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…transforming the hidden history in every community and organization into a suite of heritage products and experiences before it is lost to Time.

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Annual Community Heritage Ontario

Peter Lockyer

The annual Community Heritage Ontario conference took place in Prince Edward County, June 19-21, 2025.

The event brings together heritage organizations, advocates, municipal planners, architectural firms, and restoration experts to share ideas and experiences.

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EVENT: Celebrating Hockey History for Heritage Week

Peter Lockyer

The 1958/59 Belleville McFarlands World Champion Hockey Team BELLEVILLE – The City of Belleville’s Glanmore National Historic Site, part of the Community Services Department, is celebrating Belleville’s hockey heritage with a special presentation on Feb. 21 about the history of hockey in Belleville and the story of the Belleville McFarlands

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Every community has its tales to tell.

We transform the hidden history within communities and organizations into a suite of “popular history” products – events and experiences, tours, lectures, re-enactments, plays, crafts, public art, documentary features, and other specialty products – to tell these old stories to the world.

Why History Matters

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There are new audiences for these old stories.

Peter Lockyer,
History Lives Here Inc.

We believe history has to be something you can eat; something you can drink; something you experience. Most importantly, it needs to be something you can sell if we are to create new revenues for heritage organizations.

Our projects create more than products retailed to consumers year-round. They foster new synergies through community partnerships among non-profit groups, businesses and local governments for a “sum of our parts” collective approach to celebrating history. They harness collective capacities and existing sales networks for marketing impact. And they establish local heritage as a significant economic driver.

History makes money in many places in the world.
It can in your community, too.

What's your story? We can help you bring it to life.

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What Our Clients Are Saying

“Peter and his History Lives Here team are the driving force behind many public education initiatives and restoration projects in historic Prince Edward County, Ontario. Their series of short features on area history - The History Moments - has engaged audiences at our local theatre playing before every movie since 2009 and helping to awaken the community to the history that is all around us - and the need to preserve it. The series, their summer walking tours of historic Picton, and their History Nights’ lectures at venues throughout the region share this rich history with our many tourism visitors, new residents, and students. As a former TVO broadcast executive and current member of county council, I appreciate their enormous contribution to telling the stories of this special place.”
Bill RobertsPEC Councillor
"I highly recommend Peter Lockyer’s tour of Picton, “History Lives Here.” Peter is a local historian/guide and an exceptional story-teller. His enthusiasm for his subject is contagious; his stories are memorable; his memory is prodigious. I have taken many guided tours over the years. Rarely have I found a guide as engaging and knowledgeable as Peter. Not to be missed!"
Jon Yardney
"We still talk about Peter and this experience! For me, a visit to a new place becomes a deep and enriching experience when coupled with some knowledge and understanding of where I am and what has come before. And when information comes not as dry facts, easily forgotten, but in a fascinating and engaging way from a person with broad and deep knowledge and a phenomenal memory, the holiday becomes brighter and the inspiration to learn more lingers."
Carolyn Eisen

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