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Leon Radder with bunches of carrots ready for washing.

Ken Hunter, Russ Chard and Walter Horlings breaking new land on the marsh.

The carrying place descended the hill on the horizon before crossing the marsh.

ACAF Bomber crashed on the marsh in the early 40's. The plane was not badly damaged as it plowed into the muck. B.B. and Dodger Collings were hired to jack it out. They brought it to Bradford on a scow. This is at the dock in Bradford.

RCAF Bomber crashed on the Marsh in the early 40's. The plane was not badly damaged as it ploughed into the muck. B.B. and Dodger Collings were hired to jack it out. Brought it to Bradford on a scow. This photo is at the dock in Bradford. Tom Collings is sitting on his dads boat.

Breaking up land (3000 acres) on the Colbar Marsh north Bradford in the New Marsh around 1950 with a one-furrow plow. Lou Neilly (a World War II fighter pilot from Gilford) is driving the tractor and Jack Armstrong is on the plow.

A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.

Bradford West Gwillimbury and King Township received $10.2 million from the Ontario government to reconstruct the Holland Marsh canal.

Art Janse has been involved in the Holland Marsh all of his life, as a resident, a farmer, a Town employee for 45 years, and drainage superintendent for Bradford West Gwillimbury and King Township. Janse is retiring due to the response from many of the farmers to his ideas for the Holland Marsh Drainage Scheme improvements that would also improve the safety for motorists. The project has a high price tag of bout $17 million but Janse has won the right to assess upland residents a share of the cost, and has made the case for contributions from municipalities, OMAFRA, Transportation, Natural Resources and Environmental Ministries, and Conservation Authorities.

Freshly broken marshland in 1946. The break in the tree line is for Highway 400.