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Bridge Street looking south

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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

Marsh bush fire

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1989-1991

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

Marsh Bushfire

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1989-1991

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

Prof W.H. Day and Crew

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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