Elgin Historical Society

The Fall Program

After a successful summer tour, the Society moves back indoors for the Fall season.

September is our Annual General Meeting. This is a legal requirement, and we try not to drag it out, but it is also an opportunity for those who wish to become more involved in the society to find a role.

This year the AGM will be held at the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre. We have not abandoned the Elgin County Museum, but they are hosting a large exhibit, and are unable to accommodate us while it is running. This gives us a chance to visit the art gallery and take advantage of their large projection screen to show some rare videos from the Society's collection. In reality this means the collection of Ryan Bellanger, who has spend many hours and hundreds of dollars finding and securing these scenes from our local history.

In October we will welcome a past president of the Society, Paul Baldwin. Paul has made an extensive study of the architects and architecture of St. Thomas. He will be presenting to the Society on his Elgin County Museum exhibit on St. Thomas' most important architect, Neil R. Darrach.

We will be meeting in November, and this year our meeting falls on November 11th. We are still working on that programming, but promise you it will be appropriate to the date.