Back Row: Albert and Pheobe (Hughes) Robertson, Joel E. Hughes and George Hughes. Front Row: Frederick and Elizabeth (Hughes) Willis, Rachel (Hughes) and Norman Walker.

Joel and Ida Hughes' children, Roy, Orville and Irma Hughes, in front of the Holmes house on the day of their father's funeral.

Barn on the (Roy, Orville) Hughes farm, the south half of Lot 1, Concession 2. The Hughes' farm shows two styles of barns. The early shed roof on the left and then the hip roof on the right barn (added in 1937).

One of the early pioneer families was the Hughes family who continue to live on this homestead.

Back Row: Unknown, Phoebe (Hughes) Robertson, Fred Willis, Unknown, Norman Walker, Joel Hughes. Front Row: Elizabeth (Hughes) Willis, Samuel L. Hughes, Marianne Hughes, Rachel (Hughes) Walker, Albert Robertson.

Loading harvested lettuce on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

Debris from the marshland piling up along Highway 400. Photograph from Betty Kennedy's 'Hurricane Hazel,' found in the Local History Collection.

A sampler for creating an embroidered version of the Township of West Gwillimbury official crest. This crest design first came into use in approximately 1973. It includes a hand drawn picture of the crest with colour pallette and a samples of coloured threads to be used. Included with this sampler is information about the crest and the meanings behind the various aspects of it.