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    While those summer visitors from far away could take train or boat to Grimsby Park, many people from the surrounding area would arrive by horse and buggy, sometimes just for a single afternoon or eve

    This is the summer cottage of the Edward Bowslaugh Family. The cottage was named Cedar Dell. There are eight people on the porch and seventeen people sitting on the front steps and lawn of the cottag

    While the board and batten siding of a cottage is visible in the background, these four men are in front of the striped tent seen often in Grimsby Park images. Cottages and tents often co-existed her

    Note the middle cottage has a name placed on the second story porch railing. This was a common means of identifying cottages without addresses.

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    Lake View Hotel offered a beautiful view of Victoria Terrace, which was both a gathering spot and the entry point for those visitors who travelled by boat. This postcard shows the tree-lined terrace

    This black and white photograph shows a young girl, Marjorie Mitchell Metcalfe, standing in front of the Park House Hotel which was located at Grimsby Park.

    This sepia-toned postcard shows the pier at Grimsby Beach circa 1890s. The foreground depicts two men wearing black suits and two women wearing white dresses, all of whom are standing on the pier. Th

    This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the Lake View House hotel fire. The stone foundation is evident. People are gathered to look at the ruins. In the foreground, a young girl with

Livingston, James A., The Independent (Grimsby, Ontario: Livingston, James A.), Thursday April 24, 1890     THE INDEPENDENT JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR GRIMSBY BEAMSVILLE AND SMITHVILLE THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890. GRIMSBY PARK We have always maintained that Grimsby Park was not advertised enoug

    This massive temple was the built in 1888. It was modeled after the Mormon Tabernacle. According to the programs of the Chautauqua, it was able to seat seven thousand people. It was thirty-seven metr

    The sign beside the ticket window reads, the Canadian Express Co. This company was part of the Canadian Pacific Railway and came into existence in 1926. While this photograph was taken circa 1930, th

    Florence Carlyle has an advertisement for her Summer School of Art which was held at Grimsby Park on page 8.

    This is the year the Temple opened. Page 9 (or page 14 in the programme)lists Right Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald, G.B.C. Premier of Canada as giving the opening address. Sir J. A. Macdonald was no

    This is a 24 page programme, advertising the 1889 programme for the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground Company. It has accomodation listings, lecture listings and advertisements for other schools such as

    This is a twenty page leaflet or pamphlet, advertising the 1890 program for the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground Company. It is accomodation listings, lecture listings and advertisements for other compa

    This is a (PLACE NUMBER OF PAGES HERE) page leaflet or pamphlet, advertising the (PLACE YEAR HERE) programme for the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground Company. It is accomodation listings, lecture listin

    Note the Grimsby Park postmark that is stamped on the front cover.

    Phelps was one of the founders of the Ontario Methodist Camp Ground which became Grimsby Park. He was elected the first president of Grimsby Park in 1874 and remained president until his death in 190

    This is a copy of fragment of a statutory lease from The Ontario Methodist Camp Ground Company to Mrs Phebe Glass of London, Ontario. It is dated Aug. 17, 1878. It is a lease for 999 years. There is