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      For further information about the house, click on the link to the undated Town of Oakville Heritage Assessment Report for the property. This is underneath the photograph, under "Other Web Sites". The ownership and history of the house starts on page 48 of the report internet/pdf version, or 119 of …

      This postcard appears to be a confirmation of a purchase made for Peter Kelley

      An artist's rendering of Colborne Street in Oakville.

      Black and white postcard of George's Square with the Cenotaph in Oakville. The postcard inscription names the Square incorrectly, a commonly made mistake. George's Square is bounded by Trafalgar Road on the west, Palmer Avenue on the north, Sumner Avenue on the south and Reynolds Street on the east.

      An earlier printing of this postcard misspelled "Radial" as "Radical" on the front.

      Painting of Town Park's waterfront view.

      An artists drawing of Oakville's landmark lighthouse.

      A streetview of Dundas Street in Oakville.

      Postcard depicting Lakeside Park in the summer

      Photograph of the front of St. Jude's Rectory.

      Trafalgar Township was one of the first three townships in Halton County. The land was purchased from the Mississaugas in 1805. Most of the community we now know as Oakville, Ontario was once Trafalgar Township. The political boundaries of Trafalgar Township ceased to exist with the amalgamation of the Township, …

      One hundred and ninety-eight members of St. Jude's were in the armed forces in the First World War. Eighteen did not return.

      Mill ruins on the Sixteen Mile Creek near Cross Avenue in Oakville.

      Further information about Victoria Park, the Hall and rink can be found in the books: Oakville and the Sixteen, and, Oakville; A Small Town 1900-1930 by Frances Robin Ahern.

      Canoeing and games on sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville for Dominion Day.

      A street-side view of the Woodworth Store (which is now the Bank of Montreal) and Dunn's Drug. This photograph was taken at what is now the corner of Lakeshore Road and Dunn Street.

      Colborne Street is now Lakeshore Road, Oakville. The central public library now occupies the site where Central School was located, at Navy and Rebecca Streets.

      The name of the (Speers-Cornwall) Old Mill Bridge.

      An early version of the Middle Road bridge over 16-Mile Creek, later to be replaced by the QEW bridge in 1939 which maintained the graceful arch design.

      Reverse-Oakville's historic Customs House, a two-storey building in classical design, was built by Robert Kerr Chisholm in 1856, just east of "Erchless" the Chisholm family home. His father, Oakville founder William Chisholm, served as first Collector of Customs for this thriving Port of Entry on the "Sixteen"....