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WEGWHIST Collection Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History With digital objects
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Site of Springdale School

Site of Springdale School

This photograph shows Miss A. Wierenga was Grades 1, 2, and 3 at the future site of the Springdale Christian School, built beside the Canal after Hurricane Hazel. This school was in use for almost 25 years, and later combined with the Holland Marsh District Christian School in Ansnorveld. The old school was later incorporated into the Church building.

Osler, Reverend Featherstone Lake

Osler, Reverend Featherstone Lake

Sketch of the Rev. Featherstone Lake Osler (1805-1895), who was the first resident clergyman in West Gwillimbury. Rev. Osler was born in Falmouth, England, and left for Bond Head with his wife, Ellen, in 1837. He was an Anglican minister who looked after parishioners spread out over 240 square miles (of Simcoe County). He set up the Anglican Church in Bond Head, which still has a pew from his era in the church.

Hurricane Hazel Volunteers

Hurricane Hazel Volunteers

Volunteers handing out meals and clothing for those relocated by the Holland Marsh flood after Hurricane Hazel hit the area. Helping serve the food are Mrs. C.J. Bowden, Mrs. Ben Steers, B.M. Evans, and G.E. Boyd.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Holland Marsh Trail

Holland Marsh Trail

Two men wearing fedoras, white long sleeved shirts, and waistcoats gesture to a wooded area where a trail previously ran through the woods to the west of the northern end of the 6th Concession of King, later known as Weston Rd.

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