Bond Head - looking east from the townline in 1868. The first store on the left is part of old Robinson Hotel. All the buildings from there past the buggies were burned in 1880.
Bond Head looking south on highway 27 from 88 in 1868. Showing board sidewalks, looking south, which extended to the 6th Line. Note the boardwalk joining the road to the sidewalk. Another version of this image was listed as 1867.
Looking west down main street in Bond Head. Brazill Hotel (now Bond Head Hotel) two windows over the buggy shed were for the 75-foot dance hall built over the shed.
The third Bond Head Methodist Church after it was destroyed by fire. The fire began in a nearby garage owned by William Jardine. Residents formed a bucket brigade to put out the blaze.
Bond Head Methodist Church - stain glass window in memory of John Wilcox and Edward Jeffs.
John Wilcox was a pioneer of Tecumseth Township, arriving in 1855 from Cuba (where he worked in mine structure support). He was born in Chyandour, Cornwall, England on April 22, 1827, and apprenticed as an architect and carpenter. He was sent to Cuba in 1848 to work. In Canada, he married Ann Proctor with whom he had 5 children. John helped the town build roads and bridges, and promoted the Wesleyan Methodist Church in its early days.