OJIBWAY HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

BACKGROUND

1996

Ojibway Club board member and Treasurer, Don Kopas, initiates steps to obtain charitable status for the Ojibway Club to allow fundraising to restore buildings and infrastructure.

1998

The Ojibway Club changes its name to Ojibway Heritage Society and Community Centre and adopts charitable objectives. It seeks charitable status from Revenue Canada. The process drags on and multiple rejections are received.

2000

Ojibway Club board member, Stephen Griggs, formulates plan to secure heritage status for buildings and to create a new charity to restore the historically important buildings.

2001

The Ojibway Club retains ERA Architects, Toronto, to prepare an assessment of the architectural importance of the Ojibway buildings and to develop a plan for their restoration.

The Township of the Archipelago, led by councilors Gary French and Roy Schatz, passes by-law designating aspects of the Ojibway Hotel as having architectural and historical value under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Ojibway Historical Preservation Society is formed as a non-profit corporation under the Canada Corporations Act and registered as a charity under the Income Tax Act of Canada.

In December, the Ojibway Historical Preservation Society is formed and enters into a 99-year lease with the Ojibway Club, as landlord, leasing aspects of the building and infrastructure recognized by the township under the Ontario Heritage Act as historically significant.

2002

The Ojibway Historical Preservation Society establishes a relationship with the Royal Oak Foundation, New York, NY, whose mandate is to preserve architectural history around the world and is affiliated with the National Trust of England. The Royal Oak Foundation agrees to support the restoration of the Ojibway buildings using U.S. donor directed donations to the Royal Oak.

2005

The 1998 name Ojibway Heritage Society and Community Centre is changed back to Ojibway Club.

2006

At a gala evening at the Design Exchange in October, the Ojibway Club won the Canadian Wood Council's "Wood Works!" Heritage Award. The Heritage Award is a showcase award for older structures built in wood. The Club won the award for being the nominee that "has (best) preserved a structure that generates a sense of pride in wood projects while encouraging future construction with wood products."

2010

Since being granted charitable status, the Ojibway Historical Preservation Society has raised almost $3,000,000.00 from its generous constituency.

The money has been spent on the complete restoration of the main building and the movie hut; the updating of the cottages and the laundry facility; and the replacement of the septic system, all elecrical systems, fire suppression systems and the docks.

There is still much to do to the grocery store and gift shop, so...

PLEASE CONTINUE TO GIVE GENEROUSLY.

THANK YOU!