin Mill has been relocated from Ameliasburgh.

Affiliations

The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Canadian Heritage Information Network, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.

Future

Ontario premier Doug Ford said on August 23, 2019, that the Ontario government has no plans to close the village, despite the government's instructions to conservation authorities in Ontario to wind down activities unrelated to protecting watersheds and drinking water or preventing floods.

In September 2023, Black Creek Pioneer Village announced that it would be renamed the Village at Black Creek by the first quarter of 2024. The decision was made by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) Board of Directors. The facility will also be expanding its museum and visitor centre.

References

McGee, Nancy Lynn. (2013). "Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States". Springer Netherlands.
(July 17, 2012). "TTC names new subway station for Black Creek Pioneer Village". [[The Toronto Star]].
(2011). "History". [[Toronto and Region Conservation Authority]].
"Plaque Information - B. Napier Simpson, Jr. 1925-1978". [[Ontario Heritage Trust]].
(2000). "Black Creek Pioneer Village: Toronto's Living History Village". Dundurn.
Kopun, Francine. "Doug Ford says Black Creek Pioneer Village won't be shut down". The Toronto Star.
Landau, Jack. "Big Changes Coming to Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto". BlogTO.
Landau, Jack. "Big Changes Coming to Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto". BlogTO.

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