Into A New Century

 One last look inside St. Onuphrius for this visit.

This is the typical uniform of a maid in the Canadian west at the turn of the 20th century.

Eatons was a retail company that did much of its business through catalogues, helpful in the vastness of Canada. The descendants of its founder in recent years blundered the company into going out of business. 

Some of its items of that period are seen in this display case.

In the west, temperance groups flourished.

The path to the third and final gallery ascends a long and graceful ramp that winds around the central hub. Down below on the floor is a physical relief map of Canada.

This gallery goes from 1914 to the current day.

At the time, Canada was still very much part of the British empire.

This display case includes a bust of Wilfrid Laurier, whose tenure as PM spanned the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century.

Canada was involved in the First World War from the beginning, sending a large amount of its population to war. One in ten would not make it home.

This is the uniform jacket of Sergeant Alexander Reid, who served with bravery and distinction during the Great War.