Newspaper article: “Jamestown on Catfish Creek Proved Short-Live Dream Town of Pioneer St. Thomas Merchant” by Charles S. Buck (relating to James Chyser).
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives125557
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Scope and Content
- Discusses the development of the area with a focus on the merchant, James Chysler, who had begun a settlement on Catfish Creek.
- Name Access
- Sparta (Ont.)
- Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Pioneers