The fonds contains primary source information on the history of the 79th Shefford Battalion. It consists of photographs taken by Lorne Waid Jr. in 2023 of the 79th Shefford Battalion’s Regimental and Queen’s colours, located in St. George’s Anglican Church in Granby.
Shefford, County of
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Item is a photograph of a train wreck between Waterloo and Warden in 1879. The caption reads: "Wreck between Waterloo & Warden 1879. Engine former C.V. 'Governor Payne', Joseph Clark, 1849-50. Passumpsic, 'Orleans'. Operated in mixed, Sorel to Sutton. S.E.R. train carrying load of granite for the construction of Col. A.B. Foster's home at Waterloo;-- C.W. Foster, gave the signal 'all clear' when the mixed was on the right of way. This event ended his railway career. Engr. John Daly, killed."
Item is a photograph of a streetcar at the intersection of Main and Drummond Streets in Granby from around the 1910s.
Item is a photograph of the Main street located in Granby, with cars parked along the side of the street.
Item is a photograph of Bonnallie Lake, now Lake Stukley, and Bald mountain near Mount Orford, with a little shack visible on the side of the lake.
Item is a photograph of Main street, located in Granby.
Item is a photograph of the C.V. railway station located in Granby.
Item is a photograph of a Canadian Pacific Railway station located in Waterloo, with people waiting for the locomotive on the track.
Item is a photograph of the power dam, located in Granby.