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      Click on "Select Pages" above to view the building photographs. Image No. 2 is the front of the Parks Canada cataloguing index card. In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. …

      #19, Edith Speers was absent when the photograph was taken; she was ill with diptheria. The photographer returned to later photograph the Baptist-Methodist picnic and photographed Edith. He attached her image to the class photo in his lab. Ross Wark notes that #2, Eliza Adams father owned a good deal …

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      Bronte School, S.S. 13, was built of stone in 1872, two stories high. It was on the north side of Chisholm St. (now Marine Drive). It was demolished in 1923 and the school shown here was built. An addition to the south was added in 1949. Centriller School closed in …

      These men, working for the telephone company, converted the Bronte phone system from manual to dial. In Ontario, for the most part, the change took place in the 1950's and it meant more people could have telephones and phone call operations were much faster. It also meant fewer people were …

      "Troubridge" is in keeping with the area celebration of the victories of Lord Nelson. Briefly, Captain Thomas Troubridge commanded the Culloden under Nelson, Edward Troubridge served on Nelson's flagship, the Victory, in 1803.

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      Happy Birthday Our April general meeting was a successful celebration of our 75th Anniversary. It was delightful to hear from our guests, Mr. Bill Cudmore, a lifelong resident of Bronte whose family has an ongoing connection with horticulture, our 5 past presidents who attended, and Mr. Earl Walker, a longtime …

      Our 75th Anniversary Celebration Brenda read notes from Joan Leslie (holidaying down South), highlighting the 75 years Bronte Horticultural Society had been in existence. We were told that when Joan's research and history notes have been completed, they will be made up into a booklet. Brenda then introduced the speakers....... …

      This plaque was originally part of the old cenotaph at Bronte Gore park, but was missing for years. It was found and returned to the Legion years later, by which time a new plaque had already been installed. The old plaque is now mounted at Bronte Legion Branch 486 on …

      This photograph was taken in 1999. Signs on the store read, (left to right): Antiques ; Frozen Yoghurt Selfserve Milkshakes ; Bill Hill's Ice Cream Shoppe. Signs not visible in this photograph give further information as to why this store was so popular - they also sold dew worms and …

      This brick building was erected as a gift from the Walton Family in memory of their father and still bears the family name as the Walton Memorial United Church, Bronte, Ontario. The church is located on Lakeshore Road, just west of Bronte Road, north side. There are many photographs and …

      More information on Merton Camp in the essay, "The Big Trek" by Lieutenant Colonel William A. Smy, OMM, CD, UE is found in the internet link to the website of the Central Ontario branch - Western Front Association under our photograph.

      In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has worked with Parks Canada and Library and Archives Canada to find these photographs in the area of …

      Merton boundaries were present day Burloak Drive to 3rd Line, the railway tracks near Lake Ontario north to Upper Middle Road. The intersection of Bronte Road (originally called Station Road) and the Queen Elizabeth Way (formerly Lower Middle Road) was the centre of the Merton area. The Merton area (Lots …

      Early area settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The name "Merton" was likely chosen to commemorate Lord Nelson (his English home with Lady Hamilton was "Merton Place") as other local villages had chosen Bronte and Palermo. The post office remained open until 1917 …

      Home and School Clubs were a section of the Ontario Educational Association. They were united under the local umbrella of the Halton County Council of Home and School Clubs in 1933-34, and clubs together from all across Ontario formed the Federation of Home and School Councils. The purposes of the …

      Ed Liptay Sr. purchased the farm from Harold Cooper in 1965. Harold Cooper, a dairy farmer, had purchased Trail Farm from Major-General Greenly in 1940. Major-General W.H. Greenly was an absentee owner and was owner of the farm by 1921. Clifford Samuel Jamieson was the Major-General Greenly's foreman at Trail …

      Bronte School, S.S. #13 was two stories built of stone in 1872 on the north side of Chisholm St. (now Marine Dr.) at Jones Street in Bronte. This building was demolished in 1923 and a new school, Centriller Public School, was built.

      QUERCUS alba (WHITE OAK) DONATED BY BRONTE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION OF OHA DISTRICT 6 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING April 2011 GRANT PROVIDED BY TD BANK FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION...