The Bayfield Historical Society 20 Main St

The Bayfield Historical Society 20 Main St. North, P.O. Box 161 Bayfield, Ontario N0M 1G0 E-mail address: [email protected] Web-site: www.bayfieldhistorical.ca 519-441-3224

Annual Newsletter for 2020 In this Issue Covering the Events of 2019 Nicola and Peter Robinson 1,2

The Malta 2

President’s Message 3

Remembrance Day Ancestry Tree 4

Remembrance Day Event WW1 Medals and the Bake 5 Family

Stephanie Talbot- Cataloguer 6 Summer Student Reflections

Archives Report 7

Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield 8,9

Speaker Series 10,11

Board of Directors - 2020 12 Nicola and Peter Robinson

On Oct. 26, the Bayfield Historical Society (BHS) hosted a gathering for two special visitors: Nicola (Nicky) and Peter Robinson from England. Nicky is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Admiral Hen- ry Wolsey Bayfield, after whom our village is named. The board of BHS hosted a social get-together at the Heritage Centre attended by local historians David Yates and Dave Gillians, members of the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce (BACC) and others to honor the visit of the Robinsons. In 1817 Admiral Bayfield began surveying the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay, St. Lawrence waterways and Eastern Canada. His detailed charts and maps continued to be in use until about 1910, said David Yates, who is undertak- ing extensive research for a book on the Admiral. Past-President Doug Brown provided background on the successful inaugural in 2019 of Admiral Bay- field Day which included a play about the Admiral done by Judy Keightley. For the second annual event BHS together with BACC will complete a memorial to Admiral Bayfield in downtown Bayfield near the library. BACC donated copies of the two Champlain Society volumes in which Bayfield’s journals are published. The Robinsons were presented with local publications: Reflections of Bayfield and For the Love of Bay- field; both publications available at BHS. continued on page 2 1 Admiral Bayfield was born in 1795 in Yorkshire, The Robinsons were charmed by the village of England. BHS has traced his ancestry back to Bayfield, and after a few more days in the area, his great-great grandfather Thomas in 1655. their next stop was Charlottetown to explore an- Nicky’s grandmother was Fanny Bayfield and it other touchstone to the past: the house where the was through Ancestry research a few years ago Bayfields’ lived is preserved as a National Histor- that Nicky connected her family tree directly to ic Site. Henry and Fanny’s P.E.I. summer home is Admiral Henry Bayfield. Nicky’s mother “was also a registered historic site. fostered” and knew nothing of her famous roots If you are visiting P.E.I. the Bayfield Historical until the search. Society can help you with locating these histori- Admiral Bayfield settled in P.E.I. and married cal landmarks of Admiral Bayfield and his family. Fanny Wright in 1838. They had six children, one During Bayfield’s time his contribution to chart- being Horace who returned to England and being our waters (water being the primary means came a surgeon and of whom Nicky is descen- of transportation) made voyages for immigrants dant. Fanny Wright Bayfield was a noted artist of to the “New World” safer and assisted with the her time with several paintings on display today defence of their new home. at Library & Archives Canada and other museums. Admiral Bayfield and his wife Fanny are buried in P.E.I. Nicky and Peter Robinson are in possession of a beautiful painting of birds which has been passed down through the generations with “GY” as the artist. They can now confirm that this is Gertrude Young the great granddaughter of Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield. Admiral Bayfield Fanny Wright

The “Malta”

Wreck of the Malta c1888 This image of the Malta was taken on Nov. 17. (Photo by Stephanie Talbot)

Stephanie Talbot, our cataloguer at the Bayfield Archives and an avid photographer, captured photos of the exposed Malta skeleton during her morning walk this past November. It was during the night of November 24 in 1882 that Malta’s captain, Mr. Buckley, said that he mistook the light of a candle in a second-storey window on Bayfield’s shore for the Goderich lighthouse, and subsequently steered into shallow waters. While no one perished, the Malta could not be freed. For a few decades the schooner acted as a makeshift bathhouse, before being broken up and buried during the Great Storm of November 1913. Wrecks such as the Malta are not to be disturbed or moved as they are legally protected as cultural and historical resources. 2 President’s Message 2019 by Doug Brown and Ruth Gibson Doug Brown Ruth Gibson 2015-2019 Oct. 2019

The Board was successful in securing funding from the Huron Heritage Fund and Community Futures to supplement a very generous donation from an anonymous donor. This funding was used to implement the Cataloguing and Inventory project to record all historical documents and donations using a museum software called PastPerfect which was extensively researched before purchasing. This funding allowed us to hire Stephanie Talbot who mastered the program and is making good headway.

