Richard MacLeod

Newmarket resident Richard MacLeod — the History Hound — has been a local historian for more than 40 years. He writes a weekly feature about our town's history in partnership with NewmarketToday, conducts heritage lectures and walking tours of local interest, and leads local oral history interviews

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Recent Work by Richard

COLUMN: Were Quakers actually the first abolitionists?

Columnist examines the argument of many history books that places Quakers at forefront of movements to end slavery — and whether that was the case

Aug 25, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: 400-series highways have fuelled region's growth

Area historian takes closer look at 400-series highways and their economic benefits around the GTA

Nov 8, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Area Quakers paid the price for pacifism

Quakers were welcomed as hard workers and community builders, but were regularly jailed or went into hiding to avoid imprisonment for refusing to join military, says history columnist

Oct 21, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Prospect of bypass drives quest to find lost fort

Columnist outlines history of Pine Fort, established by local fur traders, and urgency of finding it before it's paved over for Bradford Bypass

Sep 27, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: The final days of the Avro Arrow

History columnist Richard MacLeod looks back at the final days of the Avro Arrow

Sep 24, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Some of aviation's best minds designed, built Arrow

History columnist Richard MacLeod continues his series on Avro Arrow with an examination of the design and construction of the storied craft

Sep 17, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Our region had direct connection to Avro

History columnist Richard MacLeod kicks off three-part series about the historic aircraft manufacturer dating back to First World War

Sep 9, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Railway helped open up Georgina area to new settlement

Columnist highlights original hamlets along southern shores of Lake Simcoe and how they came to be

Jul 29, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Canada comes with mixed bag of holidays

Columnist highlights complex list of statutory and optional holidays celebrated across the country

May 28, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Victoria Day observed in Canada since 1845

Holiday has always been a distinctly Canadian observance and continues to be celebrated across the country as unofficial start of summer

May 22, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >