BWGPL 20th anniversary- Letter from Peter Van Loan
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- 2008-11-16
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Letter congratulating BWGPL on 20th years in the Holland Court location by MP Peter Van Loan
Peter Van Loan
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BWGPL 20th anniversary- Letter from Peter Van Loan
Part of Local History Artifacts
Letter congratulating BWGPL on 20th years in the Holland Court location by MP Peter Van Loan
Peter Van Loan
Congratulations, to the WEGWHIST team
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Description : It was a magnificent effort: for 4 years, volunteers with the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association and the community at large worked together as the "WEGWHIST" team, putting together a History of West Gwillimbury. The result was a 2-volume set, Governor Simcoe Slept Here: The Legacy of West Gwillimbury, containing the stories, records and photographs of the families that settled the Township. MP Peter Van Loan flew in to attend, and praised the book as a "remarkable and strong community project - a gift from older generations to younger generations. I commend you all, and I congratulate you all." The book was published by Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba, thanks to seed money provided by the Municipal council, an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, and contributions from Patrons. George Jackson, who chaired, co-ordinated and drove the process from the beginning thanked a long list of those involved.
Gwillim Group Committee, Lt. Gov. Onley and P. Van Loan
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Gwillim Group Committee members with Lieutenant Governor Onley, his wife Ruth Ann and Peter Van Loan. Back Row (l-r): Darlene Braybrook, Tom Fuller, Jennifer Gordon, Mary and Don Gardiner, Vera Stoddart and Peter Line. Middle Row (l-r): Natalie Dykie, Christine Houlieff, Brenda Winter, Zelma Fuller, Bill Marks, Joan Gibson, Mikki Nanowski and Judith Moses. Front: Lieutenant Governor Onley, Ruth Ann Onley and Peter Van Loan.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
MP Peter Van Loan addresses the crowd - Elizabeth Gwillim Statue Unveiling
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Greetings from the Government of Canada given by the Honourable Peter Van Loan, MP York Simcoe at the official unveiling of the Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe Statue in Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Wishing Bradford a Happy 150th Birthday
Part of Local History Collection
"Last Sunday, May 27th, the town of Bradford launched 14 months of celebration, marking the 150th year since its incorporation.
In fact, the "actual receiving of Royal Assent incorporating the village of Bradford... was done on May 27th, 1857 by Queen Victoria," said Bradford Sesquicentennial Committee Chair Del Crake, "ten years prior to Confederation." ..."
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times