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The Anchorage
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Open the doors to the 19th century and discover the Bradley Museum. Your journey begins at
our Visitor Centre in The Anchorage, an Ontario Regency style cottage on the
grounds of the museum. Once the retirement home of Royal Navy officer, John Skynner,
the early 19th century home was moved from its original site on the shores of Lake Ontario to
the Bradley Museum in the mid 1970s. The Anchorage now houses changing exhibits, gift
shop, meeting room, administrative offices and collections storage space.
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The Bradley House
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A short walk across the grounds brings you to a small saltbox style farmhouse that was
constructed in 1830 by Lewis and Elizabeth Bradley. After 20 years in a
rugged cabin, this United Empire Loyalist couple and their seven children called this modest
house home. Bradley House opened to the public in 1967. It was originally
restored by the Mississauga Heritage Foundation to reveal the everyday life of early settlers
in Ontario.
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The Log Cabin
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Across the drive, sits the delightful, award-winning Log Cabin, added to
the Bradley Museum site in 2007. Originally slated for demolition at its Port Credit location,
the cabin was rescued and reconstructed through a great community effort, and now offers year
round use for educational programs, meetings, receptions, special events and sleepovers for
children's community groups. The Bradley Museum is owned and operated by the City of
Mississauga, Community Services Department.
Read
more about the log cabin.
Read more about Bradley
Museum click
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Contents:
- About Lewis and Elizabeth Bradley
- Lewis and Elizabeth Bradley's Children
- Move to Upper Canada
- Bradley House Architechture
- United Empire Loyalists
- John Skynner & the
Anchorage click
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