Doug Brown stepped down as President in October of this year. Ruth Gibson (former Treasurer) was nominated to that position. Doug remains on the board as a Director together with Julia Armstrong, Claudia Barrett, Deborah Curran, Doug Darnbrough, Barb Durand, Joe Gray, Godfrey Heathcote, Linda Hopkins-Greenly, and Gwen Patterson.

Julia Armstrong, Archivist, grew up in Stanley Township. She lives and works in Toronto as the Super- visisory Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography but is frequently in Bayfield visiting family and available by phone or email for consultation. Claudia Barrett is our Assistant Archivist on site for day-to-day archival duty. Other board members have taken on projects that are equally valuable to the overall functioning of the archives.

The Helen McLeod II Committee is exploring the feasibility of building a structure on the south shore of the harbour to exhibit the schooner to the public. We have met with staff from the Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority and received cautionary approval about building above the floodplain. Doug Culbert Limited, Land Surveyors in Goderich, have donated their time surveying the land and have given us an elevation drawing. The firm Rob McCrae Architect from Toronto did the original sketch of the structure and have agreed to look at the surveyor’s floodplain map to determine whether a structure can be built on the proposed parcel of land.

In 2018 the Municipality of Bluewater proclaimed the last Saturday in April as Admiral Bayfield Day. The first celebration in 2019 was headlined by the Ennis Sisters’ concert and a play written and directed by Judy Keightley. Both performances at the Town Hall were fund-raising events for the Historical So- ciety. The plans for 2020 include the unveiling of a permanent memorial to Admiral Bayfield’s work charting the Great Lakes, St.Lawrence River, Gulf of St. Lawrence and the eastern seaboard. Financial support for this includes a Federal grant from the Ministry of Cdn Heritage & Multiculturalism and we have also applied locally to the Municipality of Bluewater‘s Community Vibrancy Fund.

Doug thanks the board members for their hard work and support during his 3½ years. Together we have been committed to preserving our archival collection for years to come along with making it more accessible to the public. Ruth looks forward to this exciting time and being part of our transformation to technology which will expedite recovery of documents and artifacts for viewing. This is possible with joint community and board support which benefits us and all future generations. We all thank you for supporting us. 3 Remembrance Day Ceremony 2019

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Laying of the wreaths at the Cenototaph.

Stories from the Ancestry Tree

The Elliotts of the Albion Hotel We were asked to do an Ancestry tree for the Deacon family in Guelph. The granddaughter was most interested in her grandmother Maggie Davidson born in Bayfield, with family talk passed down that she had “Indian blood”. We found documents through Ancestry that Maggie’s parents both came from Scotland but found some other very interesting things about Grandma. Grandma Maggie Davidson (Deacon) worked at the Albion Hotel and according to the Goderich court records “had been seeing” both Fred and Harvey Elliott; story below: Nov 8, 1897, Fred Elliott 21 yrs shot and killed his brother Harvey Elliott 23 yrs. Fred was sentenced to 5 years hard labour at Kingston Penitentiary. Returned to working at the Albion Hotel but died in 1905. It appears that the root cause of the deadly argument may have been the brother’s rivalry for the affections of Miss Margaret Davidson. Davidson was a serving girl at the Albion. She had been seeing Harvey for a couple of years. Lately she had been seen with younger brother Fred. Specula- tion was rife that this may have sparked the deadly shooting that night. (by Ruth Gibson)

Discovering My Roots! I have recently moved to the Bayfield area. I grabbed a map of Ontario and stuck a pin in Bayfield and here I am. My Mother had told me my Grandfather was born in Clinton, sparking my imagina- tion. I started researching my family tree. Well, to my surprise generation after generation was born, raised, married and died in either Goderich, Clinton or Exeter area. I have literally come back to my maternal roots! Not to be outdone by my maternal side, I have found a story recently that a Mrs. Hopkins owned a general store in Bayfield during the last century; my paternal side! I have enjoyed sharing all the information with my family members and creating new stories for my children. (by Linda Hopkins-Greenly) Contact us to have your family tree done on Ancestry. Photos and official documents saved and recorded for you which are saved indefinitely for future generations. Ruth Gibson & Linda Hopkins-Greenly [email protected] 4 Remembrance Day Event 2019

