Cabin in the Woods Campaign Museums of Mississauga

Cabin in the Woods Campaign

Museums of Mississauga

At one point in time, the log cabin was the most common building in what is now Mississauga….. … but they are very rare today!

Boy Scout Log Cabin located at 21 Front Street

originally built near Mono Mills, as early as the 1830s ??

A Centennial Project….

• moved to current location at 21 Front Street in 1967 as a Rover’s Centennial Project

• used by 4th Port Credit Scouts for many years

• more recently used for the “Salmon Hunt”

Original Cabin interior…

Slated for demolition in 2002 Owned by Scouts Canada,

and located on City-owned property, the cabin was in poor repair and slated for demolition in 2002

No viable Port Credit location found, so support grew for idea of moving it to Bradley Museum site

A group of neighbours asked the City to investigate the possibility of saving the cabin….

In June 2003, City Council passed the following recommendation:“That the Community Services Department in

association with Ron Lenyk, Publisher of Mississauga News and the Museums Joint Fundraising Committee, be directed to proceed with the fundraising campaign to relocate the Port Credit Log Cabin to the Bradley Museum site.”

The Cabin in the Woods CampaignThe former Bradley Museums Advisory Board and the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga’s Log Cabin Task Force have worked with the Fundraising Committee to successfully raise all the funding and donated goods and services needed to move and restore the cabin.

Friends of the Museums of Mississauga

The Vision of the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga is to promote, strengthen and support the Museums of Mississauga.

The Mission of the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga is to engage volunteers and enhance community awareness through promotion, participation and fundraising to ensure the integrity of the Museums.

Log Cabin Task Force of the Friends of the Museums

Ron Lenyk, Publisher of the Mississauga News, has chaired our Fundraising Campaign

Mississauga News and Booster have provided excellent coverage of the project

Mississauga News Pancake Days at Maple Magic!

Sponsored photos with Santa

Photos with Santa….

Photos with Santa raised over $12,000

FINAL time in Port Credit was held on Saturday, December 9th!!

Pancake Sales at Maple Magic….

Starlight Galas!

Bradley Advisory Board’s Starlight and Candlelight Galas have contributed almost $40,000!

Bradley Museum is the Future Home of the Port Credit Log Cabin

Special thanks to the following for their generous support of this community project:

Amazing support from Corporate Partners

St. Lawrence Cement is providing a full, installed basement for the project in addition to ongoing event sponsorships

PetroCanada made a major cash donation to project as well as providing ongoing security patrols at Bradley Museum

Fram Building Group are donating their Project Management services to the project, as well as “encouraging” many of their own suppliers and contractors to support the cabin ‘pro bono’

Taking the project through all the necessary steps of design, engineering, permits, contruction

The Pendle Fund of the Community Foundation of Mississauga provided a grant

Kenaidan Contractors donated labour to install basement

Project Architect: Michael Spaziani Architect Inc.

Mechanical Engineer: CBM Group Ltd.

Structural Engineer: Blackwell Bowick Partnership Limited

Cabin location at Bradley Site....

Cabin nearing completion…..

Project Plans

The cabin will retain its rustic and historic ambience Will be used for educational and children’s groups

programs, ‘sleepovers’, meeting and social rentals, special events, etc.

A2 Occupancy under Building Code

The cabin will enhance all we do…

.. and help us to better convey a real sense of the past…

Our Vision

The Museums of Mississauga will be a leading presence in the innovative sharing and

collecting of Mississauga's heritage.

The Museums of Mississauga’s mission is to offer lifelong learning experiences,

through engaging programs and the responsible stewardship of our heritage collections and sites.

Our Mission

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Bradley Museum 1620 Orr Road

Mississauga

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Mississauga

Visit us soon….