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- Pièce
- 1926-12-07 - 1936-03-23
Fait partie de John Harrison Fonds
Correspondence between T. W. W. Evans and the Municipality of Bradford in relation to the Holland Marsh drainage scheme, 1926-1936.
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Fait partie de John Harrison Fonds
Correspondence between T. W. W. Evans and the Municipality of Bradford in relation to the Holland Marsh drainage scheme, 1926-1936.
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Surveyor-General gave name to Holland Marsh
Fait partie de Local History Collection
"The ties between "The Marsh" and the Netherlands seem to have been destined by fate's fickle finger. They stretch back to the earliest days of British settlement when in 1791 General Frederick Haldimand, Canada's Governor-in-Chief, assigned his Surveyor-General to do a survey of the Lake Simcoe area. Although a British army officer, the man was Dutch-born and by coincidence was named Samuel Johannes Holland." ...
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Students harvest 'for the fun of it'
Fait partie de George Jackson fonds
"'For the fun of it.' That's the reason Grade 9 student Sandra Smith gave as she and about 180 other young people from Bradford District High School (BDHS) pitched in last Wednesday to help six Holland Marsh farmers with the harvest. Sandra and her co-workers came to the rescue after hearing that many farmers are behind in their work because the wet summer and fall limited the use of heavy harvesting machinery. The students worked free of charge and earned the gratitude of the farmers, including Jack Van Es who asked some of them back on Saturday to work for pay. Walter Yarmoluk said the students harvested about $2,000 worth of onions for him, focusing mainly on land still too wet for machinery. Mr. Yarmoluk said he has never experienced such wet conditions in 32 years of farming, from 1938 to 1955 and from 1962 to the present. This year he lost three acres of carrots and two acres of beets because of the rain. The project had to be approved by the Simcoe County school board superintendent, according to Carrol Good, guidance teacher at BDHS. It was considered an emergency situation that is not likely to be repeated this year, she said."
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Fait partie de Local History Collection
Store underwater in the aftermath of Hurricane Hazel
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Fait partie de Local History Collection
The interior of a store after hurricane Hazel.
If you have any information about this photo, please contact the Library at 905-775-3328
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Store interior - Hurricane Hazel
Fait partie de Local History Collection
Auke Ellens' store interior after the flood of Hurricane Hazel
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Fait partie de Local History Collection
The interior of store after hurricane Hazel.
If you have more information about this photo, please contact the Library at 905-775-3328
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Storage Box for Professor Day's Level
Fait partie de Local History Artifacts
Ae box for an instrument, a Keuffel & Esser level.
Part of a collection of Professor William H. Day's work equipment, donated by Joe Saint. Both the case and level were originally owned by Professor William H. Day, who was integral to the Holland Marsh Drainage Scheme's beginnings. The equipment was traded to Len Saint in the 1930s for a truck. The survey of the marsh determined the elevation of the muck soil and the bordering "highland" soils, providing the information the planners would need to determine the grades, estimate the materials to be moved and to determine the alignment of the canal.
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Steal of a deal: Marsh for train bridge? Good deal - in 1853
Fait partie de Local History Collection
Article from the King Connection on King township's portion of the Holland Marsh, which West Gwillimbury traded for a train bridge into the town of Bradford in 1852.
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