NO. Our purpose is to connect people who either have historical information or want to find historical information with the right organization/people to assist you in your needs.  For instance, if you have archival material, please contact us and we will assist you in connecting with an archives that may be interested in your records.  If you are looking for information, we will attempt to connect you with the appropriate organization/people who may be able to answer your questions.

Submissions to the Publication catalogue can include text, audio or visual items that have been published formally, or are unpublished manuscripts, or have been published as a journal article, a newspaper article or on the web.

If you know of publications that are suitable for our catalogue the process is fairly straightforward. To make a submission, visit the Make a Submission page and fill out the form. Or send the information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include, author, title, date, publisher, edition.
NOTE: You do not have to be a member of FHO, but you must register on this website to make a submission online.

YES! The subject of the article must relate to forest/forestry history of Ontario. Read the full list of Guidelines to learn more.

FHO Copyright Policy

This policy describes the rights of creators and Forest History Ontario in relation to copyrightable material published or used by Forest History Ontario.

The FHO makes it relatively easy to participate in this process. Holders of historical items are encouraged to contact Mark Kuhlberg (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), who has been acting as a liaison between potential donors and archival repositories for over twenty years. After learning of the nature of the collection, Mark will contact an appropriate repository and begin the process of having the materials donated to it.

To date, the FHO has been involved in overseeing the donation of nearly a dozen collections. They have included the minute books from the Ontario Forest Industries Association, the papers from a number of former foresters (including Donald McDonald, Canada's last Dominion Forester, W.K. Fullerton and Benjamin F. Avery), and documents, company magazines and photographs from the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company and Austin-Nicholson Lumber Company.