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War of 1812 Talbot Settlement Re-Enactments
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2009-25
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 232
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 233
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 234
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 235
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 238
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 239
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 240
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 241
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2009-25
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 232
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 233
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 234
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 235
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 238
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 239
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 240
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F2 241
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2003
- Series
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds - Tweedsmuir History series
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Twenty colour photographs of re-enactments of Talbot Settlement battles during the War of 1812, on the war's 200th anniversary, held May 24 and 25, 2003, included in the Wallacetown Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Eight, page 232 to 235 and 238 to 241:
- Re-enactment of the raid on the Talbot Settlement, held May 24, 2003 [232];
- A running battle re-enactment on Talbot Street in St. Thomas, held May 24, 2003 [233a and 233b];
- Soldiers converge during the re-enactment in front of the Jumbo statue on May 24, 2003 [234a and 234b];
- Re-enactors standing in front of the Backus-Page House at John E. Pearce Provincial Park in Tyrconnell [235a];
- Guests visiting historic shops and merchants along "settlers' row" [235b];
- Colonel Thomas Talbot, portrayed by Nick Wells [235c];
- Re-enactors are watched by guests [238a];
- A First Nations representative and Colonel Talbot, portrayed by Nick Wells, standing with a painting entitled "The Pearce Family Landing" [238b];
- The First Nations' tent on May 24, 2003 [238c];
- Guests standing in front of the Backus-Page House [239a];
- Guests walking along the road outside John E. Pearce Provincial Park [239b];
- From left to right; Mayor Rien Van Brenk, Doreen Wilson, Warden John Wilson, Mrs. Jeffry Hunter dressed as Diana Ployer, and Nick Wells dressed as Colonel Talbot [239c];
- Guests watching the re-enactment on May 25, 2003 [240a];
- Re-enactment at the Talbot Settlement on May 25, 2003 [240b, 240c, 241a, 241b, and 241c].
- Name Access
- Wallacetown Women's Institute
- Wallacetown (Ont.)
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Talbot, Thomas
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
- War of 1812
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to the source information for this image, from the Tweedsmuir book.
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