Canadian Automotive Museum

This extremely interesting museum, charts the history of the automobile in Canada, using models, design drawings, photographs and other documents, best of all, its collection of over 80 vintage cars from between 1898 and 1930, including the 1912 McLaughlin Buick.

In 1961, a group of Oshawa businessmen wisely decided to create the Canadian Automotive Museum. The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada and to present this history in an educational and entertaining manner.

The Canadian Automotive Museum has grown in the size of the collection and in the scope of the artifacts displayed. Motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, pianos, washing machines, etc., make up the collection today.

Of course, the automobile is the backbone of the collection. Currently, approximately 65 vehicles dating from 1898 to 1981 are on display.

Through marquees such as Brooks Steam, Redpath, Tudhope, McKay, Galt Gas-Electric, Gray-Dort, Brockville Atlas, C.C.M., as well as many more Canadian-made vehicles, we show the impact the Canadian auto industry has had throughout the years.

We, of course, have vehicles from many other countries such as Rolls Royce, Morris, Amphicar, Ahrens-Fox, Reo, etc. Many, if not all of these, while not made in Canada, have certainly contributed to the development of the auto in Canada.

A recent addition to our collection consists of ten vehicles and the entire library from the now extinct Craven Foundation in Toronto.

In showing a continuing interest in antique autos, Rothmans of Pall Mall donated four of these vehicles and the library to the Canadian Automotive Museum when they found it necessary to close the Craven Foundation.

Our 25,000 sq. ft. building in Oshawa was originally a 1920’s car dealership and is maintained to display that period of architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.

Bicycles, tools, musical instruments, radios, televisions, graphics, photos, etc., relating to the periods of the cars are used throughout the building.

The Museum and Gift Shop are open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. – 364 day a year, closed only on Christmas Day.

Special rates and hours can be arranged for group tours – call for details!

Location:
99 Simcoe Street South
Oshawa, Ontario, L1G 4G7
Phone: 905-576-1222
Fax: 905-576-1223

Visit the Website to Get more details!

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Downtown Oshawa Business Directory

The Downtown Oshawa Business Directory provides basic information on all Businesses that are located in the Downtown Oshawa Corridor.

“There’s always something fun happening in Downtown Oshawa. From unique shopping to fine dining, from family activities to special events, there are over 250 businesses and services offered here. It’s all within walking distance of our historic four corners at King and Simcoe Streets.”

Visit the Oshawa Public Library and McLaughlin Art Gallery. Stroll through our wonderful downtown parks and floral displays. Enjoy a coffee at one of our numerous cafes. Visit the Canadian Automotive Museum and discover classic cars from a bygone era.

Website:  www.DowntownOshawa.ca

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Rileys Old Town Pub

Riley’s Pub is located on King St. in downtown Oshawa.  The pub is located right next to a multi-storey parking garage making finding a parking spot a breeze.  The pub has lots of seating (don’t get the booth right in front of the entrance on a cold night…you’ll freeze!), lots of tv screens and features a variety of traditional pub fare, on our last visit we sampled the roast beef dinner which was quite nice (although is seems impossible for Canadian establishments to get Yorkshire Puddings right).

Our most recent visit to Riley’s was on Jan 24th, a Saturday night.  We made a reservation (recommended) and arrived at 7pm.  The restaurant was busy and the billiards room and lounge were fairly quiet.

I ordered the Steak and Ribs ($31.99). The Angus Striploin was very nice, but I found the ribs a bit bland.  It seemed like they applied the sauce right before they were served and therefore the saunce didn’t get a chance to penetrate the ribs themselves. The mashed potatoes were really nice and the garlic veggies got my taste approval too.  Our service in the Restaurant was also very good.

With it being a Saturday night during our visit, Riley’s had live entertainment upstairs and down.  The gentleman who was performing in the upstairs lounge (see video)  was excellent at performing Elton John’s Hits and his piano playing was amazing.  Very entertaining.   Our upstairs server was attentive and even let us know when a pool table became available so we could play pool for an hour ($12.00 per hour).  Pool tables are available on a first come first served basis, so it was really nice of her to do that without us having to stand at the entrance to the billiard room hoping a table would come free.

All in all, our visit to Riley’s was a nice experience. It was great to have dinner and then be entertained afterwards without having to go to another location.

Read reviews of Riley’s Olde Town Pub.

Watch a Video clip of live entertainment from Riley’s

Location:

Riley’s Olde Towne Pub
104 King St. E.
Oshawa, ON
L1H 1B6
Website:  www.rileysoldetownepub.com

Tel: 905 404-2464     Open 11:00 am – 2:00 am Every Day

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