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Katarina Spek

Mrs. Katarina Spek made the front cover of one of the Toronto newspapers after Hurricane Hazel struck. The caption reads: "Work of saving what they can from desolation of what was one of Canada's richest market gardening areas continues. Mrs. Rudolf Spek, mother of three children, including a son in the Canadian Army in Korea, has salvaged a bag of onions."

Marsh Hay

  • CA BWGPL OS9829

Horse powered baler from 1907. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

New dredgers

  • CA BWGPL OS11454
  • 1997

The top photo is the sketch of the original dredger designed by Cummins. The middle photo is the finished auger-type dredger by Devald that is still in use. The bottom photo is the latest in equipment designed by Konijn for clearing silt from waterways.

Bridge Over Holland River

  • CA BWGPL OS8454
  • 1925

The lattice type bridge, built in 1908, over the Holland River, east of Bradford. This photo, taken in the late summer of 1925, shows the two white houseboats that followed the dredge on the right hand side of the picture.

Marsh Farming

  • CA BWGPL OS9389

Harvest and pellet boxes If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

Governor Simcoe Camping Location

This height of land on the right bank of Fraser Creek was the site where Governor Simcoe’s party stayed overnight September 28 and 29, 1793.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Discharge Pumps

Photo was taken near the Bradford Pump House at the junction of the canal and the Holland River near Hwy. 11. The pumps were flown in from Western Canada by the Armed Forces, arranged by Mr. Stoddart. A tractor was used to run the pump. Water was pumped from the flooded land over the dyke and into the canal from where it flowed along the Holland River and into Cook's Bay.

Rob Watson

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