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      The Whitby junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 it was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery. In 2004 the Station Gallery was …

      This photograph was taken following the game between the Whitby Girls Hockey team and the Haileybury team.

      This frame store, located at 1506 Brock Street South, was operated in the early 1900s by the Jackson family. In 1911, the store was purchased by Captain Richard Goldring. The Goldring family owned the store until it was demolished in 1967. Richard Goldring's daughter, Olive, was a postmistress at this …

      Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the members of the Ontario County Council around 1911. The photograph was taken in front of the Ontario County Courthouse. Top row (left to right): ___, John F. Paxton (Sheriff), ____, ___, Albert Jackson (Whitby), Donald McKay (Treasurer), Tom Wilson (Cannington), ___, …

      Charles Fothergill McGillivray was born on lot 1, concession 4, Pickering Township on December 26, 1857 and moved to Whitby in 1870. He graduated in arts from the University of Toronto in 1880 and received his M.A. degree in 1883. he graduated from the medical course in 1890 and interned …

      Thomas Hall Wilson, son of James Wilson, was born at Windsor Harbor (Port Whitby), on June 15, 1837. He became a harness maker and for some time kept a toll gate on the Kingston Road, 1st Concession, Whitby Township. About 1880 he moved to Brooklin where he had a harness …

      The Brooklin Presbyterian Church was built in 1862 and demolished in 1926. The Baptist Church was built in 1876 and was later used as a township hall and community centre.

      Reverend Marcus Edgar Sexsmith was a minister of the Methodist Tabernacle, c. 1911-1912. Reverend Sexsmith was born at Empy Hill, Ontario. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1894 and served in the Bay of Quinte and Hamilton Conferences of the Methodist Church. He served as President of the …

      This house is located on the east side of Dufferin Street north of Front Street, at Port Whitby (at 1750 (now 1751) Dufferin Street). The front part of the house was built about 1890 and the back part is believed to be much older. From about 1890 until his death …

      The canon in the lower right corner was a historical relic of Whitby. It was cast in the foundry of Carleton Lynde in 1860 for the visit of the Prince of Wales. For many years it was the town canon and was fired on special occasions such as the first …

      Ontario Ladies' College is now known as Trafalgar Castle School, and is located at 401 Reynolds Street.

      Burns Presbyterian Church is located at 765 Myrtle Road West in Ashburn. It was built in 1857 on the south side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township west of Ashburn Road. It stood nearly opposite the school. The church was destroyed by fire on February 12, 1967 and was …

      This house and livery barn were located on the south side of the CPR tracks nearly opposite the railway station at Myrtle Station. The livery barn was demolished in 1927.

      Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering …

      James Beacock was the storekeeper and post master at Myrtle station. His residence was located on the east side of Highway 12, north of the railway tracks.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to …

      The Methodist Church in this photograph was built in 1908-9.

      The grain elevator was built in 1887 and was destroyed by fire on January 25, 1968. The railway station was built in 1884 and demolished about 1977.

      J.E. Beacock's General Store was located on the east side of Highway 12 north of the C.P.R. tracks. The store was destroyed by fire on October 6, 1933.

      William John Haycraft was born in Darlington Township near Bowmanville on 1859 he was married at Columbus on December 22, 1880 to Phoebe Ann Harper and lived in Scarborough for a few years before moving to Brooklin where he operated a butcher shop from 1897 to 1912. He was a …