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Harrowsmith Country Life

The file contains a copy of the magazine Harrowsmith Country Life, October 2003 Issue, No. 172 with the caption "Then & Now Photography; A Fond Look at the Changing Rural Landscape. On page 2 there is an article with pictures titled "The More Things Change; A black and white look at the changing character of rural Ontario."

Alan Rayburn collection

The file contains a letter from Alan Rayburn dated 23 August 2002. Along with the letter there are copies of some responses received by James White, Canada's chief geographer, dated 1905-1909, from postmasters in Hastings County providing information on how and when each place was named.

McGeachie Conservation Area

This file contains newspaper articles about the donation of 358 acres of land to the Crowe Vally Conservation Authority by Jack and Ethel McGeachie in 1995. There is also correspondence between John Brett McGeachie, the Corporation of the Township of Limerick and the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the renaming request (denied) of Steenburg Lake in Tudor Township.

Hans Waltimeyer

The file contains a newspaper article written by Lewis Zandbergen on the book titled Hans Waltimeyer, written by Jane Bennett Goddard about John Walden Meyers. Also, included in the file are 2 advertising flyers for Madill's Garage, 334A Front Street, Belleville.

Brett History

This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, of the Brett Family History & Genealogy. Walter Brett (1836-1917) for whom Brett's Lake, Lots 86-87, East Side, Hastings Road Survey, Tudor Township was named, letters written between 1871-1909. Also letters written from Curtis Brett to his son (1775-1780) and Walter Brett's letters.

Sidney Township materials

Various items related to Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario:

  • Notes on the history of Sidney Baptist Church, 1979
  • Sidney Township Bicentennial Newsletter, April 1990
  • Handout with map for Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) bus tour of Sidney Township, 16 September 1990
  • List of Sidney Township street names and locations and 'SHARC's thoughts on the naming of future Sidney streets', with list of pioneer families and locations, c.1990
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