Things to do in Brantford & Around
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Brantford Sports Hall of Recognition
The shining gem at the heart of the Gretzky Centre is the Brantford Sports Hall of Recognition. Memorabilia from dozens of local track-and-field, football, lacrosse and wrestling stars line the walls, but who wants to know about them? What you’re here for is Wayne ‘The Great One’ Gretzky’s permanent display. Gretz honed his game on the backyard hockey rink at his childhood Brantford home before shattering the NHL record books and blitzing his way to four Stanley Cups.
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Woodland Cultural Centre
The Woodland Cultural Centre triples-up as an indigenous performance space, cultural museum and art gallery. Exhibits follow a timeline from prehistoric Iroquoian and Algonquian exhibits through to contemporary indigenous art. The attached shop stocks beautifully made basketry and jewelry, plus books, ceramics and paintings. Call or check the website for the latest lecture, gallery talk and performance dates.
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Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks
Captain Brant’s tomb is on the grounds of the tiny but exquisite Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks, best visited on sunny afternoons when light streams through the gorgeous stained-glass windows. On the site of the original village, it’s the oldest Protestant church in Ontario (1785) and the world’s only Royal Indian Chapel. To get here, follow the signs off Colborne St E.
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Bell Homestead National Historic Site
Put down your cell phone and listen up: Alexander Graham Bell changed the future of communication when he conceived the first telephone at Bell Homestead National Historic Site on July 26, 1874. Bell’s first North American home has been lovingly restored to original condition. There’s a cafe here, too.
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Chiefswood National Historic Site
Chiefswood National Historic Site was the home of Mohawk poet E Pauline Johnson, whose best-selling Flint & Feather poems reflected a blend of European and aboriginal cultures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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