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      These are pieces that were involved in The Chautauqua Experience exhibit at Grimsby Public Art Gallery. It featured local and regional artists in all disciplines, with a specific focus on Chautauqua, Grimsby and its history. The exhibit ran from November 8th, 2013 – December 8th, 2013.

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      Steamships were a main means of transportation to Grimsby Park starting in 1876. There were several ships that brought visitors from Toronto, St Catharines, Hamilton, and Port Dalhousie. Steamships ran Monday through Saturday. Note the wooden walls built up at the front of the pier. They probably served a dual …

      Note the two women with canoe paddles in the front row. Canoeing was a common diversion at Grimsby Park.

      This black and white photograph shows a total of approximately two hundred children, women, and men posing for a photograph at Grimsby Park. They are standing in the street, on porches of two or three businesses, and the second and third story wrap-around porches of the Park House Hotel. There …

      The surrounding area of Grimsby Beach is known as "The Fruit Basket of Ontario".

      This black and white photograph is of Grimsby Beach Railway Station. The camera is facing west and Grimsby Park is behind the station. There are two sets of tracks in front of the station. In the background of the photograph, the loading platform for produce and other goods stretches out …

      The Temple replaced the open-air auditorium in 1888. However, the area where it is located is still known as Auditorium Circle. The cottages surrounding Auditorium Circle were desirable real estate for many of the cottagers.

      This is a street view showing the placement of the Temple, Park House Hotel, and the Check Room in the centre of activity at Grimsby Park.

      According to the promotional period of Grimsby Park, the Temple could hold up to 7,000 people. Notice also, the wiring and lighting system visible in the top of the Temple.

      Each cottage has different details in the woodworking and painting. Most of the cottages were built by either Edward Bowslaugh or Daniel Marsh.

      This area was probably one of the first cleared for the early camp meetings. These pews surrounded an open-aired podium. In 1888, the Temple is built which replaces this auditorium.

      This photograph shows a street view of Grimsby Park. There are several groups of people posing for this photograph. Some of them appear to be spending their leisure time at this intersection. The background shows a row of cottages. In the centre of the photograph is a multi-sided bulletin board.

      While those summer visitors from far away could take train or boat to Grimsby Park, many people from the surrounding area would arrive by horse and buggy, sometimes just for a single afternoon or evening.

      While the board and batten siding of a cottage is visible in the background, these four men are in front of the striped tent seen often in Grimsby Park images. Cottages and tents often co-existed here, especially during the transition period starting after 1875.

      Note the middle cottage has a name placed on the second story porch railing. This was a common means of identifying cottages without addresses.