Shawn MacNeil and Margaret Clydesdale, courtesy of Stephanie Talbot CTV London came to film the donation of WWI medals from Shawn McNeil, on behalf of Corunna Legion to Bayfield Historical Society WWII Uniform of Leslie Bake, and the Bake Family. This amazing story aired three times on the father of Margaret Clydesdale Remembrance Day. Corunna Legion found the Bake Family Tree on the Bayfield Histor- ical Ancestry site. Contacting us to say that they were in possession of WWI medals of Ernest Henry Bake which were anonymously donated to them. Shawn McNeil from Corunna Legion drove in a snowstorm on Nov. 11th to present BHS with the medals and to meet the granddaughter of Ernest Bake, Margaret Clydesdale. Margaret Clydesdale loaned two WWII uniforms worn by her father Leslie Bake to BHS for our Remembrance Day windows. We created an Ancestry file to recover records for the window display and this is how the Legion found the connection. Ernest Henry Bake who fought in WWI was the father of Leslie WW1 Medals, Bake who fought in WWII and whose uniforms we had on display courtesy of Stephanie Talbot in our windows.

Scott Miller and Shawn MacNeil, courtesy of Stephanie Talbot 5 Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield

Two hundred years ago, Admiral Bayfield as a young man, surveyed the Great Lakes and in particular, Lake Huron. In celebration of his achievements, Judy Keightley, author and playwright wrote a play called, "Admiral Bayfield". The play was performed on Friday, April 26th and Saturday April 27th, 2019 at the Bayfield Town Hall. Judy Keightley

L - R: Steve Baker, Leanne Kavagnah, Mike Dietrich, Cam Oats Tim Dietrich, Ian Rutherford

6 Roger Lewington presents cheque to Bayfield Historical Society treasurer Ruth Gibson. Doug Brown presents Judy with flowers. 7 Cataloguer - Stephanie Talbot

I have been fortunate to have been employed at The Bayfield Historical Society and Archives these last six months, first as an assistant and now in the position of cataloguer. In the summer months I researched and created daily Facebook “On This Day” posts using resources from The Huron County Digitized Newspaper Project and images from our collection. I also greeted visitors, answered their questions, helped the summer students Leah and Matthew with their projects, par- ticipated in research requests and other tasks. Since the fall I have been scanning, photographing and digitally cataloguing our collection. Digitizing these records is important in order to ensure the preservation of documents as well as making our collection more accessible to the public. Each day I am learning more about Stephanie Talbot our town’s history and I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to work for such a wonderful organization. Stephanie Talbot - Cataloguer

Summer Student Reflections

When I was told last summer that there may be an opportunity to work for the Bayfield Historical Society, I was excited to say the least. I had been waiting for an opening like this to finally get my first job and gain some work experience. My eldest brother had worked here last summer, and I enjoyed hearing interesting stories about the history of Bayfield. I have always wanted to work in a museum, as they have been a large part of my life growing up and interested me in general. This job gave me the chance to meet and speak with many wonderful people from near and far. I was happy to help them learn and further enjoy their time in our Leah Stevenson beautiful village. Along with greeting people and answering their questions, I researched and completed a project about Swimsuits Throughout the Decades where I was able to use copies of old photographs from our collection to use in my display. I also rented out the quadracycles, which our visitors really enjoyed. All in all, my time at the archives has been nothing short of what I expected and has been a very pleasant opportunity. I am very grateful for this experience. Leah Stevenson - Summer Student Employee When I was given the opportunity to volunteer at the Bay- field Archives, I knew I would have a good time. My brother volunteered here 3 summers ago so I had an idea of how enjoyable it would be. My experience at the Archives did not disappoint. I found that volunteering at the Archives was a fun and engaging activity to do over the summer which also kept me very busy. Between customer greeting, my project on the early economy of Bayfield and my project on problems in the agricultural industry of Huron County, I was doing a lot of fun and enjoyable tasks. Overall, my summer volunteering experience at the Archives has been amazing and I wouldn’t change it at all. Matthew Woodward - Summer Student Matthew Woodward Volunteer 8 Archives Report by Julia Armstrong and Claudia Barrett

