Trafalgar Township Historical Society hosted their Fall Fair walking tour of the Palermo Cemetery on Saturday September 25th. The walk was led by our Archivist, Ross Wark, and featured many notable local residents of Palermo and surrounding area. In 1818… Read More »Palermo Cemetery Walking Tour
Family stories were part of growing up in our farming neighbourhood. Grannie Watson’s was about survival and courage. Her family settled at the corner of the Back Concession and Seventh Line, now Trafalgar and Burnhamthorpe. Bill, her son, blown up… Read More »Watson Family Legacy
Unfortunately, for the last two years, we have not been able to gather at the Trafalgar Memorial in North Oakville for our Remembrance Service. The Memorial is located at the east end of Memorial Park, at the corner of Oak… Read More »Remembering Trafalgar Township’s Soldiers
On Tuesday October 12, our featured speaker was Richard Jordan on Marilyn Bell and Marathon Swims Across Lake Ontario. In 1954 the Toronto Telegram sponsored a famous American marathon swimmer in an attempt to become the first person to swim… Read More »Lake Ontario Swim Marathons