History
The museum occupies a historically significant air base first established by the Ontario Provincial Air Service in 1924. The Centre's operating revenues are derived from sales from the gift shop, admission fees, and membership dues. The centre does not rely on operating support from the public funds, though corporate costs associated with artifacts and displays have been partially funded through corporate donations and tourist infrastructure programmes. Continued support ensures a strong future and on site development and expansion of the CBHC.
The centre also operates the Sault Ste. Marie Water Aerodrome (46°30′13″N 084°19′30″W / 46.50361°N 84.325°W / 46.50361; -84.325 (Sault Ste. Marie Water Aerodrome)).
The CBHC hosted the 13th annual Bushplane days on September 20 and 21, 2008, a weekend of fun and activities to embrace and appreciate the history of bush planes and firefighting. Named one of Canada's top 100 festivals, Bushplane days is quickly becoming a landmark of Ontario summers.
Wings and Wheels 4th annual car show took place at the CBHC on June 15, 2008.
Read more about this topic: Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“When the landscape buckles and jerks around, when a dust column of debris rises from the collapse of a block of buildings on bodies that could have been your own, when the staves of history fall awry and the barrel of time bursts apart, some turn to prayer, some to poetry: words in the memory, a stained book carried close to the body, the notebook scribbled by hand—a center of gravity.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews—Micah, Isaiah, and the rest—who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)