The lot where Gilson Manufacturing once stood on York Road. Across the lot, you can see Owens Corning constructed in 1951 by Fibreglas Canada and one of the few large scale industrial features still operating in the Ward.
James Walter Lyon used the land he had purchased, not only for industry, but for parks. Lyon donated the land necessary for the creation of Riverside Park in 1905 which some suspect was a ploy at generating more traffic for Lyon's Guelph Radial…
Rick Ferraro is a Guelph born politician who was the first Italian-Canadian Member of Provincial Parliament. Ferraro represented Wellington South from 1985 to 1990. Ferraro advocated St. Joseph's hospital becomming an acute care facility but lost in…
Prime Minister Mackenzie King meeting with future Church of the Universe founder and owner of the abandoned IMICO building Walter Tucker. This photo was taken while Tucker was MP for Rosthern, Saskatchewan.
This document is the program for the innagural dinner of IMICO employees joining the Quarter Century Club. The dinner took place at Cutten Fields Golf Club on May 22nd, 1947.