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Black Creek Pioneer Village

Accession number: 
1966.0001
Production Years: 
1966

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Length (feet): 
900 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
22
Holding Institutions: 

Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario: 16mm.

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"Re-enactment of the life and surroundings of Black Creek pioneers during the first half of the 19th Century. Included are scenes at the country store, which also served as the post office, pharmacy and social centre."

Bibliography: 

Online Database National Film Board of Canada.
"It is a living museum on the edge of Toronto and a memorial to the resourcefulness of the pioneer families who settled there. Many of them were Pennsylvania German farmers who came to Canada in the early 19th century. The village is shown as it was a hundred years ago."