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Beechwood's Annual Historical Walking Tour

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A themed tour with the theme changing each year. Costumed actors perform vignettes about some of the individuals featured on the tour.

  1. Our Lumber Barons – 1995
  2. Arts and Literature – 1996
  3. Sports – 1997
  4. Military and Law Enforcement – 1998
  5. Past Mayors of Ottawa and Bytown – 1999
  6. Notable Passages – 2000
  7. Paths of Healing and Discovery – 2001
  8. Our Canadian Pride – 2002
  9. Our Lumber Barons – 2003
  10. The Knights of Beechwood – 2004
  11. 150th Celebration of the City of Ottawa – 2005
  12. Military – 2006
  13. Poets and Journalists– 2007
  14. Women of Beechwood – 2008
  15. Journalists of Beechwood – 2009
  16. Photographers of Beechwood - 2010
  17. Hockey Heroes at Beechwood – 2011
  18. The Performing Arts at Beechwood – 2012
  19. The War of 1812 – 2013
  20. The First World War – 2014
  21. Adventurers and Explorers – 2015
  22. Policing in Canada – 2016
  23. Life in 1867 – 2017
  24. Back to the Future – 2018
  25. Unsung Heroes – 2019
  26. Doctors and Nurses - 2020
  27. Coming Home (WW2) – 2021
  28. Influential Women - 2022  - Beechwood’s Annual Historical Tour – Influential Women Video
  29. A Walk through 150 Years - 2023 - Beechwood’s Annual Historical Tour – A Walk through 150 Years Video 
  30. One Earth - 2024 - Beechwood’s Annual Living Library – One Earth Video
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