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      Artist's drawing of the Eastern bank of the Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville

      The technology embedded in today's digital camera photographs such as GPS location, compass orientation so we know which way the photographer was facing, date, even time of day will do more to help historians with these questions in the future.

      A postcard sent from England by Ron Powell who had enlisted in the Canadian Forestry Corp. He came back to work on the farm in Oakville in April 1919 and married Ruth Cullingworth that October. They bought the "old Caverhill" farm on Fourth Line just north of Upper Middle Road, …

      A lovely silk hand-stitched and embroidered postcard sent from France by Canadian soldier George Hawkins to his friend in Trafalgar Township, Ruth Cullingworth. These postcards were made by French people trying to exist in the thick of the war to sell to soldiers.

 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.

 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."

 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.