Discovering Ontario · Drawing 02 of 32
The Buxton Schoolhouse
North Buxton · Ontario
This schoolhouse helps keep Buxton’s history alive. Black families seeking freedom built a community here where learning had an important place.
Did you know?
The Buxton settlement was founded in 1849.
Look together
What helps you recognize an old schoolhouse?
An idea to try
Draw three things you would like to learn at school.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Buxton developed with people who had escaped slavery in the United States and abolitionist allies. Education helped shape this Black community. The surviving schoolhouse is part of the historic site. The visitors in the drawing are contemporary and imagined. Gaining freedom did not mean that racism disappeared.
Look together: What helps you recognize an old schoolhouse? Draw three things you would like to learn at school.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Parks Canada: Buxton Settlement National Historic SitePlace, history or natural feature described on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
