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    A colour photograph of Dora and Harry Vorvis standing in front of their pool hall, Maple Leaf Billiards, at 124 Brock Street South. They owned Maple Leaf Billiards for 48 years. A few words about Dora Ann Vorvis (a.k.a. Dorris or Doris) of her Flinton, Ontario pre-marriage years before meeting ...

    Should anyone ask who Clive was, we are Eonis and Mary Vorvis of Vancouver, B.C., and we would like to say a few words about our very good friend the late Clive "Sam" Parsons of Whitby, Ontario. It was fairly recently we learned that Clive had passed away some time ...

    Colour photograph showing the demolition of the Brooklin Public and Continuation School over a series of days in June, 1982. Located on the southeast corner of Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, the Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 to replace the aged Brooklin Public School on Winchester ...

    Colour photograph showing the demolition of the Brooklin Public and Continuation School over a series of days in June, 1982. Located on the southeast corner of Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, the Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 to replace the aged Brooklin Public School on Winchester ...

    Colour photograph showing the demolition of the Brooklin Public and Continuation School over a series of days in June, 1982. Located on the southeast corner of Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, the Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 to replace the aged Brooklin Public School on Winchester ...

    Colour photograph showing the demolition of the Brooklin Public and Continuation School over a series of days in June, 1982. Located on the southeast corner of Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, the Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 to replace the aged Brooklin Public School on Winchester ...

    Colour photograph showing the demolition of the Brooklin Public and Continuation School over a series of days in June, 1982. Located on the southeast corner of Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, the Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 to replace the aged Brooklin Public School on Winchester ...

    Colour photograph showing Harry and Eonis Vorvis at Christmas in 1967. Harry Vorvis was born in Greece on March 25, 1897. He owned Maple Leaf Billiards at 124 Brock Street South for 48 years. In 1948, he donated the Vorvis Trophy as a way to recognize a person who consistently ...

    Colour design proposal of Iroquois Park show the various features of the site. On July 28, 1971 Mayor Newman revealed a proposal for a sports complex in Whitby known as Iroquois Park. Original designs included a stadium, race track, arena, swimming pool, and amusement park. It was a bold design ...

   

   

    A colour photograph of a group of young men. This photograph was taken at the end of a canoe trip taken by Whitby Boy Scouts to Expo 67 in Montreal. The photograph depicts the canoers at Expo 67, posing together for a picture.

    A black and white photograph of seven men. This photograph was taken at the conclusion of a canoe trip taken by Whitby Boy Scouts to Montreal, QC, to commemorate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This photograph was taken upon reaching Montreal, at City Hall, and depicts canoer Ben LaHaye with ...

    A black and white photograph of a group of men near a car parked outside of a church. This photograph was taken on a canoe trip taken by Whitby Boy Scouts from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC, to commemorate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This photograph depicts the canoers ...

    A black and white photograph of a group of boys people sitting on the ground, with a canoe. This photograph was taken on a trip taken by a group of Whitby Boy Scouts from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC in celebration of Canada's confederation centennial. Depicted in the photograph ...

    A colour photograph of a group of canoes on the water. This photograph was taken on a trip of Whitby Boy Scouts from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC to celebrate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This image depicts the Boy Scouts in their canoes while on the Ottawa River.

    A colour scan of a pamphlet This pamphlet was received by a group of Whitby Boy Scouts while on a canoe trip from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC to celebrate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This pamphlet was distributed to everyone by the Canoers of Northwest Quebec group, and ...

    A newspaper clipping of a headline informing that there are "14 Miles Left for Venturers." This newspaper clipping describes a canoe trip taken by a group of Whitby Boy Scouts to Montreal, QC, to celebrate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This headline was written on July 23, 2 days before ...

    A black and white photograph of a group of Whitby Boy Scouts standing in front of a canoe. This photograph was taken on a canoe trip from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC taken by a group of Whitby Boy Scouts to celebrate the centennial of Canada's confederation. This photograph ...

    A colour photograph of the boy scouts canoeing on Lake Saint-Louis. This photograph was taken on the trip from Port Perry, ON to Montreal, QC by a group of Whitby Boy Scouts to commemorate the centennial of Canada's confederation. In this photograph, the Boy Scouts are paddling on Lake Saint-Louis, ...