Oakville Beaver, 28 Jul 1993, p. 13

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The fifth one is the Royal Canadian Golf Association Museum â€" Canadian Golf Hall of Fame located at Golf House, a former Jesuit monastery, at the Glen Abbey Golf Club on Dorval Drive. The museum illustrates the history of golf. §49â€"9700 The Old Post Office, Oakville‘s first, was built in 1835. It was moved to Lakeside Park during the 1950s. Lakeside Park was deeded to the Town by Hazel Chisholm Mathews and her sister, Dr. Juliet Chisholm. Call Oakville Museums, §45â€"3541. The Thomas House, the restored 1829 farmhouse built by Merrick Thomas, opened in 1955, the year it was moved to its present location in Lakeside Park. Customed interâ€" preters demonstrate period activities circa 1829 to 1840. The Custom House was built by Robert Kerr Chisholm in 1856 for his father, Col. William Chisholm, Oakville‘s founder, first customs officer and builder of the first priâ€" vately owned harbour in Upper Canada, now Ontario. This building opened as a museum in 1983, and contains a permanent display of Oakville‘s history. Oakville has five museums, four of them at the foot of Navy Street. Erchless Estate was the family home for five generations of Chisholms, Oakville‘s founding family, for 130 years. The stately red brick house overlooking Oakville Harbour was built by Robert Kerr Chisholm in 1858. Purchased by the Town of Oakville in 1976, the house as been authentiâ€" cally restored and furnished with donations from the Chisholms. The Halton Region Museum can be found within Kelso Park in Milton. The museum, formerly the 1836 Alexander Farmstead, houses some 35,000 items spanning 10,000 years of Halton‘s history, one of the largest collections to be found at a community museum. Halton has the Bruce Trail, the Royal Botanical Gardens, museâ€" ums, and a winery. Yes, wine is made in Oakville. Halton has numerous attractions for tourists and daytrippers â€" here‘s a brief sampling of Halton‘s tourist spots. July St. John Ambulance Training for Life! EXPERT PINKING SHEARS & SCISSOR SHARPENING alton: something for everybody 466 Morden Rd. #201 Oakville, Ont. L6K 2T3 (416) 844â€"4844 reg w $159.98 NOW 199 MUSEUMS ’;$6998 off sale price Burlington also has two museâ€" ums, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm Museum, and the Joseph Brant Museum. Ireland House, a living history museum, dates back 155 years. The building on Guelph Line north of Upper Middle Road was restored in recent years. 332â€" 9888. PARKS Halton‘s largest is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 684 hectares of natural ravine and turnâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"cenâ€" tury farmland â€" about 40 hectares of farmland is still worked â€" is Ontario‘s first nearâ€"urban provincial park. It is filled with with wildflowâ€" ers, features Spruce Lane Farm with its Victorian farmhouse, farm aniâ€" mals, the 1.6â€"acre outdoor swimâ€" ming pool and tennis courts, trails and some fishing areas. The park is on Burloak Drive north of the QEW. 827â€"6911. The Halton County Radial Railway Museum north of Campbellville has a number of oneâ€" ofâ€"kind historic electric train vehiâ€" cles on display and available for mileâ€"long rides. 1â€"519â€"856â€"9802. The Joseph Brant Museum, named in honor of Burlington‘s founder, exhibits Woodland Indian culture, Joseph Brant memorabilia, Burlington‘s history and the history of Canadian costume. It can be found at the corner of Lakeshore Road and North Shore Boulevard. 634â€"3556. 875â€"2200. The Halton Region Conservation The Ontario Agricultural _ Authority operates the 11 other Museum consists of more than 30 _ major parks in the region. The best buildings housing historical dis« _ known of these are Mountsberg, plays and demonstrations of turnâ€" Rattlesnake Point, Kelso (and ofâ€"theâ€"century farming and rural _ Glen Eden ski facility), Crawford life. 878â€"8151. Lake, Hilton Falls, and Mount The Halton County Radial Nemo, in the Miltonâ€"Campbellville Railway Museum north ofâ€" area. WELDING PRODUCTS CANADA LTD & THERMADY NE John Bobyk, President of Thermadyne Welding Products Canada Limited, is very pleased to announce five years service awards were presented to the following employees at a Company BBQ luncheon on Tuesday, July 20th: Liz Abels â€" Burlington Brian Krieger â€" Oshawa Angie Scariett â€" Hamilton Terry Slack â€" Hamilton It is with great pride to be able to recognize these individuals and to say "thank you" for their respective contributions to the Company. | look forward to their continued strong support for many, many years to come. reg w $24.88 NOW reg we $119.98 NOW BIRTHRIGHT Hoseut;:ELéonzALL OAKVILLE: 825â€"1216 MILTON: 875â€"1245 Mon.â€"Thurs. 11 a.m.â€"5 p.m. Fri. 11 a.m.â€"2 p.m. Tues. & Wed. 7:30 p.m.â€"9:30 p.m. HOTLINE 8 a.m.â€"Midnight 1â€"800â€"328â€"5683 PREGNANT AND NEED HELP? HOURS: Selected Men‘s DRESS SHOES SANDALS Children‘s CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU! 2220 WYECROFT ROAD. OAKVILLE, ONTARIO L6L 5V6 149 4g98 SERVICE AWARDS MON.â€"WED. THURS.â€"FRI SAT. 347 Grays Rd., Hamilton SALE STARTS JULY 19thâ€"31st 10â€"6 p.m. 10â€"9 p.m. 10â€"6 p.m. The best known of these is the Bruce Trail, the 736â€"kilometre Niagara to Tobermory hiking trail along the Niagara Escarpment. The trail passes through six Halton parks. 416â€"529â€"6821 The Royal Botanical Gardens has a trail system along Cootes Paradise and Rock Chapel. The Gardens is also known for its indoor and outdoor exhibits including lilacs, roses, orchids, and bulbs. 416â€" 527â€"1158. Oakville also has a network of parks, the largest being Coronation Park on Lakeshore Road, and trails for walking and cycling. These can be found in Glen Abbey, Joshua‘s Creek, Morrison Creek, and Iroquois Shoreline Woods. Oakville Parks and Recreation, 845â€"6601. WINE A wine tour of the traditional ‘wine region of Ontario,‘ Niagara, would not be complete without a stop at Culotta Wines in Oakville â€" Halton‘s only winery. This famiâ€" lyâ€"run winery produces some of Ontario‘s best wines. Originally operating as the Culotta Grape and Juice Company, it became a winery in 1979. The winery and Wine Store is locatedat 1185 North Service Rd. E. The winery opened its Wine Store just last year. Tours and wine reg we $129.98 _ NOW tasting daily. 844â€"7912 560â€"2210 Women‘s "CARTOUCKHE" SHOES x ns39"° TRAILS THE OAKVILLE BEAVELE 13

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