HARROW AND COLCHESTER SOUTH INFORMATION
 

 

AGRICULTURE

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1. General Crops

Apples
Blueberries
Corn – Field Corn, Seed Corn, Sweet Corn
Cranberries
Honey, Bees
Maple Syrup, Maple Sugar
Paprika
Peaches
Potatoes
Soybeans
Sorghum, Sugarcane
Sunflowers
Tobacco, flue-cured, burley
Tomatoes
Board of Commissioners
Agricultural Office, jobs
Greenhouses
Harrow Potato Growers Association
Plowing Match
Water
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Jesuit Pear Tree
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Trees and Nuts
Black Walnut
Chestnut
Carolinian
Butternut
Mori Nursery
Nut – Arner Townline 10 acres
Beach - Holiday Beach
Gypsy Moth, stripping trees
Bugwatch Program
Dufour, Percy and Gladys – 100,000 trees on Concession 6
 

 

2. Specific Crop Yields

Apples – Jim Murray, Orchard Crisp
Apples –Don Wright – Wrightland Farm
Apricots, Nectarines – Research Station, new varieties
Asparagus – Don Wright, Terry Wright S
Bees – Joe Muehmer
Blueberries – Klassen
Colio Winery
Experimental Farm – Al Hammill, Brian Harrison
Grapes – Art Moyer
Greenhouses – Kenny
Greenhouses – Terry Wright - Scattertys
Harcliff Farm – Cliff Balkwill
Harrow Potato Growers Association –
Harrow Potato Growers Association, Lakeland Brand – Stan Bailey, Ralph Wright,
Wm. Staddon, Chas Butler, Hadley Halstead, Tom Stoddart
Herb Farming – Mickey and Larry Janzie
Maple Products – Cozy Cabin – Margaret Klie
Maple Syrup – Ken Hunter, Hillhurst Farm
Peaches - John and Steve Hric - Doug Balsillie – Welacky Farms
Peppers – Bruce Staddon
Pickles – Lakeside – Charles and Don Woodbridge
Pioneer Seed Corn
Poultry Club- 4H
Sweet Corn – Jim Lonsbery, JimBrackett
Tobacco, Burley – Mervyn and Edwin Woodbridge
Tomatoes – John Hlavic
Wheat – Steve Zavaros
Wineries

 

3. Livestock

Beef Farming
Butter Churns article, Shirley Burkhart
Chickens, Roosters
Dairy Farmers
Donkeys
Goats
Haflinger Ponies – Alvin Laramie
Harness Making
Hog Cholera
Horses
Jerseys – McLeans
Lambs
Oxen
Sheep
 

4. Machinery

History and Development of Machinery
John Deere
Calendars

5. Agricultural Society

Buildings
History- From January 7, 1836.
Booklets- and brochures
Officials, 1844, and 1886
Property

6. Harrow Fair

History
Articles, sorted by date

7. Booklets

Harrow Fair

8. Booklets

Harrow Fair

9. Harrow Farmer’s Co-Operative

History
Articles, sorted by date

10. Harrow Research Station

History and Accomplishments, from 1909
Anniversary Information

11. Booklets

Research Station

 

BUILDINGS

1. Colchester South
2. Harrow
3. Harrow & Colchester South Arena

 

BUSINESSES

1. General
2. History of Businesses

3. Harrow

Affleck Sheet Metal
Ambulance
Atlas Tube
Automotive
Bakeries
Banking
Bed & Breakfast
Blacksmithing
Blimey’s
Brewing
Building Supplies
Canbar
Canners
Cargill
Chamber of Commerce
Chiropractor
Clark, W.
Cleaners
Clothing
Commonwealth Oil
Construction
Cool Eyes
Crafts
Daycare
Dentists
Doctors
Drug Stores
Erie Cheese Co.
Fishing
Flowers
Fruit & Vegetable Stands
Funeral Homes
Furniture & Appliances
Gas & Oil
General Stores
Gifts & Jewelry
Gristmills
Grocery Stores
Hair Salons & Barbers
Hardware
Harness Making
Harrowood
Hatchery/ Eggs
Heaton
HEIRS
Hotels
Interior Decorating
Insurance
Landscaping
Lawyers
Lumber
Manufacturers
Plumbing & Heating
Pollard Bros.
Produce Dealers
Professionals
Restaurants
Sawmills
Sellick Equipment
Shoes
Small Businesses
Theater & Video Stores
Tourism
Transportation
Variety Stores
Wineries- Colio
Wineries- ViewPointe Estate

 

CEMETERIES

Harrow and Colchester South
Cemetery Information – List of all cemeteries

BME
Christ Church
Colchester Memorial
Erie
Ferriss
Huffman
Iler
McCormick
Quick
St. Mark's
Tofflemire Snider

 

CHURCHES

1. Black

BME – British Methodist Episcopal
Central Grove– African Methodist Episcopal
Zion – African Methodist Episcopal

2. Congregations

General
Apostolic
Baptist
Calvary Gospel
Christ Church (Anglican)
German Pentecostal
Lutheran
Mennonite
St. Alban’s (Anglican)
St. Andrew’s (Anglican)
St. Anthony (R C)
United

CLUBS

1. Children’s and Teens’

Boys & Girls Band
Brownies
Guides
Scouts
Scouts- Applications
Scouts- Records
Teens

2. General

General Clubs
Gun and Hunting
Lion’s Club
Portuguese Club
Seniors’ Club

 

3. Lodges (Men and Women)

General
Kinsmen and Kinettes
Knights of Columbus
Masonic, King Edward Lodge
Oddfellows and Rebekahs
OES (Order of the Eastern Star)

4. Rotary
5. Royal Canadian Legion
6. Sports

Baseball

Figure Skating
Hockey
Paralympics
Soccer, Track and Field

7. Women’s Clubs

Business and Professional
IODE, Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Sororities
Women’s Institute

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Cable
2. Newspapers
3. Post Office

CULTURE

DISASTERS

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General
Fires
Floods
Tornados

FIRE PREVENTION
HYDRO & ENERGY
LIBRARIES
LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION
MAPS

MEMORIALS

Harrow Cenotaph

MUSEUMS

John R. Park Homestead (2 Files)

PARKS

Colchester Harbour

 

POLICE

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

1. Bylaws
2. Colchester South

Newspaper clippings on elections
Financial Statement of Colchester South 1921
Colchester Treasurers Credit and Debit Journal, 1858-1880
Proposed Zoning By-Law Summary Sept 1987

3. Harrow

Town of Harrow Act 1983
Reports to Council and riding Results from Various Year
Howard Heaton information
Booklet: Dedication of the New Municipal Building, Harrow 1939
Trustees for the Police Village of Harrow 1899-1929

 

RAILROADS
RECREATION
ROADS, SIDEWALKS, STREETS

Roads
Sidewalks
Streets

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SCHOOLS

1. Colchester South

Elementary – Black
History
Schools

2. Harrow

H.D.H.S. (Harrow District High School) (#1)
H.D.H.S. (Harrow District High School) (#2)
Nursery School
Public Elementary – Junior
Public Elementary – Senior
St. Anthony Catholic Elementary

SERVICES
SURVEYS

TOWNS & TOWNSHIPS

Belcraft Beach
Chestnut Grove
Colchester North & South
Colchester Village
Comet
Gesto
Harrow
Iler
Marshfield
New Canaan
New Settlement
Oxley
Potlake (Potleg)
Zion/ Arner

WASTE MANAGEMENT
WEATHER