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    This is the west end entrance to the Village of Rockton located on Old Hwy #8 and was first started by R.W.I. members and spouses in the early 1980's. Institute members carried on throughout most of

    The intersection of Zion and Phillipston Roads. No buildings, cairns or plaques commemorate the WI in Bethel Zion ' s (Hastings District) small community north of Belleville, but two accomplishments

    A Millennium Forest was planted in 2000 on the grounds of the Vineland Research & Innovation Centre as a project of the Lincoln Horticultural Society and the Rotary Club of Beamsville in cooperation

    This is a picture of the Beamsville Cenotaph that was erected in Beamsville following World War I to honour the young men who had fought in that war and did not return home to their loved ones. Beams

    Mountview Women’s Institute Hall Country Heritage Park – Milton, Ontario This small frame building built in 1838 on Ferris Lawrence’s property, was one of the first rural churches in Central Ontario.

    This picture is of the Malcolm Cairn located at the intersection of Concessions 10 and 11 at the 25th side road of Brant township (which is now a part of the municipality of Brockton). The hamlet of

Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1961]-[1972]     Sidney South WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Local, District, AGM Agendas, 1961-71 Note: Many of the pages have handwritten notes to expand upon the newspaper clippings. - Letter to Mrs. Fred Meens

    Group photograph of Frederickhouse WI branch in front of a sign that presumably reads "Welcome Home Harry" following the end of WWII, so this photograph is likely from the mid-1940s. The names of the

    This is a photograph of a monument was built by the Calton WI following the demolition of Calton School. It features the original school bell covered by a small roof, which is raised above a raised b

    The stones in the Springfield Pioneer Cemetery were broken, so the Springfield WI had a new stone erected with all of the names inscribed. Springfield WI and other donors restored the cemetery in 199

    Kingsmill-Mapleton WI contributed to this parkette in Lyon in 1998 to represent South Dorchester Township (now Malahide).

    This building was originally the Calton WI Hall, but was later sold to be used as a private home.

    This plaque is located in Belmont to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Kingsmill Mapleton WI (1907-2007).

    A member of Kingsmill Mapleton WI lost her son in a farming accident, and this tree was planted by the branch in his memory.

The Tillsonburg News, 27 Mar 1972     This is a newspaper clipping from The Tillsonburg News, March 27, 1972. It details the project to move and renovate a schoolhouse into the Cornell Community Hall. There is a photograph of the front o

    In 2016, Norwich Township declared that the hall could not be rented due to changing fire regulations. With rising hydro and fuel costs and declining involvement, the Cornell Women's Institute could

    This is a photograph which appears to have been taken in the 1950s or 1960s. It is a black and white group photograph of several members of Cochrane District WI branches, including Frederickhouse, Cl

    This photo, taken in 2015, depicts Coningsby WI's UK twin WI group from Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England. They visited to celebrate the Centennial of the Women's Institutes in the UK as well as the 1

    The Elgin County Pioneer Museum, 32 Talbot Street, St Thomas was founded in 1957. www.elgincounty.ca/archives (Click on “Collections” in blue banner menu; click on blue”on-line database”; in search l

    Nobleton Community Hall. located in York Centre WI district Top: Under Construction Back in the Thirties. Bottom: 1986 Nobleton Community Hall is truly a “community” place. It was built in 1936 by vo