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 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."

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

 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.

      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, …

      The newspaper, The Hamilton Spectator, ran this photograph of Jessie, her husband George and their son, Gordon King of Kingsholm Farm on February 2, 1959. The newspaper article describes the celebration at Trafalgar Memorial Hall where George King was given the Fairy Trophy, the Halton and Peel Trophy and the …

      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, …

      Ron and Oscar were neighbours and through marriage, related. Ron and Ruth (Cullingworth) Powell farmed the "old Caverhill" farm on 4th Line and Upper Middle Road. Haying in the 1920s.

      The citation of the Report is: Proudfoot’s Hollow (AiGw-203) August 1989 excavation, archaeologist John R. Triggs (license #89-198c). The archives of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society has a print copy of the report.

      The main image in this record is a page from the autograph book of Mary Powell, drawn by her uncle, Allan Cullingworth. Mary trained at Normal School and worked as a teacher, starting in the late 1930's in Brantford, in the one-room school at Rockton, then to Peterborough, Ontario schools. …

      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.

      Charlie's Chuckwagon Restaurant and gas bar was located on the north side of Dundas Street near Fourth Line in Oakville. This photograph was taken sometime in the 1980's. The restaurant was on land owned by the Ukrainian community on the east side of the Sixteen Mile Creek. It had been …

      This photograph is in the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection courtesy of the Heritage Planner, District East/Central, Town of Oakville.

      In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has worked with Parks Canada and Library and Archives Canada to find these photographs in the area of …

      In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has worked with Parks Canada and Library and Archives Canada to find these photographs in the area of …

      Abbey Lane Public Elementary School is located at 1160 Old Abbey Lane Road, Oakville. It is southeast of the old S.S. No. 16 location.

      George Chalmers was a Lowland Scot who, after emigrating to the Township of Trafalgar, started as a general merchant at Munn's Corners about 1820. He began to buy up land along the Sixteen where it crosses Dundas Street in 1816. There he built a saw mill. Chalmers lived in a …

      In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has worked with Parks Canada and Library and Archives Canada to find the photographs taken in the Trafalgar …

      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 …