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- 1989-1992
Part of Local History Collection
View of Bridge Street, looking south over the Holland Marsh and Canal Road.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Part of Local History Collection
View of Bridge Street, looking south over the Holland Marsh and Canal Road.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of firefighters tending to a bush fire on the edge of the Holland Marsh.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
McKinstry, Mike & Dorothy Audio
Part of Oral History Collection
Audio of an interview with Mike and Dorothy McKinstry. The interviewer is not introduced, but it is believed to be Joe Saint. Mike and Dorothy discuss people who lived in the Holland Marsh and Bradford areas, histories of the houses, professions of the home owners, business owners in Bradford and anecdotal stories. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
McKinstry, Mike & Dorothy Summary
Part of Oral History Collection
Summary of an interview with Mike and Dorothy McKinstry. The interviewer is not introduced, but it is believed to be Joe Saint. Mike and Dorothy discuss people who lived in the Holland Marsh and Bradford areas, histories of the houses, professions of the home owners, business owners in Bradford and anecdotal stories. See the Related Descriptions below for audio.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Professor W. H. Day, who initiated much of the work in the marsh operated the Kingwilbra Gardens beside Bridge Street. Tom Fuller Sr. was one of the workers on the marsh for the professor. Mr. Fuller recalled getting paid 17-cents an hour and then getting a rather substantial raise to 20 cents an hour. The work crew included Arthur Taylor, Jack Geddes (killed in action during the Second World War), Wilbert Mulliss, Bruno and John Carvalho, Frank Maurino, Herb Taylor, Homer and Howard Henbest, Gordon McKelvie, Bob Edney, Charles Hansford, Joe Sangdrige. In the photo, top left, A. Moffat, S. Foster, H. Taylor, Tom Fuller, A. Doan, J. Foster, W. Semenuk, B. Cudmore. Middle Row: N. Gilfin, A. West, M. Thompson, R. Smith. Bottom Row: J. Ellis, H. Ellis, Hunter, J. Sadur, M. Zlotkin.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Governor Simcoe Camping Location
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
This height of land on the right bank of Fraser Creek was the site where Governor Simcoes party stayed overnight September 28 and 29, 1793.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Marsh Canal
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Springdale Christian Reformed Church Flooded
Part of Local History Collection
Springdale Christian Reformed Church underwater.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Crates along Hwy 400 after the marsh flooded during Hurricane Hazel
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Store interior - Hurricane Hazel
Part of Local History Collection
Auke Ellens' store interior after the flood of Hurricane Hazel
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library