The Bayfield Archives contain a wealth of historical and spends summers at the family cottage. He was records and objects that preserve stories of the peo- an excellent ambassador and enjoyed researching ple, events, and institutions of our village. We were Bayfield’s early economy. Leah Stevenson, who delighted to take on the roles of Archivist (Julia) and lives in the area, was employed through a youth Assistant Archivist (Claudia) in October. Julia, who grant program and joined Matt in greeting visitors grew up in the area, has a master’s degree in archi- and promoting Bayfield’s history. Leah researched val science and records management. Claudia is a bathing costumes through the years and created a resident of Bayfield, and her expression of interest delightful poster for our window display. in the Archives happily allowed a teamwork scenario Over the course of the year, there were about to fall into place, since Julia is based mainly in To- 2,100 visitors to the Archives, most of them dur- ronto. Over the few months since October, Claudia ing the summer months. The BHS was delighted to has tended to onsite coordination, connecting with welcome two special guests in late October: Nicola donors, and greeting visitors, while Julia has been fa- and Peter Robinson of Shropshire, England. When miliarizing herself with the organization of the planning a holiday to Canada, they discovered the Archives and its policies, as well as supporting the BHS online and reached out. Nicola is the great- Admiral Bayfield monument planning group by great-great-granddaughter of Admiral Bayfield. researching hydrographical instruments and After a tour of the Archives and Museum, the techniques used in Bayfield’s time. Robinsons, members of the board and special The main project during 2019 was the adoption of guests gathered to talk about Admiral Bayfield’s PastPerfect software, an application for collections achievements as the early-19th-century surveyor of archiving. It is used by many museums and archives, the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence waterways, and including several in Huron County, for database eastern Canada and to hear more about Peter’s re- management of artifacts and documents, including search into his wife’s ancestors. Julia shared a re- the storage of digital scans of paper records and pho- port and photos of the event in The Breeze. tographs. Our thanks to Patti Lamb, registrar at the In subsequent weeks, Julia and Stephanie submit- Huron County Museum, for generously sharing her ted two more reports from the Archives: one high- expertise in PastPerfect and providing training in lighting the anniversary of the sinking of the Mal- September, which launched our digitization ta; and a feature on the Remembrance Day visit project. As reported in the President’s message, fund- to the Archives by Shawn MacNeil of the Royal ing was secured for both the software purchase and a Canadian Legion in Corunna and Margaret Clydes- part-time cataloguer. Stephanie Talbot has done effi- dale of Clinton, during which Shawn returned for cient, thorough work. At the time of writing, she has safekeeping the recently discovered World War I scanned more than 1,000 records and entered descrip- medals of Margaret’s grandfather Ernest Henry tive information for close to 800 accessions (items Bake. A report on this event was broadcast on CTV taken into the Archives). The cataloguing achieved News London. through this digital platform will eventually provide The BHS thanks all who have donated records full intellectual control of our holdings and important and objects to the Archives in 2019, including the searchability functions, thus increasing accessibility Bayfield Chamber of Commerce for the two-vol- to the records we hold. Our thanks also to Joy Yates, ume Champlain Society publication titled The St. archivist from 2018 until June 2019, who began or- Lawrence Survey Journals of Captain Henry Wol- ganizing the collection for digitization, and to Dave sey Bayfield, 1829-1853 (published 2013). McLaren, who volunteered his IT expertise, resolving Please feel free to contact us if you have questions technical issues prior to installation of the software. about donating items or any other aspects of our In the summer, the Archives benefited from the activities. In the coming year, we look forward to help of two wonderful students: Matthew Woodward continuing the digitization and cataloguing work, volunteered at the Heritage Centre from July to Sep- increasing our social media presence and visibility, tember, greeting visitors and coordinating quadra- and serving our community by promoting and cycle rentals. Matt attends high school in London preserving Bayfield’s history. 9 Speaker Series

BHS Speakers Series 2019 On the last Monday of the month, BHS features a guest speaker who presents informative insights about local people, events, or places. For 2019, BHS hosted nine guests over nine months, leaving out only the very busy months of July, August and December. Our Board Director, Pat Mihm had lined up most of the speakers but sadly Pat became very ill and passed away in June. Board Director Joe Gray stepped into the role and completed the job.

