1854  A picture of Jones Street Hall, home of the Bronte Baptist Church. The church was built in 1954.

    Apartments North of STONEBOATS on Bronte Road at Marine Drive, on the East side of the street.

    Two buildings with Stoneboats to the right. The Stoneboats building is constructed with lakestone. Stoneboats were flat bottomed sleds used to haul stone over short distances.

   

    Stoneboats after fire in 2006. Bronte Rd.

    Stoneboats after fire in 2006 showing blackened beams

    Bronte orphanage.

   

    Home on south Bronte Rd, now the location of the Bronte Post Office. 1986.

   

    Back of sergeant House Bronte Rd, 1988. Cathie Davenport Brown on Right.

    43 Bronte Rd. Bill Hill built this house when he was 21. Photo taken 1997.

   

   

    1986 Lakeside Marketeria in Bronte. Pictured is Michael Brown.

   

   

   

    Newspaper notice of the death of Mrs. W.G. Giles.

    A picture of the Old Bronte Post Office.

  1908,   Town of Bronte with Mill on the left and fishing boats,looking towards the harbour.

  1974,   The Petrie house and Magnet Inn stood at the southwest corner of Jones and Lakeshore Road, Bronte. This photograph was takne in July or August 1974 by standing across the road in front of Centriller Public School, looking east to Jones Street. Both now demolished.

  1974,   This photograph shows the back of Centriller Public School in 1974. The school was located near the intersection of Lakeshore Road and Jones Street in Bronte, which is now part of the Town of Oakville, Ontario.

  1921,   The first cars on the new Dundas Street bridge over Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), 1921.

    Hiram C. Norton is first on the left in front of the balustrade, May (Martin) Norton is the woman next to him in dark clothes, back beside her is Clara Norton, Hiram G.A. Norton is leaning against the car. The Norton family moved frequently until finally purchasing the farm at Lots 1 & 2,...

  1899,   The two photographs in this record were originally one long photograph. To fit today's technology, the photograph has been divided into two pages, "left" and "right". Notice the over-lapping in the centre of each. Pages 3 and 4 of this record correlate the numbers on each person to their name. ...

    The Children's Fresh Air Home is a faith-based organization begun in about 1896, that continues today. It was a summer camp type of experience for children. The card has a 1 cent stamp, "Canada Postage", green with a photograph of King Edward VII. The postmaster's stamp is not clear; "Bronte"...

    The Cataract Power Company established the Hamilton Radial Railway in 1894 and extended service to the west bank of Sixteen Mile Creek in 1904. When the Radial Bridge was completed in 1906, the line was carried over to a terminal building that still stands at the southeast corner of Randall and...

    A tram is shown on the bridge trestle over the Twelve Mile Creek. The card was commissioned for local sale by J.S. Flumerfelt, Postmaster for Bronte. His son was Allie Flumerfelt. Bronte Post Office was located on Bronte Road, south of Lakeshore on the west side. It was closed in the 1960's...

    The card was commissioned for local sale by J.S. Flumerfelt, Postmaster for Bronte. His son was Allie Flumerfelt. Bronte Post Office was located on Bronte Road, south of Lakeshore on the west side. It was closed in the 1960's when Oakville took over Trafalgar Township. Allie O. Flumerfelt was the...

    A hand coloured postcard photograph of Bronte Beach, taken in 1910-1915. The back of this postcard was glued and remaining residue covers the name of the photographer and the stamp area. Commercial print on the front: "Bronte Beach." Commercial print on the back: "PRIVATE POST CARD", "For INLAND...

    A postcard showing fishing and pleasure craft in Bronte Harbour, looking towards the lighthouse on the east side of the waterway towards Lake Ontario. Commercial printing on the front: "Fishing & Pleasure Craft, Bronte Harbour". Commercial printing on the postcard back: "POST CARD", "ADDRESS...

  1910,   A hand tinted photograph of the beach at Bronte, at the time part of Trafalgar Township, Ontario. The beach is on the west side of Bronte Harbour, off West River Street. The land reaches out to Bronte Bluffs Park. This is a hand coloured postcard photograph of Bronte Beach, taken prior to 1910. ...

    This is a black and white photographic postcard. The Bronte Methodist Church was founded in 1850. The original sanctuary was a white wooden church situated at the mouth of Bronte Creek on what was then called Triller Street. This site had originally been set apart for the Indians. In 1912 it was...

    A black and white photograph of Walton Memorial United Church, Bronte, Ontario, taken in winter. The Bronte Methodist Church was founded in 1850. The original sanctuary was a white wooden church situated at the mouth of Bronte Creek on what was then called Triller Street. This site had originally...

    The postcard shows several fishing boats and fishermen of the Bronte fishing fleet. For more information on the boat types and builders, the fish, and the industry, please click on the links provided here in this record to the informative article by Andrew Armitage, "Bronte - A Fishing Village"...

  1929,   The Pig and Whistle Inn was previously named the Lexena Inn. It was located on Highway #2 at Bronte, 17 miles east of Hamilton. There are several other postcard views of the Inn in this database but this one has the written message and postmarks to add interest. The stamp is Canada, 2 cents with...

    This postcard shows the cottages of the Inn. The Lexena Inn was later called The Pig and Whistle Inn. Commercial print on front of card: "Lexena Inn On King's Highway #2, at Bronte, 17 Miles East of Hamilton, Ontario". Commercial print on verso: "POST CARD", "MADE IN CANADA", "CORRESPONDENCE",...

  Apr 1910,   This postcard was published for Bronte postmaster, J.S. Flumerfelt, for sale from the post office. The photograph shows the smokestack of the Bronte Steam Mills, a gristmill, built in 1858 and visible as a landmark from the water for almost 100 years, on the left, the lighthouse on the east side...

    This postcard has 4 black and white photographs. The top left corner photo is "Bronte Harbour with Fishing & Pleasure Craft". The photo below this on the left side is "Happy Crowd at Bronte Beach Park". The top right side photo is "General View of Park & Auto Ride". Below this on the right,...