This article was first published in The Walrus Nov. 21, 2017 and updated Dec 3, 2019. As the article was published over five years ago, and updated over three years ago, some information may no longer be current. EAHS acknowledges both the Walrus magazine and the article’s author Derek Webster. For Sheila Fischman, translation represents […]
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The following is a personal story by Sheila Fischman https://eahs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Sheila-F.-My-Christmas-Story.pdf
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The following article highlights the soon to be unveiled exhibit of two local WW1 soldiers, Martin James Flynn and Arthur Thomas Cooper.
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Researched and written by Neil Patterson Note: To scroll through the various pages, click the arrow in the upper left corner of the page beside the page number
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Elgin Community Hall By Neil A. Patterson The sign above the second floor windows in 1924 said, “South Crosby Community Hall”. The South Crosby Municipal Records indeed show that it was the Township Council Building Committee that excepted and choose the bids as well as paying the bills for the construction. Reeve Richard Preston […]
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The One Hundredth Anniversary of the First World War Presentation In 1915 a sub-recruiting and training centre was developed in Elgin using the grounds at the now historic Elgin Red Brick School. The research, copy and brochure were produced by Neil Patterson for the Elgin and Area Heritage Society. Read the amazing account recorded in […]
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EAHS thanks Neil Patterson who researched and authored this informative article, including the pictures. Neil is an outstanding source of historical information about our area and more pictures of the quarry can be found in his book: History of the Township of North Crosby and Westport. The first Halladay family arrived in Massachusetts in […]
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Free 160 Acres. Western Canada Farm Lands. Where … And … How And All About It. Information And Facts For The Prospective Settler by Hon. Clifford Sifton, [Minister Of The Interior) Canada had this large expanse of unsettled land in the West and the traditional immigration of settlers from Britain and the U.S. […]
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One of the prized possessions of the Red Brick School (RBS) is an original map of the Dominion of Canada of 1903. The map was issued by the direction of the Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, and is dated 1903, copies of which may have hung in all elementary schools of the era. […]
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