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- Burwell Family fonds 1
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- County of Elgin fonds 2
- Don Cosens Collection 19
- Donald Hume Anderson fonds 2
- Eden Women's Institute fonds 3
- Elgin County Atlas Collection 2
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection 1
- Elgin County Letterhead Collection 24
- Elgin County Library fonds 15
- Elgin County Map Collection 4
- Elgin County Microform Collection 117
Name
- A.M. Spriet & Associates, Ltd., Consulting Engineers. 1
- Amtelecom Incorporated 1
- Anglican Church 1
- Atkinson Bros, Toronto 2
- Author: Frank Prothero 2
- Author: Ida Louise Haggan Editor: Karen Bailey 4
- Authors: Frank and Nancy Prothero 1
- Aylmer and Malahide Telephone Company Limited 1
- Aylmer Express 1
- Aylmer (Ont.) 9
- Aylmer Public Library 1
- Barry Schneider; Schneider Enterprises and Gifts Ltd., Woodstock, Ontario, Canada 1
1170 Forms
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives55058
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1991-1993
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B1 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B1 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1991-1993
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.: Village)
1170 forms
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives55063
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B1 F16
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B1 F16
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1994
- Scope and Content
- Applications to the Council or Assessment Review Board for Adjustment of Taxes.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.: Village)
1875 - Frontier House (Hotel)
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives181025
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca.1875
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F7 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F7 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca.1875
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- A photograph showing individuals in a downtown area. On the reverse of the photograph, the following is written: Sam Shipp thinks this looks like Port Dover. Walter Stansell doesn't remember Frontier house. 1904 Director has a ...? who is a hotel keeper. This might be what is now Cooksons. One article from the 50's said that the present post office (south part of Red & White Store) used to be a hotel call the Frontier House. This picture is dated 1875 in an article from the T-J (neg 10 - Port Burwell Library)
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
1916 - Dredge and Mud Scows Tied Up.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives181003
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1916
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F4 20
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F4 20
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1916
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- While the stone breakwall was being built (F. Stephenson’s postcard)
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
Accidents, 1975 - Leonard Alexander Paul Martin, Larry Martin, Bernard Clarence Brisseau and Edward George Croxford
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives24518
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Four black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published November 11, 1975 concerning the death of Leonard Alexander Paul Martin, 28, crewman of the fishing vessel South Side, which sank on Lake Erie about one and a half miles southeast of Port Burwell. Published with captions: "Larry Martin...Captain of the ill-fated tug" (C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14a); "Survived Twice - Edward Croxford, shown here with his mother, Mrs. Vera Croxford, has survived two lake disasters on Lake Erie in the last nine days" (C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14b); "Gave Clothing - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Csikos were confronted by the three survivors of the fishing tug South Side which sank off Port Burwell harbor Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Csikos gave the three survivors warm clothes and contacted police. One man drowned" (C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14c); "Ill Fated Tug - Captain Larry Martin's Port Burwell based tug, the South Side which sank at Port Burwell taking the life of crewman Leonard Martin. The all-steel diesel tug had a registered length of 54 feet and a beam of 16' 4". She was built in Port Dover in 1942 and was one of the most noted vessels in the industry" (C8 Sh5 B1 F6 14d).
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Fisheries
- Fishing
Images
Accidents, 1978 - Thomas Charles Palmer, Richard Volkaert and Carl M. Hooyer
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives24464
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F9 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F9 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published February 24, 1978 concerning a van-train collision that killed Thomas Charles Palmer, 33, of RR 1, Port Burwell; Richard Volkaert, 24, of RR 1, Straffordville; and Carl M. Hooyer, 44, of RR 6, Tillsonburg. Published with caption: "Van-Train Mishap - All three occupants of this van were killed Thursday afternoon after a Canadian National freight train collided with it. The train involved in the collision is in the background. St. Thomas OPP described road conditions at the time of the accident as 'very slippery'. The accident occurred at a marked railway crossing just north of Orwell."
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Orwell (Ont.)
- Straffordville (Ont.)
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
Images
Accidents, 1979 - Karen Ann Lindsay, Lory Lee Brown, Douglas Allan Saxton, Sandra Jane Seghers and Robert Body
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives24473
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F10 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F10 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 23, 1979 concerning an automobile accident that killed Karen Ann Lindsay, 16, RR 2, Aylmer; Lory Lee Brown, 16, and her step-brother Douglas Allan Saxton, 17, both of RR 1, Port Burwell; and injured Sandra Jane Seghers, 19, Vienna, and Robert Body. Published with caption: "Beyond Repair - Three teen-agers were killed and two seriously injured in this pickup truck when it smashed into a tree near Calton on Monday night after failing to negotiate a curve."
