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      A cleaned up version of the map is also included in this record, courtesy of Mr. David Hobden. Click on "select" under the title above here. You can move the image around with your mouse to focus on certain parts of the photograph, or use the slider to zoom out …

 Steve Filler, Oakville Beaver, 6 Aug 1980     An article discussing the role of the Oakville Harbors Development Authority in harbor improvements. This article also shows the before and after results of the Sixteen Mile Creek development.

 Daily Journal Record, Aug 1973     "The Oakville harbor development subcommittee has recommended that the Harbors Authority build docking facilities on the east side of the Sixteen Mile Creek."

 P.W. Thompson, Daily Journal Record, 10 Apr 1969     A fishing history of the Sixteen Mile Creek dating back to the 18th century.

 Oakville Journal Record, 15 Sep 1965     "A long range plan of development for town-owned property at the west harbor of Sixteen Mile Creek has been unveiled by parks and recreations.

 Oakville Beaver, August 26, 1981     A photograph depicting the shipbuilding and lumber businesses along the Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville.

      From the Taras Shevchenko Museum website: "First Ukrainian Immigration to Canada Over one hundred years ago, on September 7, 1891, Ivan Pylypiw and Vasyl Eleniak, two 33-year peasants from the village of Nebyliw in Eastern Galicia, stepped off the steamship Oregon in Montreal. Their arrival signaled the beginning of three …

      Ruth Mary Ann Joyce was the daughter of George and Esther (Brown) Joyce who emigrated from Ireland in 1856-7, settling on a farm south-east of Milton, near Omagh, Ontario. Mary's parents died when she was a young girl. She had 11 brothers and sisters in the Halton area. My mother, …

      Note the horse and buggy going up the hill in the top picture, and it's hard to see, but possibly two people with a car to the right. These steep valley hillside roads were sometimes referred to by local people as "hogback" roads.

      The above information is taken from http://www.oakvillehistory.org/pdf/1841%20census.pdf

      Note the two women standing on the bridge. Their long dresses and the power lines indicate this photograph may have been taken around 1920.

      George and Polly King had 11 children. They enjoyed many family gatherings over the years on the family farms along Dundas at the Sixteen, and on the Sixteen flats. When they all got together with their children and grandchildren, it was a large gathering.

      Laura's parents were George and Mary Ann, called Polly, King who owned the property on Highway 5 (Dundas Street) in Trafalgar Township called The Pines. Laura married George Lockhart Spence on April 8, 1909 and their children were Hester Louise Spence, Lillian Mary Spence and William Kenneth Spence. Extended family …

      Laura's parents were George and Mary Ann, called Polly, King who owned the farm on Highway 5 (Dundas Street), Trafalgar Township, called The Pines. Laura was born the year after her father had joined the Toronto Police force. He had been a policeman in London, England before emigrating. Laura's mother, …

      The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.D. Farris. Although Carol was born in Toronto, her parents moved their family to Trafalgar Township when the children were still young to join their King family relatives. Carol's parents were Ettie (King) and Ern Hopper. Ettie was the 8th child of George and …

      The children of this happy family spanned 24 years.

      Picture is hand dated 1917.

      Ron was also often called by his first name,Frank. Mary married Thomas Kenyon Harold Choate on June 30, 1948. Mary and Ken lived happily in Ken's home town of Peterborough, Ontario. Muriel married Kenneth Edward Gordon on April 23, 1949 and they lived happily in Toronto. Ron married Jean Hastings …

      Joseph died in March 1916 and his son, George, is not in uniform here so we know it was taken before the fall of 1915. Hazel would have been about 10 years old in 1913 and I think she looks a little bit older than that while I think Ruth, …

      Mary, my mother, remembered walking up and down the Sixteen "hogsbacks" to reach her grandparents who lived on the Jemmima Biggar farm, on the north east side of the Sixteen and the "Dundas highway". King and Joyce families were also relatives living in the area. I'm dating the picture as …