Come find out what terrorism looked like in #Guelph in 1870! Guelph Historical Society

The Albion Baby
Dateline: Guelph,
June 2, 1874.
I've heard of leaving a baby on a doorstep. At a fire station. At a hospital...
But the Albion?
#Guelph , #guelphhistory , Guelph Historical Society , Guelph Museums

Please join us next Tuesday, April 4th. It's going to be a good one!

This coming month, the Guelph Historical Society has a fascinating topic that they'll be presenting at @Standrewsguelph -- #Guelph -ites in the Gold Rush!

What's so royal about the Royal City? Come out to Guelph Historical Society to find out!

1933 - New Reformatory Pond on York Rd. featured in Annual Superintendent's Report.
11 1/2 acre Pond dug out by a Bull gang of 'tough guys', over 3 years. Enjoyed by the citizens of #Guelph for 90 years! Guelph Museums Guelph Historical Society City of Guelph Ontario Heritage Trust

You know it's significant news when Guelph hits the The New York Times.
This was how rioters were punished in 1952.
For context the British navy suspended flogging in 1879.
Abolished as institutional punishment in Canada in 1972... so much for 'reform'.
Yorklands Green Hub Guelph Historical Society

1932 March 2 The Globe: Reformatory pond at former #Guelph Correctional Centre / Ontario Reformatory was not built without cost.

Vintage Guelph The Ward Residents Association Guelph Historical Society ACO Ontario Heritage Trust Yorklands Green Hub Guelph Hiking Trail Club

The Ward Residents Association 1st bridge on where Allan's Bridge is now.
Built 1827, 'appears... to have been a very substantial and not inelegant structure, built on piles, the superstructure being partly of squared timbers.' Annals of the Town of Guelph

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Guelph Streets that have changed names #2. Alexander Street now Westwood Road, Helen Street now part of Hanlon Expressway Hwy # 6. Map date: 1856 #GuelphHistory

Find out how we got our place names in Wellington County around #Guelph . Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 at St. Andrews

Join AGG’s founding Director Judith Nasby for a talk and the launch of her new book – Kivioq's Journey and Other Revelations in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park – at the Guelph Civic Museum on Tuesday, October 3, at 7:30 pm, an event presented by Guelph Historical Society

Hidden History of First World War presented by Guelph Historical Society Tuesday November 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Maclean's 1940 on #Guelph , includes
the Ontario Reformatory, OAC, prominent Guelphites (yes almost exclusively men), History, Industry, Music and Sports: archive.macleans.ca/article/1940/1…

Heritage Guelph
Guelph Historical Society The Ward Residents Association Yorklands Green Hub Ontario Agricultural College

Join us for our final 2022 Evenings With History on Tues, Dec 6th at Guelph Museum! Guest speaker Sandra Lucs, MA History (U of Guelph) has a unique lens on the fascinating life of Dr. Henry Orton through his collection of letters.

Guelph: Perspectives on a Century of Change 1900-2000 by Guelph Historical Society. Been taking notes. #LocalHistory #OntHistory #CdnHistory

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, 1914

#Guelph GuelphWellington ACO Vintage Guelph Guelph Historical Society Guelph Museums

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Guelph Historical Society reveals all Tuesday, May 2 !

Sneak peak @Standrewsguelph plaque to commemorate McCrae in tribute to the 11th Field Artillery Regiment Guelph. Guelph Museums City of Guelph Guelph Historical Society