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Model of Winona Road intersection: St. John's Anglican Church, and the Winona School in foreground

Model of the Murray Pettit House (Highway #8 at Milliken Road).

Model of the 1843 Levi Lewis Jr House (Lewis Road, Winona)

 

1920 Saltfleet Township map

  

Stoney Creek and the Iron Horse

 Last update: November 5, 2008

Vinemount THBR station, c.1935

     An 1:87 scale model

     of Stoney Creek in 1910

 

***TEMPORARILY CLOSED***

 One of the newest components of the Erland Lee Museum is the renovation of the basement level and the creation of a scale replica of old Stoney Creek. 

The Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway ran through Saltfleet Township from 1894 - 1931. It was a vital link between Stoney Creek and the rest of the province. 

Model of the Philander Barnes house (formerly on the NE corner of Dewitt Road and Highway #8) built by volunteer Pete Wobschall.

The railway shipped fruit and carried passengers from the Township to Hamilton and towards Niagara, linking up with the main railways of the day; the Great Western, and the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway; the line also connected to the Hamilton Street Railway system. 

The Erland Lee model primarily focuses on Highway #8 from Fifty Road to Dewitt Road, and King Street from Parkdale Avenue to Gray's Road. 

The models are built from historical photos in the Erland Lee Museum's local history collection. The museum maintains a database of historical photos, some of which can be found online as part of the Virtual Museum of Canada.

 

  Below: The Samuel Nash(-Jackson) house and barn, built by volunteer, Wayne Toth. This house once stood at the corner of Nash Rd and King St.  
 
     
Please also visit the Stoney Creek Historical Society web page, one of our community partners in heritage. 

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Available only through the Erland Lee Museum: an Index for the venerable Saltfleet, Then and Now history book. $7.50, inc taxes. 

 

  Vanished Hamilton, a history book, including "By the Banks of the Stoney Creek", now in the gift shop.

 

 

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