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Jumbo the Elephant is a concrete and reinforced steel statue by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. The statue was commissioned by the city of St. Thomas, Ontario to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Jumbo, a circus elephant that was killed in the community after being struck by a train. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The city funded the $70,000 sculpture ...
The Trans Canada Trail goes through St. Thomas, with a pavilion located in Jonas Street Park. The Lions Club Dog Park is located at the far west end of main street, at 25 Talbot Road. The park is managed by the St. Thomas Dog Owners Association (STDOA) in partnership with the City of St. Thomas. The park is open from dawn to dusk, daily.
M. Wayne Neal is a former mayor of St. Thomas, Ontario . Born in St. Thomas on April 4, 1939, Wayne graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1961. While at Western, he captained the Mustangs football team, was an all-Canadian athlete, and was drafted by the Canadian Football League. He chose to return to his hometown to begin a ...
Old St. Thomas Church. Built between 1822 and 1824, [ 1] the St. Thomas Anglican Church, today called the Old St. Thomas Church, is one of the oldest structures in St. Thomas, Ontario [ 2] The Church was continuously used between its founding and 1877. The church was made a designated heritage property in 1982.
Charles Frederick "Fred" Bodsworth (October 11, 1918 [2] – September 15, 2012) [1] was a Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist.. Born in Port Burwell, Ontario, [3] Bodsworth worked as a journalist for the St. Thomas Times-Journal, The Toronto Star, and Maclean's, [2] where he also served as assistant editor.
The Southwold Earthworks, near St. Thomas, Ontario, contains the remains of a precontact Neutral village and is a National Historic Site of Canada. It is known for conspicuous earthworks, which were rare in southern Ontario, and are well preserved. [42] The Museum of Ontario Archaeology in London, Ontario, is located adjacent to the Lawson site ...
At 92.9 metres (305 ft), the tower and spire have remained the tallest in Canada and the second tallest in North America after St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York—although the spire of St. James is still shorter than the dome of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, which is the tallest church in the Western Hemisphere. The tower has five bells ...
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