1970~1979

Moving of the Mennonite Church to Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1976. Originally located at Jane Street and Highway 7 in Edgeley, this 1824 log structure is one of the oldest existing meeting homes in Ontario.

Transported to Black Creek Pioneer Village on October 15, 1976, this house is one of several Vaughan historic structures that have been restored and moved to Black Creek.

The Kortright Centre for Conservation opened in 1979. Situated on 325 hectares of pristine woodlands, the centre hosts 135,000 visitors annually and offers more than 50 environmental education programs for schools.

Bird’s eye view of Woodbridge, 1908

The Woodbridge Memorial Arena was erected as a War Memorial after WWII. On July 5, 1970, Air Canada Flight 621 crashed in a field in Brampton while attempting to land. All 100 passengers and nine crew on board were killed. The Woodbridge Memorial Arena was temporarily used as a morgue and as a place for identifying the bodies. This photo was taken in July 1970 when the morgue was in operation.

Snow removal on Kirby Road, Feb. 10, 1978. This image depicts snow removal efforts on Kirby Road, following the “Great Blizzard”. During this time, some areas of Toronto and the surrounding area received a record 28.40 inches of snow.

Margaret Aitken at the unveiling of a plaque in memory of her uncle Lord Beaverbrook at Saint Andrew’s Church in Maple, Oct. 17, 1971.

Woodbridge Fair, 1970s. Alf and Ann McKinnon’s farm at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Martin Grove Road, July 1976.

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William Agar and his wife, Agnes, are shown leaving the Nashville Post Office for the last time with the mail for RR#1, Nashville. Nashville Post Office closed that day, April 26, 1973.

In 1971, the Township of Vaughan became the Town of Vaughan with the Village of Woodbridge being incorporated into the latter. The Regional Municipality of York also replaced the former York County. With the creation of a regional government administration, the Police Village of Thornhill ceased to exist and the administration of the community reverted back to the newly created Towns of Markham and Vaughan.

In 1974, the Maple Community Centre was built (and expanded in 1990 and 2004). The Kleinburg Library was constructed in 1975 and Fire Station #73 came to be in 1977. On April 19, 1975, the Woodbridge-Vaughan Pool officially opened but, prior to the opening, the pool was used in 1972 to film an underwater adventure called “The Neptune Factor”. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Yvette Mimeux, Ben Gazzara and Ernest Borgnine, the movie told the story of an advanced submarine sent to rescue an underwater ocean lab that had been lost in an earthquake.

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