The Albion Hotel - no longer a Brockville Landmark

19-21 King St. E. [now on the site of the Wedgwood Retirement Facility]

When this photograph was taken about 1909, this hotel had been known as the Albion Hotel for over thirty years. Patrick Ludlow, then the proprietor, had been connected with the business for nineteen years. Along with a bar and dining room, the [...]

Grand Trunk Railway Depot [built in 1855] & Grounds in Brockville

This is the earliest photograph that shows the original Grand Trunk Railway grounds on the south side of the main line in Brockville. Later the present joint or union station was created on the north side of the tracks to also serve the Brockville & Ottawa Railway. On the left is a corner of the [...]

Frederick C. Gordon, Brockville Artist

Frederick C. Gordon was a young artist whose discovered works seem to be limited to black and white lithographs used to illustrate scenes in the Brockville area. These drawings were published in a couple of business booklets published in the 1890s.
Gordon did not seem to live in Brockville for very long, but he did advertised [...]

A View of Brockville from the Waterfront ca.1896

ca.1896

[This photograph can be viewed full size in a separate window by double clicking on the picture on this page until you reach the enlarged version further in the system]

This marvelous view of earlier Brockville was taken from the roof of the CPR warehouse south of the Brockville Railway Tunnel. It has captured a period [...]