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Cookstown's 100th Anniversary (1858-1958), parade celebration
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This photograph shows the dredging machine used to carve out the Marsh's canal
Osler, Reverend Featherstone Lake
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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.
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Part of Local History Collection
50th Anniversary Announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Rol
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Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association
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Part of Local History Collection
Newspaper photo of two women, Joan and Mary Holancin, crouched in front of a sign reading "Bradford: The Heart of Canada's Vegetable Industry" with a second sign below it reading "Centennial - Celebrating 100 Years of Progress 1857 - 1957." Part of the centennial festivities was the opening of the district community centre for which residents contributed close to $100,000. The most popular sport in village community at the time was hockey, and the village acquired a new team that year.