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The Gilford General Store that served residents for many years and still operates today.

From left to right: Dolph and Eveline Kneeshaw, Muriel and Stanley Cairns, Isaac and Grace Cairns.

Stanley and Muriel Cairns on their wedding day - June 6, 1936

S. S. #16, Gilford, 1950
Back Row l-r: Shirley Henderson, Helen Nesbitt, [?], Margaret Rox, Willard Everton, Charles Young, John Dales, Bill Henderson, Teacher, Miss Gladys Bell
Middle Row l-r: [?], Joan Everton, Doris Griffiths, Mary Dales, Doug Hughes, Billy Talbot, Don Griffiths, Hans ?, Donald Wood
Front Row l-r: Gladys Simpson, [?],? Henderson, Evelene Sawyer, Betty Ann Dales, Cathy Rox, Johnny Bell, Joe Sawyer, Jack Nesbitt, Ron Simpson

Owen and Helen Bell's family. Back Row, left to right: Harold Van Sickle, Alex MacPherson, Archie Peters, Art Bell, Owen Bell. Third Row: Elizabeth McPherson, Olive Bell, Helen Bell, Jessie Steers, Jean Bell. Second Row: James Bell, Rosemary Bell Norma Van Sickle, Maria Bell, John Bell. Front: Dorothy Peters.

Sgt. Pilot Scott Neilly, Flight Instructor for the R.C.A.F. He died during the Second World War in a training accident in New Brunswick on May 28, 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and Maria "Tippy" Bell. They were the parents of James, Arthur, Owen, John, Bessie, Jessie, Norma and Dorothy.

John and Gladys Cronan and Julie and Armenio Neto.

Joe and Gertie Cronan with their four boys: Harold, Lewis, Francis, and John

The Gilford Station was a popular stop along the railway bringing mail to the surrounding area and vacationers to the beach. It is now in the Simcoe County Museum.

The first temporary train station was built in 1853 with the coming of the new train service up to Barrie. A permanent station was built in 1870.