Five young barefoot boys and a woman pose for a photo at the corner of Union Road and Fingal Line in Fingal. At the time the building in the background served as the Merchants Bank of Canada. Today it is a private residence known as the Fordham House.

Here we see the Talbotville home of Reverend John Holmes, his wife, and Ms. Luella Holmes. Three women and a man in a horse drawn buggy pose for a photo out front.

The Red & White Store in Talbotville. It was originally built as a hotel in 1890 by Warren Smith, but never received a license to operate as one. It was demolished in 1953 to make way for the service station you see today.

This is the John Doan Francis Blacksmith Shop in Shedden. The home in the background belonged to John Doan Francis, who is also in the photo seated third from right.

Reverend John Mahan (in the high hat) and others outside the Talbotville Methodist Church. It is on the 23 May 1915 anniversary of Sunday School.

A number of men, women, and children pose for a photo on the patio of the Fingal Farmers' Inn. There's also a boy standing with his bicycle. The photo's accompanying caption reads:
" The Farmer's Inn, Located in Fingal on the Union Road was built about 1860. After 1865, it was owned by John Partridge, who also ran a stage coach business running from Wallacetown to St. Thomas. This picture shows the hitching rail outside the open barroom door."

This was the site of the All Sorts Unlimited New and Used Furniture store in Shedden.

Horton's General Store and Post Office in Shedden. Standing on the patio are Manson Horton, the store's proprietor, and Lola Sells Baker, an employee at the store. Horton's three-year-old daughter Elda Mae is also visible.

Drawing of the Matthias Hovey house in Fingal. The house survives today.

The Knox Presbyterian Church in Fingal. A large congregation wearing their Sunday best have gathered outside.

A woman in white on the sidewalk in front of some homes in Shedden along the Talbot Line.

A view of Talbot Road East in Shedden, showing trees, and a business block with a car parked out front.

A colourized postcard view of the Methodist Church in Talbotville. A woman in a horse-drawn buggy and a small boy stand in the street at right.

The Fingal home of Amasa Wood, a prominent local merchant.

The Bank of Commerce in Shedden.

This home in Fingal is known as the Glasgow House. The Southwold Township Fingal History Tour says this of the house:
"William Glasgow, one of the partners in the MacPherson, Glasgow & Co, owned this house. As a young man Mr. Glasgow immigrated to America and found his way to Lockport, New York. He worked for a number of years and then made the acquaintance of another young Scotsman named MacPherson. Being ambitious young Scotsmen, they decided to go into the foundry business for themselves."

The Chauncey Lewis House in Fingal. This photo was part of a collection of lantern slides created by Canon Reverend Norman Morris to highlight historic homes in East Elgin.

The Duncan MacNish home. This photo was part of a collection of lantern slides created by Canon Reverend Norman Morris to highlight historic homes in West Elgin.

The Robert & Samuel Fulton House in Fingal after it's heritage restoration in 1987.

A school at Watson's Corners, west of Fingal.

A view looking southwest on Fingal Line from the corner of Union Road. In the far distance you can see the spire of the Knox Presbyterian Church, while the businesses at right include the S.E. Burwell General Store and Post Office, H.J. Crocker's blacksmith shop, and Colin Martin's grocery store. As we can see, none of these buildings have survived to the present.

The Fulton House in Fingal. A handwritten caption by Helen McCall Pincombe in 1899 reads:
"This photograph was taken in circa 1899, the year Nelson Simpson died and left the Fulton House to his oldest son George Simpson McCall. Far left front is Dr. Charles M. McCall V.S. (27 years old) holding the bridle of horse. Centre front is George Simpson McCall (35 years) and wife Ann Hockin McCall (aged 26 years old). Between them is their daughter Hazel (3 years old). Behind them under porch is Catharine Ketchum McCall (56 years old) widow of Nelson Simpson McCall. Beside her is her grandchild Myrtle (3 years old) daughter of Celia McCall Campbell and Malcolm Robert Campbell."

This drawing was in the H.R. Page & Company's Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario, and shows the Fingal Foundry and Machine Shop in its heyday.

Two women standing in front of the Red & White Store in Shedden. Red & White were an early store chain, and this particular one was operated out of L.D. Palmer's General Store.

A class photo of 22 boys and girls along with their teacher in front of the S.S. #12 Fingal School.

This property at the corner of Talbot Line and Sunset Drive was first developed in 1913, when a gas-powered grist mill was built on the site. In 1936 a restaurant and gas station were built here, which served as the local Greyhound bus terminal, hence the name.
In 1975 it was purchased by Nick and Trudy Kanellis who renovated and expanded the restaurant many times over the following decades. A devastating fire in 2001 destroyed much of the building, but Nick and Trudy quickly rebuilt it and the restaurant survives today as the Wayside Dining Lounge.

The home of Robert Blackwood, a prominent local merchant who made major contributions to the community of Fingal, like securing funding for an impressive belfry at the Knox Presbyterian Church. This photograph was one of a series of glass lantern slides created by Canon Reverend Norman Morris in 1933 to document the heritage buildings of West Elgin.

This is the Elgin Manor, which was built in the 1870s. At the time this photo was taken in 1962 it served as a retirement home. Today a more modern retirement home has been built on the spot to replace it.

The MacPherson House in Fingal.

A view across a bridge along the Talbot Line to a home in Paynes Mills.

A wintertime view of the home of Squire George Robb. This photo was part of a collection of lantern slides created by Canon Reverend Norman Morris to highlight historic homes in West Elgin.

The Fingal Stage Coach stopping in Middlemarch to collect mail on the way to St. Thomas.