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Vienna (Ont.)
- Calton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
Images
Adjustments for property taxes
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives55071
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1996-1998
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B2 F6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2005-04
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R15 S1 Sh5 B2 F6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1996-1998
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.: Village)
Aerial Photographs, [195-?] - Port Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives24334
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [ca. 1955?]
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F2 121
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F2 121
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [ca. 1955?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Black and white aerial photograph negative showing Port Burwell, Ontario, [195-?].
- Name Access
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
Images
Aerial View of Port Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives181323
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca.
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F8 14
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2005-28
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6 F8 14
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- is one of the better ones - shows train and piles of something - not coal.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
"A History of Port Burwell"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1467
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- May 1976
- Storage Location
- REF 19
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Creator
- Compiled by: Ida Louise Haggan
- Description Level
- Item
- Library Catalogue Number
- LH 971.334 HAG
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 19
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- May 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Airfield
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21978
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F1 #11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F1 #11
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 12.5 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph and corresponding negative showing the airfield, likely at Aylmer, Ontario, ca. 1940s. A Trans-Canada Air Lines plane is shown in the background and a grazing deer in the foreground.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
Airplane Accident
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21995
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #17
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #17
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Black and white negative showing the wreckage from an airplane accident near Port Burwell, Ontario, ca. 1940s.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
Airplane Accident
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21996
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #18
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #18
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Black and white negative showing the wreckage from an airplane accident near Port Burwell, Ontario, ca. 1940s.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
Airplane Accident
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21997
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #19
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- W. Gordon Chalk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2002-03
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B3 F2 #19
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- Scope and Content
- Black and white negative showing the wreckage from an airplane accident near Port Burwell, Ontario, ca. 1940s.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
'A Look at Port Burwell's Past...'
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives15829
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Robert Moore Postcard Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2005-26
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh6 B4 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Robert Moore Postcard Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2005-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh6 B4 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Article about amateur historians of Port Burwell and the vibrant history of the village. Appeared in the St. Thomas Times-Journal of Wednesday, February 28, 1979. Includes reproductions of early 20th century photographs. Clippings are mounted on cardboard.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
Amtelecom Incorporated - Annual Meeting
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives24574
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F21 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B1 F21 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published February 20, 1968 with caption: "Telephone Meeting - Spencer McConnell of Port Burwell was re-elected to his 39th term as president of the Aylmer and Malahide Telephone Company Limited yesterday during the company's annual meeting at the Aylmer Town Hall. From left, Allan Newell Wright, Port Burwell, re-elected director; Ward Phelps, RR 1, Aylmer, re-elected director; Howard Palmer, managing director and secretary-treasurer, re-elected director; Mr. McConnell; H.E. Armstrong, Aylmer, re-elected vice-chairman."
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Amtelecom Incorporated
- Aylmer and Malahide Telephone Company Limited
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Malahide (Ont. : Township)
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Business and Industry
- User Comments
- In October 2020, Elizabeth Thomson commented: "This is Allan Newell Wright, known as Newell, named after a surname in the family . He owned and operated Wright Hardware Store in Port Burwell as his father before him did".
Images
"Anglican Churches, Elgin County"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1369
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Library Catalogue Number
- r283.971334 ANG
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- GMD
- textual records
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (2 copies)
- Scope and Content
- Includes historical essays on the following churches: -Christ Church, Port Stanley -St. Peter's Church, Tyrconnell -Trinity Church, Port Burwell
- Name Access
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Christ Church (Port Stanley)
- St. Peter's Anglican Church, Tyrconnell
- St. Peter's Church- Tyrconnell
- Trinity Church
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Churches
Documents
Anglican Church, Port Burwell, Ontario
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives183973
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- August 7, 1952
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh1 B1 F11 30
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh1 B1 F11 30
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- August 7, 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white postcard showing the Anglican Church in Port Burwell, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Images
"Anglican Parish Registers, Port Burwell and Vienna, 1842-1941"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives16398
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Microform Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- records on microform
- Storage Location
- D11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- MF-201
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- D11
- GMD
- records on microform
- Physical Description
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Contains: Baptisms (1842-1863); Burials (1843-1867); Marriages (1843-1867); Marriages (1843-1857); Confirmations (1845-1851); Marriages (1858-1910); Baptisms (1867-1877); Marriages (1867-1933); Burials (1922-1929); List of Families; Baptisms (1879-1929); Confirmations (1879-1927); Marriages (1878-1917); Burials (1878-1921); Marriages (1896-1922); Marriages (1922-1941)
- Name Access
- Anglican Church
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Vienna (Ont.)