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      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire 0n 8 February 1951.

      Bayside was built in 1855 and demolished in 1978. The Bayside property was owned from 1838 to 1888 by William Gordon. From 1888 until 1912 the property was owned by John Smith. In 1912, the property was purchased by the provincial government for the Ontario Hospital.

      The "Bayside" property was owned by William Gordon from 1838 to 1888. From 1888 until 1912, the farm was the home of John Smith. In the summer of 1901, Mr. Smith built a barn north of his home on the site where the Ontario Hospital nurses' residence was later located. …

      The "Bayside" property was owned from 1838 to 1888 by William Gordon. From 1888 until 1912 the property was inhabited by John Smith. In the summer of 1901, Mr. Smith built a barn north of his home on the site where the Ontario Hospital nurses' residence was later located. In …

      The traveling derrick was used to transport materials during the building of the hospital.

      Louis Northam was a builder from Whitby.

      Louis Northam was a builder from Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of construction workers with a concrete mixer and steam boiler in the field north of Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      The pavilion and administration buildings were built on this land between 1921 and 1925.

      A black and white photograph of the power house and ice house at the north end of the complex of hospital buildings. At right is the Whitby Harbour basin.

      In 1963, a school of nursing was built on this site. The "Bayside" home was referred to by the hospital as "Grove House".

      This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

      This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

      From 1917 to 1919 the facilities were used as a military convalescent hospital for soldiers wounded in the First World War.

      A black and white photograph of the Military Convalescent Hospital buildings during the final stages of construction in the summer of 1917. The view is looking north-west from the recreation hall.

      This photograph was taken when the hospital was used by the military as a convalescent hospital from 1917 to 1919.

      The carpenter shop was established at the military convalescent hospital as therapy for the soldiers during the period of 1917 to 1919.

      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering …

      A black and white aerial photograph of the Whitby Military Convalescent Hospital with the old John Smith farm and the powerhouse in the foreground. In the background is the Lynde Creek.