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      This is a newspaper article from the Owen Sound area with a short article on the devastating fire which occurred August 10, 1914 in Grimsby Beach.

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 2 Nov 1935     Queer, Isn't It? Schooner Days CCXII (212) _______ IN the centre of the picture of Owen Sound's waterfront fifty years ago at fitting-out time, published in The Telegram last spring, was a prominent white hulled schooner with ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 19 Nov 1949     Canada's Largest Lake Schooner Schooner Days CMXXVI (926) by C. H. J. Snider UNDAUNTED by the fate of the David Dows, Uncle Sam's largest schooner on the Great Lakes, Canada ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Jun 1935     The White Woman of the ELIZA WHITE Schooner Days CXCIV (194) ___ LONG before I began to work for the club," said Capt. Jack Marks, as he rang the R.C.Y.C. launch Kwasind down to three-bell speed, so she wouldn't get there ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Oct 1936     H.M.S. NANCY in Winter Quarters Schooner Days CCLX (260) _______ "WHAT," inquires a voice with a deep-sea roar in it, "has become of the Nancy?" It is not the first, second or tenth inquiry which has been made since, the ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 30 Mar 1935     Double-Belted the Globe for Unknown Erie Grave Schooner Days CLXXXI (181) ___ WHEN a November gale strewed the E. P. Dorr all along the lake shore between Port Maitland and Fort Erie, fresh water quenched a fiery spirit whom ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Jan 1938     Tracing Old Timer With Old Timers' Aid Schooner Days CCCXXX (330) _______ THAT picture of the unidentified barquentine loading lumber in Parry Sound sixty years ago, which our good friend Capt. Jas. McCannel submitted a little ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Dec 1938     Winter Storage, the "Gravy Load" Schooner Days CCCLXXIII (373) _______ How a Great Lakes Freighter Brings It From the Head of the Great Lakes to Toronto in December

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Feb 1941     Ship That Never Came Back Schooner Days CCCCLXXXI (481) by C. H. J. Snider _______ WHEN was the last schooner-load of coal carried into Owen Sound? Correct answer to that question ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Jan 1938     Wandering With 'Wanderers' Schooner Days CCCXXVI (326) _______ ONCE there was a ship called the Wanderer of Liverpool, sailing the seven seas, a fine tall four-masted barque of 3,000 tons, with skysail yards and sides of steel. ...

      The sounds of Oakville's history explored through childhood memories.

      An article recalling Oakville's often forgotten Black History. This article was written as Emancipation Day was approaching in 2009.

      A short history of the Oakville hardware store started by James N. McGregor

      A train, on its way to the Canadian National Exhibition and the Chicago World’s Fair, stopped in front of Oakville Motors, owned by A.J. Gurry for a promotional picture.

      This article has photographs of Whitaker's Garage which was at Dundas and Trafalgar Roads. An October 1960 "Trafalgar Day Special" insert in the local newspaper, Trafalgar Journal - The Home Newspaper of Oakville and Trafalgar, has an article on area carriage works and garages. The Trafalgar Township Historical Association has …

 Lilian Dirisio, Oakville Beaver, 24 Apr 1987     An investigation into safety measures at the Oakville harbors in being called for by town officials.

 Oakville Journal Record, 2 Jan 1973     The Architectural Conservatory of Ontario adds the preservation of Oakville's Erchless Estate to this list of projects.

 Bob Pennycook, Oakville Beaver, 19 May 1976     "The placing of an historical designation on the entire Chisholm estate on Navy St. at the Oakville Harbor, could ring the death bell for the century-old house built by the founder of Oakville."

 Lilian DiRisio, Oakville Beaver, 31 Jul 1987     Erchless estate tenants only became aware of the town's plan to relocate them through an article in the Oakville Beaver.

 Daily Journal Record, 18 Jul 1992     The Oakville Historical Society recommends 5 steps for a special committee to put into action in order to preserve the Chisholm Estate.