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Township of Southwold fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Township of Southwold fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- textual records
- technical drawings
- Date Range
- 1830-1997
- Accession Number
- 2003-20
- 2004-17
- 2007-11
- 2018-40
- Storage Location
- R11 S1-2
- M2 S3 Sh5 B4
- M2 S3 Sh1 B5-8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Township of Southwold fonds
- Creator
- Southwold (Ont.: Township)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2003-20
- 2004-17
- 2007-11
- 2018-40
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- R11 S1-2
- M2 S3 Sh5 B4
- M2 S3 Sh1 B5-8
- GMD
- cartographic material
- textual records
- technical drawings
- Date Range
- 1830-1997
- Physical Description
- 29 m of textual records
- 1451 photographs
- 43 technical drawings
- 17 maps
- History / Biographical
- The Township of Southwold was originally constituted as part of the County of Middlesex in the District of London in 1800. It was formally incorporated in 1850 as part of Middlesex County and then became one of the inaugural townships in the County of Elgin in 1852. Sometimes referred to as the "keystone township" due to its shape, it is located between Lake Erie and the Thames River immediately west of St. Thomas. It is one of the few unrestructured municipalities in Ontario, remaining unchanged in terms of its original name and boundaries. Township offices are located in Fingal. Unincorporated villages include Shedden, Fingal, Paynes Mills, Middlemarch and Talbotville, although both Shedden and Fingal were at least designated as police villages for a period.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
- 1) Council series, 1850-1997
- 2) Clerk's series, 1850-1997
- 3) Treasurer's series, 1830-1997
- 4) Engineering/Roads series, ca. 1900-1993
- 5) Local Board of Health series, 1884-1945
- 6) Red Cross Society, Southwold branch series, 1939-1947
- 7) Volunteer Fire Department series, 1948-1984
- 8) Police Village of Fingal series, 1906-1982
- 9) Police Village of Shedden series, 1904-1997
- Name Access
- Southwold (Ont.: Township)
- Fingal (Ont.)
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Canadian Red Cross Society. Southwold Township Branch
- Southwold Volunteer Fire Department
- Access Restriction
- Provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act apply.
- Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically
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