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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.
Helen Shaver. Helen Shaver (born February 24, 1951) [1][2] is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama In Praise of Older Women (1978). [3] She later appeared in the films The Amityville ...
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 ...
Highway 3. Highway 4. Website. stthomas.ca. Street scene in St. Thomas, 1960. St. Thomas is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It gained its city charter on March 4, 1881. The city is also the seat for Elgin County, although it is independent of the county. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population of the city was 42,918.
1923. The Southwold Earthworks is the remains of a pre-contact village site of the Neutral people, occupied about AD 1450 to 1550. The entrance to the site is located on Iona Road, approximately three kilometres south of Iona Ontario, Canada. A double oval ring of raised earthworks surrounds the remains of the village.
The association is hosting "reconciliation" talks among community members to address the legacy of St. Thomas' former residential school and the future use of the space. The budget for the restoration is $2 million (Canadian), of which the association is seeking $1.5 million in government grants and $500,000 in private donations.
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 ...
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 ...