Historical Publications about Georgetown and Halton Hills
Glen Williams An Oasis in the Credit Valley, John Mark Benbow Rowe History of Glen Williams, Ontario from its founding to 2014. Over 80 B&W ...
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Silver Creek. History of the lost hamlet dates to 1849.
The southern Ontario plain meets the Niagara escarpment where Silver Creek village was established. This spot accommodated a wagon road up the escarpment, steep though ... -
St. Elias The Prophet church. Ukrainian architectural wooden jewel
Two years and 7 million dollars later St. Elias The Profit Church on Heritage Road is up and as beautiful as before. On April 5, ... -
Dorothy Stone – artist who designed the Halton Hills Coat of Arms
Dorothy Stone’s life and death is a bit of a mystery. Some say she was eccentric, an “oddball” who lived in the house she built ... -
History of Georgetown begins in 1781
The history of Georgetown began in 1781. At that time, the British government began buying land from the Mississauga Nation and in 1818 purchased the ... -
Scotsdale Farm’s history dates to 1938. The Bennetts and their legendary breeds.
Scotsdale Farm is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque places in Halton Hills. These 531 acres of meadows, ancient wetlands, and rolling streams are a ... -
Halton Hills celebrates 50th birthday. Do you know the history?
On January 1, 2024, the Town of Halton Hills celebrated 50 years. The Town of Halton Hills was formed through the provincially mandated amalgamation of ... -
The Georgetown Boys. How Canadian Citizens Rescued Armenian Children
This is a story about The Georgetown Boys. In the early 1920s, the Canadian Armenian Relief Association was formed to gather information about Armenian children ... -
Lucy Maud Montgomery lived in Norval (1926-1935) and loved it just as much as Cavendish!
Lucy Maud Montgomery spent 9 years (1926-1935) of her life in Norval together with her husband, the reverend at the local church. Lucy Maud Montgomery ... -
The historic village of Limehouse has been known since 1805
In Halton Hills, formerly Esquesing Township, midway between Acton and Georgetown, where Black Creek, a brand of the Credit River cuts through the Niagara escarpment ... -
Glen Williams. The history of Williamsburgh began in 1825
The history of Glen Williams began in 1825. This year, old Benajah Williams and his wife, Elizabeth Kennedy, brought their large family to lot 21, ... -
The original name of the Credit River was as Missinnihe, the Trusting Creek
Have you ever thought about where did Credit River get its name? The name comes from the time when the Mississauga First Nations people that ... -
Terra Cotta’s history dates to 1822, by the Credit River full of salmon
Salmon! At spawning time one could fairly walk across the Credit here on the backs of spawning Atlantic Salmon. So said the pioneers in this ... -
Georgetown railway station has been operating since 1855
The railway station was designed by Grand Trunk Railway Montreal (GTR) chief engineer Francis Thompson. It was built between 1855 and 1856 by the Grand ... -
Georgetown’s Barber Mill Dynamo, 1888. The first long-distance transmission of hydro power in North America.
Did you know that the Barber Mill Dynamo in Georgetown, built in 1888, was the first electrical generating plant in North America use for long ... -
Georgetown Memorial Arena was built in 1922 and the famous hockey players of Halton Hills
Georgetown Memorial Arena is gone now but did you know that it was built in 1922 to replace to replace the natural skating rink – ... -
Boston Presbyterian Church. More than 200 years of history
It was 1781 when when the British Government started purchasing land from the Mississauga Nation. In 1819 the government began offering free land grants and ... -
Rockwood limestone cliffs, caves and glacial potholes
Towering limestone cliffs, caves and glacial potholes, including one of the world’s largest, are a few of the natural wonders at Rockwood. You can view ... -
Ghost of Jimmy still protects the Acton Town Hall
The Acton Town Hall is a two–storey Italianate building constructed in 1883. The Town Hall for the former Town of Acton was the centre of ... -
War Memorials and Remembrance Parks in Halton Hills
The original war memorial in Georgetown. It was erected in 1920, in memory of the local men who died in the Great War. It was ... -
Georgetown’s Old Armoury. Historic significance and cultural importance.
The Old Armoury is a wood frame post and beam structure of approximately 5,000 square feet which was built by the village of Georgetown in ...