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This photograph shows the dredging machine used to carve out the Marsh's canal
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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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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.
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Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Photograph of Benjamin B. Collings, known as B.B. Collings, from his hay/agriculture business.
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Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Part of WEGWHIST Collection