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      This postcard is a photograph taken from Victoria Terrace. It shows a group of people waiting for the steamship passengers to disembark. The pier, steamship, and a boat are in the photograph.

      This is a 16 page leaflet or pamphlet, advertising the 1885 programme for the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground Company. It contains accomodation listings, lecture listings and advertisements for other companies such as Bell Organ. It has 12 numbered pages.

      This is a positive film. It shows approximately one hundred members of the Jackson family at their reunion which was at Grimsby Beach. They are sitting on grandstands.

      Spooney Bridge, also known as Spoonery Bridge, was a popular gathering spot at Grimsby Park. It crossed over a ravine.

      J.H. Ford, Views of Grimsby Park, Photographer...

      This is a negative of a photograph taken from Victoria Terrace. It shows a steamboat docked at the Grimsby Park pier. People are crowded on the pier and the beach. Many people are lined up on the shore side of the ticket booth.

      Gone were the days of the Ontario Methodist Campground; bankruptcy had claimed the Grimsby Park Company. H.H. Wylie, an investor from Cleveland, had purchased the Grimsby Park area in 1910. Wylie turned it into an amusement park with a rollercoaster, balloon ascensions, games, prizes, and sideshows. This leaflet has four …

      Phelps was one of the founders of the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground which became Grimsby Park. He was elected the first president of Grimsby Park in 1874 and remained president until his death in 1900. He also served as Postmaster of the Grimsby Park post office. He was an ardent …

      Steamships were a main means of transportation to Grimsby Park starting in 1876. There were several ships that brought visitors from Toronto, St Catharines, Hamilton, and Port Dalhousie. Steamships ran Monday through Saturday. Note the wooden walls built up at the front of the pier. They probably served a dual …

      This black and white oval image shows four women, two men, and one boy standing in front of the entrance gate and ticket booth on the Grimsby Park pier. The sign on the roof of the wooden structure reads "STR. WILL LEAVE PARK DAILY AT 12:30. JORDAN BEACH RETURN FARE …

      Note the two women with canoe paddles in the front row. Canoeing was a common diversion at Grimsby Park.

      This black and white photograph shows a total of approximately two hundred children, women, and men posing for a photograph at Grimsby Park. They are standing in the street, on porches of two or three businesses, and the second and third story wrap-around porches of the Park House Hotel. There …

      The gentleman with white facial hair in the centre of the group of people is probably Noah Phelps.

      Park House Hotel was built in 1875. It had a jail cell in the basement.

      The surrounding area of Grimsby Beach is known as "The Fruit Basket of Ontario".

      This black and white photograph is of Grimsby Beach Railway Station. The camera is facing west and Grimsby Park is behind the station. There are two sets of tracks in front of the station. In the background of the photograph, the loading platform for produce and other goods stretches out …

      The Temple replaced the open-air auditorium in 1888. However, the area where it is located is still known as Auditorium Circle. The cottages surrounding Auditorium Circle were desirable real estate for many of the cottagers.

      Spoony Bridge was also known as Ravine Bridge

      This black and white photograph was taken when several horse and buggies and approximately sixteen people were outside in the commercial area of Grimsby Park. A milk canister sits on the horse-drawn wagon seen in the centre of the photograph. The sixteen men stand across the two porches and road …

      This is a street view showing the placement of the Temple, Park House Hotel, and the Check Room in the centre of activity at Grimsby Park.