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An onion topper, the first step in harvest mechanization on the marsh.

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."

Side view of Emerson's machine at Cattrells Garage 1930-39 (across from the mill). Emerson Faris and Gurnel Peterman (middle).

A section of one of the work sheds built for the Selkirk Gardens operation, still in use today, on the north canal bank, west of Simcoe Road, built about 1929.

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

ACAF Bomber crashed on the marsh in the early 40's. The plane was not badly damaged as it plowed into the muck. B.B. and Dodger Collings were hired to jack it out. They brought it to Bradford on a scow. This is at the dock in Bradford.

Looking south at the bridge over highway 9.

A boat pulling a smaller scow after the Avro Anson plane crash on the marsh. Men in photo are B.B. Dodger, Ben Woodcock, Jack Rodgers and B.B. Collings.

Mechanized harvesting on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.