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      This is a linocut by Dirk Vermeulen. It is black ink on cream paper and is number 14 of 25. It shows houses and a road on Second Street in Grimsby Beach. The cottages are on the right hand side of the road.

      This is a painting that is oil on canvas. It shows well-dressed women, men and children walking on the pier. In the water near them are small sail boats and row boats. There are boat houses on the shore line and Victoria Terrace is visible.

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      Richard Amos Ball, son of an escaped slave, was a minister at the British Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Cathrines. He and his family were members of the Ball Family Jubilee Singers, a gospel-music group, who toured Canada and the United States several times. Richard Amos Ball knew Harriet Tubman …

 Grimsby Independent, 1917     A BIT Of A ROW AT GRIMSBY BEACH ... . The usual quiet of Sunday evening was disturbed at GRIMSBY Beach on Sunday, July 8, when the Beach con- stable and several of the dock hands from the steamer Macassa got into a squabble. That was the first stage of …

      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 …

      The artwork on the right side of the ticket shows a keyhole view of the Grimsby Park Pier. There is the ticket booth at the front, a boat docking, and the water pump and windmill at the far end of the pier.

      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 …

      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.

      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.

      Spoony Bridge was also known as Ravine Bridge

 Beans, Joe, Grimsby Independent, 1899     ...

      This postcard shows the wooden steps and pathway leading from the pier to the cottages at Grimsby Park. There are many trees and a row of cottages in the left side background. This image was taken from the area of Victoria Terrace. Note the bunting flags or penants seen hanging …

      This is the summer cottage of the Edward Bowslaugh Family. The cottage was named Cedar Dell. There are eight people on the porch and seventeen people sitting on the front steps and lawn of the cottage. There are two flags acting as curtains on the porch.

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      Lake View Hotel offered a beautiful view of Victoria Terrace, which was both a gathering spot and the entry point for those visitors who travelled by boat. This postcard shows the tree-lined terrace as well as the lake view.

 Livingston, James A., The Independent (Grimsby, Ontario: Livingston, James A.), Thursday April 24, 1890     THE INDEPENDENT JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR GRIMSBY BEAMSVILLE AND SMITHVILLE THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890. GRIMSBY PARK We have always maintained that Grimsby Park was not advertised enough. It is not as universally known in Canada as Saratoga is in the United States, nor as well ...

      Florence Carlyle has an advertisement for her Summer School of Art which was held at Grimsby Park on page 8.

      This is the year the Temple opened. Page 9 (or page 14 in the programme)lists Right Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald, G.B.C. Premier of Canada as giving the opening address. Sir J. A. Macdonald was not able to be there. Grimsby Park received a lot of criticism as a result …