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      Click on "Select Pages" above to view the building photographs. Image No. 2 is the front of the Parks Canada cataloguing index card. 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. …

      This is a black and white photo of a picnic table area under the trees at Bronte Beach Park. Ladies, gentlemen and children are sitting and conversing at the tables. Although the postcard is addressed, it has no stamp and was not mailed.

      This black and white photographs shows people sitting on the beach and wading, in the bathing suit styles of the 1930`s to 1940`s. The photograph is somewhat blurred so some of the figures and clothing lines have been outlined by hand to give them more focus.

      D. Bolus and Sons owned the Top Hat Inn which was located on the Lake Shore Highway between Bronte and Burlington, Ontario.

      The stamp is of King George VI, a "War Issue" 3 cent stamp in which he wears a service uniform.

      J. S. Flumerfelt & Son, of Bronte, Ont. were Joseph S. Flumerfelt and his son, Allie O., both postmasters at Bronte in succession. This postcard was commissioned by J.S. Flumerfelt for local sale. The United Church was formed in 1925 when the Methodists, Congregational Union and 70% of the Presbyterian …

      The postage stamp is a 2c stamp with King George VI wearing a suit and tie. This "Mufti" stamp was issued on April 1, 1937 as per the Postal History Corner website, Canadian Postal and Philatelic History, http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com.

      The original black and white photograph was hand tinted for publication. The card was commissioned for local sale by J.S. Flumerfelt, Postmaster for Bronte. His son was Allie Flumerfelt. Bronte Post Office was located on Bronte Road, south of Lakeshore on the west side. It was closed in the 1960's …

      The stamp is Canada, 2 cents with King George V in the uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet which stamp was reissued until 1928.

      The Lexena Inn was later called The Pig and Whistle Inn.

      The cancelled stamp on this card is a 2 cent, of King Edward VII wearing the Ermine Robes of State. King Edward died in 1910 and it wasn't until 1911 that the new series of stamps with King George V were issued. The first lighthouse was knocked over in a …

      The stamp is 3 cents with a photgraph of King George VI from the "War Issue" series started in 1942, in which he wore different service uniforms.

      A black and white aerial photograph showing the area of the Lake Shore Road and bridge crossing the Twelve Mile Creek, familiarly called Bronte Creek. The Lake Shore Road was Highway 2. Today, we call and write it as Lakeshore Road.

      The stamp is a 2 cent stamp with King George VI in suit and tie, one of the "peace issue" stamps that came out in 1946.

      This is a hand coloured postcard photograph of Bronte Beach, taken prior to 1910. The photograph was commissioned for local sale by the Bronte postmaster, Joseph S. Flumerfelt. Bronte Post Office was located on Bronte Road, south of Lakeshore on the west side. It was closed after Oakville took over …

      The stamp is of King George VI, a "War Issue" 3 cent stamp in which he wears a service uniform.

      The stamp is King George V wearing the Admiral of the Fleet uniform. It is 2 cents. The postmark is: "BRONTE ONT. JUN 07 30". The "Bronte River" is the popular name of Twelve Mile Creek. Another excellent book for more information: The Story of Bronte Harbour by Philip Brimacombe, …

      This photograph was tinted by hand before being mass produced for the Bronte postmaster, J. S. Flumerfelt. It was for local sale. The photograph looks east across the beach to the moorings of the fishing fleet.

      A black and white photograph looking east over the bathing beach at Bronte, Ontario. Many people are enjoying the beach and water.

      |The stamp is of King Edward VII wearing the Ermine Robes of State. The postmark is "BRONTE OCO7 10 ONT.". According to the Branscombe book, by the time of this postcard, fishing boats were more often gas-powered. The heavily populated, industrial and shallow western end of Lake Ontario was becoming …