Town Park: A Community Storybook A Community Storybook Aurora Museum & Archives
The Aurora Legion held an annual summer carnival in Town Park from 1946-1959. This advertisement is from their first carnival in Town Park which offered a day full […]
Along with a midway, sporting events and various carnival style games the “Mammoth firework demonstration” was a central event at the Lions annual Victoria Day celebration in Town Park.
Arctic Adventure made its debut in 2002 at Town Park and it quickly became an annual February event for the community. The event was briefly moved to Aurora’s […]
Concerts in the Park were originally held on Sunday evenings from 7-9pm. The popular series was moved to Wednesdays in 2003 and offer Aurorans a wide range of musical […]
Theresa Larouche talks about attending the Concerts in the Park when her children were younger. Transcript Theresa: Before what I really liked about it, especially when he was younger… when […]
In anticipation of an increase in population due to the arrival of the railway in 1853, John Mosley subdivided his land into building lots. The area of Town […]
Michelle Dakin and her father Doug Dakin reflect on the importance of the softball league to Town Park and the culture that revolves around it. Transcript Michelle: Every […]
Town Park was the site for the joyous VE Day celebrations that took place on May 7, 1945.
This clipping is from the July 7, 1899 issue of the Aurora Banner. It was used as a heading under which a report of Aurora’s annual Dominion Day celebrations […]
In 1896 Aurora joined the York District Football League. The league played Association Football (Soccer) and was comprised of teams from Aurora, Kettleby, King City, Nobleton, Markham, Ellesmere, Woodbridge […]
Reflections on Aurora’s time as a ‘dry town’ and the emergence of Town Park’s Band Shell bootlegger. Transcript Helen: The band shell at the town park was the place […]
Rob Treacher of the Queen’s York Rangers shares his memory of performing drills in the Town Park and surrounding area. The Queen’s York Rangers were based out of […]
