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Your Heritage Waterloo Region

What is Waterloo Region's "heritage"? Is it the German Mennonites? The British pioneers? The aboriginal people of the Six Nations? Does our heritage include newer cultural influences from Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, South America, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe? Or is it our industrial and corporate story: milling, Schneider's, insurance, or the Blackberry?

Yes.

Your Heritage Waterloo Region (YHWR) is about all of these things, and many more. It's about you, your neighbourhood, your community and organizations. Your Heritage Waterloo Region is a doorway to all the elements that give this Region a rich and complex flavour. Here, individuals and groups can explore every aspect of the unique spectrum of Waterloo Region, sharing their stories, ideas and r...

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At the Farmers' Inn

At the Farmers' InnThis is an example of stagecraft. The setting quite closely resembles St. Jacobs, Ontario in the 1920s. Using photographs from that era I was able to compose a backdrop for the various activities. I have gathered a large archive of historic photographs over the years and from these I am able to extract characters. Using a bit of creativity I insert these "actors" into the background that I have dreamed up. I suppose a painting like this could be compared to a shot from a movie...