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    The hamlet at this intersection was first called Post's Corners, then Postville.

    Postville was also known as Post's Corners. It was at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, Trafalgar Township.

    7th Line is today called Trafalgar Road.

    This store was on the north-west corner of Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street. The photograph was taken about 1940. Other photographs taken about the same time show the 2 gas pumps out front.

    These high-resolution photographs are only a few of close to 200 that were taken by BP Imaging for the Town of Oakville in 2005. Town of Oakville Heritage Planning has shared these as well as another

    Both the Dent and Bradley families ran general stores on the northwest corner of Trafalgar and Dundas. Leslie Bradley took over the store from the Carpenter family in 1925 and was postmaster. The Den

    This intersection was called Post's Corners, later Postville.

    The hamlet at this intersection was first called Post's Corners, then Postville.

    The correct name of this hall is "Trafalgar Memorial Hall". The name was amended and a plaque was commissioned to honour soldiers who had died in World War II hung in the Hall for many years - it is

    The 1881 Census spelling of Post is "Poast". Thompson Egbert, son of Ephraim and Jane, is listed as "Thomas" and in the 1871 Census, Ephraim is spelled "Ephrom". A relay of horses was kept at the Inn

    The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the n

    The second image in this record shows the verso of the bill. The initials, "RKC" are those of Robert Kerr Chisholm who was the Postmaster and Customs Agent at Oakville. (A link to his Wikipedia page

    This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this photograph is