St. George's Church was constructed by the Boult family, which Lyon married into through his marriage to Lucy Boult.

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…

A CPR train during a time period in which St. Patrick's Ward became a fully industrialized neighbourhood in Guelph.

A collection of postcards from Guelph showing the significance of rail to the city's history.

Guelph station on Grand Trunk Railway in 1869.

This map displays the Corporation boundaries from 1840 until 1979. This photo makes the process of urban change in Guelph apparent over the course of over a century.