January 28, our guest speaker was David Yates, retired educator, Goderich councillor, and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth 2012 Diamond Jubilee Award. Dave spoke about his newly published book Out of the Woods; Chronicles and Characters of Huron County. Over the years, Dave has researched and written several hundred historical articles featuring Huron County for local newspapers. For his book, he explained that he had selected a variety to cover topics featuring the area’s people, events, and times. David Yates

February 25, Pat introduced Alison Lobb, our guest speaker for the evening. Alison’s presentation was about ‘Stories in Stone’; the province wide cemetery project that undertook to record all the headstones in the cemeteries of Ontario. Her PowerPoint presentation explained the ‘who, what, where, why, and how the project was done. Started in the 1970’s and carried on through the early 1980’s, hundreds of volunteers throughout the province documented every headstone.

Alison Lobb

March 25, guest speaker Joy Yates shared the research article that Ethel Poth had written in 1975 about Admi- ral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, pioneer nautical surveyor. Joy enhanced her talk with a poster of Admiral Bayfield (thanks to Barb Durand), an enlarged survey map of the southern end of Lake Huron (done by Admiral Bayfield in 1817), and a PowerPoint presentation of photos to compliment the research.

April 29, a BHS favourite, Dave Gillians, a Bayfield resident and historian extraordinaire, presented his updated and expanded book, ‘For the Love of Bayfield’. There are about 65 new pages, many new photos and some updated and enhanced ones, plus edited and updated items that needed attention. Dave touched on the additions to the villains, scoundrels and murderers chapter. He ex- For the Love of plained how the digitization of newspapers helped with Bayfield his research, especially on the Shipwrecks chapter for in- The Events and Special People formation on the ‘Nashua’. He added information on our Who Shaped this Village Beach Stones (Petosky stones). He expanded on the HM II, explaining why it is such an important artifact; and

“Bayfi eld! What is it about this tiny lakeside village which has had such a magnetic fascination for generations of people? on the Bayfield Boat building that produced hundreds of Dave Gillians has done a masterful job of describing the events and characters that shaped this very special place. ‘For the Love of Bayfi eld’ is a great read.” Bill Rowat, Past President, Bayfi eld Historical Society Bayfield Boats found around the world. He added in- “David Gillians’ book has delightfully taken us back, on a joyride of memories, to the earliest days of Bayfi eld. He has introduced us to a pot-pourri of true and fascinating personalities, all of whom contributed to the unique character and special ambiance formation on the Bayfield Croquet Club, Maud Stirling, of this village, which, happily we call home.” Bill Carradine Tom Penhale, the Folmar Windmill, and the Bayfield by Dave Gillians River Flats.

10 May 27, Charlie Kalbfleisch, a lover of music and history, accomplished writer and bandleader of the Seaforth All Girls Marching Band was our guest speaker. The Seaforth Marching Band was established in 1948 and consisted of 50-60 players, both male and female. It quickly became an All Girls Band and quite popular for their sharp uniforms and routines. The band, sponsored by the Lion’s Club, started with two songs and a simple routine and progressed from there.

June 24, Ruth Gibson was the guest speaker. Ruth is a Director on the Board of BHS, was the Treasurer, and is now the President. She is an ardent and enthusiastic ancestry researcher. She has recently researched and provided a number of families with their background ancestry. She does this service for a small fee which is donated to BHS to help with the costs of operating the Heritage Centre. With her laptop computer hooked up to the big screen, she logged onto Ancestry where she has a ‘World’ subscription, and she took us through the steps used in researching and creating family trees using the George Simons and Carol Campbell Simons tree as an example.

September 30, Julia Armstrong, our BHS Archivist was the guest speaker. She grew up near Bayfield, attending elementary school in Brucefield and high school in Clinton, after which she completed her BA at the University of Toronto. She worked in magazine and book publishing in Toronto for several years before becoming a manuscript editor at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography in 2012. Since September 2018, she has been the supervisory editor. Julia gave a comprehensive overview of the DCB. Launched 60 years ago, the Dictionary of Canadian Biog- raphy/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC) is a research and publishing project of the University of Toronto and the Université Laval, Quebec City. More than 8,600 biographies have been published to date in both official languages.

October 28, our guest speaker was Paul Klopp, a fifth generation farmer who also happens to be the current Mayor, Municipality of Bluewater and an advocate of the environmental and economic health of rural Ontario. Paul introduced his wife Heather and his daughter Heidi who assisted with his presentation. Paul outlined his family heritage from William who immigrated in 1866, through Elmer, Bertram, Herb, himself, and now son TJ, as he highlighted their accomplishments and stewardship of their land.

