File of materials relating to the Memorial Arena on Market Street, Belleville, Ontario. Includes architectural plans of improvement works and correspondence relating to the maintenance of the building.
Six police officers and a motorcycle. Individuals identified as: Inspector J. C. Hayes Constable Jim MacDonald Constable Harry McKee Constable Ken Redding Sergeant Douglas Ellis Constable Jack Bolyx
Police hockey team at the Memorial Arena in Belleville, 23 March 1960. Individuals identified as: Inspector J. C. Hayes Glenn Jacques Bill Armstrong Leo Kent Richard (Dick) Lewis Roy Wood Donald Thoms Donald Yearwood Bob Wright Robert Begbie Lorne Maclinton Bill Stephenson Harry McKee Charlie Peters ? Fullerton Donald Martin
File contains 176 black and white negatives, 40 colour 35mm slides and one black and white print of ice boats and motorcycles racing on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario. Photographer not identified.
Deseronto High School Central Ontario Inter-Scholastic League Champs FRONT - L. Bruyea, l.w.; F. Whitton, centre; Maurice Detlor, r.w.; C. McVicker, goal. TOP - J. Whitton, Manager; J. McVicker, Mascot; L. McVicker, sub.; M. Perry, r. defense; C. Cole, l. defense; F. Butzer, sub.; E. I. Gale, Principal of Deseronto High School. The picture is undated, but E. I. Gale was Principal of the school between 1922 and 1926. There is a high overlap of team members with the 1926-1927 team photograph, so this may be the 1925-1926 hockey team.
Deseronto High School Hockey Team Central Ontario Interscholastic Champs for the years 1926 and 1927 FIRST ROW - C. McVicker, goal; L. Bruyea, left wing; J. Whitton, Manager; F. Whitton, centre; Maurice Detlor, right wing. SECOND ROW - A. D. Campbell, Principal; C. Cole, left defense; B. Campbell, sub; L. McVicker, right defense; G. Green, sub; B. Brant, coach.
Three photographs loaned for scanning: 1) 1953 at Deseronto High School of Bev Cole (later Boomhour), Paula Akey, Ken Scovell, Jean Armitage and Donna Cole 2) 1961 taken inside Lucky Strikes Lanes, including Hugh and Winnie Magee and Vern Boomhour 3) 1968 Brownie pack picking up garbage on the site of the former Deseronto Public School (blurry). Pack leaders were Dorothea Keech and Bev Boomhour. Papers for the Archives: 4) May 31st, 1979 Deseronto Public School ‘Items of Interest’ letter 5) 2006 Municipal Elections list of nominations for the Town of Deseronto, with notes of those elected.
Twenty two colour photographs of skateboard park and BMX bike track at bottom of Mill Street, Deseronto, early 2000s. Brochure from REC Ramps, manufacturer of modular skateboard ramps for concrete or asphalt pads. REC Ramps’ website was active between 2002 and 2006.
Colour photographs of the town’s two original “Heart of Walleye World” fish signs and the three signs which were painted in 2006 to replace the old ones. The plywood was donated by the Town of Deseronto and the work of cutting out the fish shapes was undertaken by Tom Usher. Diane Myers painted the signs and the fish scales were done by a man called Gerry [surname unknown] who appears in the last two photographs.
Photograph of the Ciaco Club, Belleville Industrial League Champions, 1928 and a reproduction of a photograph of the 1936 Corby Distillery baseball team.
File of materials relating to parks in Belleville, Ontario:
Report on proposed redevelopment of Corby Park, [1966]
Correspondence concering Duff Park at Dundas Street West and Sidney Street in Belleville, 1970-1971, 2001
News clipping from Belleville Intelligencer concerning the start of construction on the Quinte Sports Centre, 8 October 1976
Registered plan of land at the corner of Front and Pinnacle Streets in Belleville, later known as Connor Park, 20 October 1976
Memoranda about the designation of Corby Park, May 2007
Invitation and program of events for dedication of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Parkette at Dundas Street West/Bay Bridge Road intersection, 23 September 2017
File of materials relating to waterfront development:
Final Report on Belleville's East Bayshore by the City of Belleville in partnership with the Waterfront Regeneration Trust, Environment Canada and Quinte Conservation, March 2003
Belleville Waterfront Master Plan and Development Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, May 2005
Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment for the Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan Class EA by Archeoworks Inc., October 2005
The Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, November 2006