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Tax Program Certificate of Appreciation

A certificate and letter of appreciation awarded to the BWG Public Library in recognition of contributions to and participation in the 2019 Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Government of Canada

Index of Maps & Plans

Index to the Map & Plan Collection held in the Bill & Erica Marks Archive Room.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library Archives

Yearbook Collection Index

Contains the exact editions of the Bradford District High School and Holy Trinity High School yearbooks in our catalogue. As well as other miscellaneous school yearbooks.

If you would like to donate any of the missing editions, please contact the Library at lhistory@bradford.library.on.ca

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Celebrating Canada's Veterans in Bradford!

A newspaper article about celebrating Canadian veterans in Bradford West Gwillimbury.

"National Homes hosted this community event at the Bradford Public Library, November 7th in honour of Canada's veterans. National Homes has named the streets in their community of The Forest after WWI and WWII veterans and unveiled the names at this event..."

Snapd Bradford

Bradford Railway Station Sign Plaque

Plaque was hung in the Library Café at 425 Holland Street West in February, 2017. It accompanies the old Bradford Railway Sign hanging in the Café.

Plaque reads:
The railway station in Bradford has a long history serving the leisure travel, commuting and freight needs of our community. Bradford’s economy has always been strongly tied to railway access to Toronto; historically supporting booming livestock industry and facilitating other exports. Wagon loads of wheat were at times lined up back to Bond Head waiting to load their wheat onto rail cars. More
recently it serves as a commuter link with Union Station.

The present station was built around 1900 by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in response to strong economic growth tied to industry.

The current station was acquired by GO Transit in December 1998, and over the next number of years undertook extensive renovations to help adapt it to its role as a vital commuter link along the Barrie to Union Station Line. The most significant renovations took place in 2006-2007 with the pouring of a new concrete foundation and the removal of parts of a previous
renovation from the 1950s.

Designed by Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson

Holland Marsh mural

Mural on the side of 64 Holland St. West. It depicted the farmers of the Holland Marsh. This mural was painted in 1995 as part of the Downtown Revitalization Project. It was painted over in the fall of 2016 due to vandalism, and only Gwilly the Carrot remains.

Amanda Gallagher

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