November 25, our guest speaker was Marlene Thornton of Exeter who retired from teaching after 39 years with the Huron County and Avon/ Maitland school boards. Marlene is a regular volunteer at the Lucan Area Heritage and Donnelly Museum and is keenly interested in her own family history and the beginnings of the Wilberforce settlement at Lucan. She told us about Peter Butler, her great, great grandfather, who was born in 1828 and was the son of a free black settler living in Massachusetts. Although technically considered “free” and not enslaved, black settlers in the northern US states were increasingly restricted in their rights and prohibited from voting, jury duty, serving in the militia etc. Consequently, the Butler family and a group of other black settlers emigrated via the underground railway routes to Biddulph township in Ontario seeking greater freedom where they could be landowners and farmers. They established the Wilberforce colony at Lucan in the early 1800s. Since then, seven generations of Marlene’s family, the Butlers, have lived in the Lucan district and prospered as farmers, merchants, small business owners etc.

BHS Quadracycle Rentals

Bill Rowat kindly offered BHS the revenue from his quadracycles again this year. We handled the rentals out of the Archives starting in July until Labor Day weekend when we had help from the summer students. Quadracycles could be seen touring around with laughing passengers. The Quads are a big hit with people visiting. A fun way of touring our village with surprise spectacular views of the lake. 11 The Bayfield Historical Society Your 2020 Board of Directors President: Ruth Gibson 905 518-4646 Publications: Barbara Durand 519 236-4561 Past President: Doug Brown 519 565-5187 Program: Joe Gray 416 458-0462 Recording Secretary: Gwen Patterson 519 565-5188 Membership: Deborah Curran 519 565-5009 Treasurer: Joe Gray/Ruth Gibson: [email protected] Director: Godfrey Heathcote 519 565-5824 Archivist: Julia Armstrong: [email protected] Director: Doug Darnbrough 519 525-3327 Assistant Archivist: Claudia Barrett 519 565-4509

SPEAKER SERIES 2020 January 27, (AGM) Bonnie Sitter - Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz; Memories of the Farmerettes February 24, Joe Gray - Photographic Travelogue and History of the Land of Israel March 30, Dave Pullen - Senior Forest Conservation Officer, Huron County April 27, Marc Cantin - Narcisse Cantin and the St. Joseph settlement May 25, John Rutledge - Heritage Architecture of Bayfield Next Year June 29, Craig Metzger - Municipal Planner for Huron County January 25 , 2021 September 28, Pam Stanley - Royal Collectables Annual General Meeting October 26, Jack Pal - A Bayfield photographic presentation November 30, James White – HMS Pathfinder 1914

Thank you Pat for enriching our lives with kindness and humor Pat was involved in many things in Bayfield as well as being on the board of Bayfield Historical Society. Pat and his wife Elaine moved to Bayfield after his retirement from the University of Waterloo. Pat took over the organization of our popular monthly Speakers series for BHS. Pat’s ancestors settled in Centreville (now Waterloo area) as farmers in the winter of 1845. The first ancestor Adam came from Germany with his wife in Jan. 1845 to New York harbour. A son was born in New York after which they came to Centreville/Elmira and another 5 children where born. Most of Pat’s family Pat Mihm 1952 - 2019 have stayed rooted in this area. As well as his many Bayfield interests, Pat was a dedicated member of the Knights of Columbus and (his passion being golf) with the. Historical Golf Society.

THANK YOU TO DONORS The Board of the Bayfield Historical Society wants to thank everyone who made a donation in 2019. Donations are one of the major sources of revenue that fund the services provided by the Archives and Heritage Centre. A special thank you goes to the Virtual High School, Shop Bike, Pioneer Park, The Ontario Government Heritage Grant, Community Futures Huron, and the Huron Heritage Fund.

CHARITABLE DONATIONS APPRECIATED & NEW MEMBERS WELCOME The Bayfield Historical Society is a registered non-profit charitable organization run by volunteers. It relies on memberships, donations, and grants to fund the digital input and safekeeping of artifacts as well as maintaining the Heritage Centre. The Society will provide official tax receipts for donations and memorial contributions. #892472366RR0001 Annual Membership fee: Single: $20 and Family $30 12