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Castle Kilbride: The Jewel of Wilmot Township

Author: Paul Knowles  |  Price: $14.95

Castle Kilbride For Sale?

That was the situation that faced the people of Wilmot Township. The jewel of their community, the first building in Wilmot to receive heritage designation, was now a pawn in the game of progress.

What would the result be?

This time, the good guys won.

The people of the community rallied to preserve a heritage treasure. The house that was built by industrialist James Livingston in 1877 was rescued, restores, and opened as a museum—a monument to the imagination of a man in the Victorian era, and to the vision of a community today.

This is the story of James Livingston, the township that was his adopted home, his “castle”, and the community that worked together to save his masterpiece, now Wilmot’s National Historic Site.

Photographic Memories: Wilmot Township - One Hundred and Fifty Years

Author: The Wilmot Heritage Book Committee  |  Price: $18.70

What this book is ment to do is celebrate Wilmot township - its past, its present and its future. the photographs contained within are but a brief snapshop of township life as it evolved over the last 150 years.

More Than a Century in Wilmot Township

Author: Historical Committee of the New Hamburg - Wilmot Township Centennial Committee  |  Price: $9.35

What this book is ment to do is celebrate Wilmot township- its people and business. The photographs contained within are but a brief snapshop of township life as it evolved over the last 150 years. 123 pages and one fold out map lend visualization to the progress that has been made.

Roads of the Heart: Fifty People Who Followed Their Passion

Author: Nancy Silcox  |  Price: $29.95

This book is the celebration of fifty people who have taken risks in their lives, and in doing so have followed paths few ‘ordinary’ folks have. The stories profile those with inner vision, who are driven to accomplish a goal or realize a dream. While some may have be said to possess a gift, all have achieved success through drive, determination and perseverance.

Haven’t Any News Ruby’s Letters from the 50’s

Author: Edna Staebler  |  Price: $9.95

In 1957 Edna first began to collect and edit her sisters letters. She did so simply because she was sure that others would enjoy reading them as much as her own family did. Nearly forty years later, the letters remain a joy to read and reclaim the ordinary voice of a housewife.

Images of Waterloo County 

Author: Richard Bain  |  Price: $19.95

Mennonite buggies, Oktoberfest celebrations, farmer’s markets, textile factories, and the glorious Grand river – these are all distinctive images of Waterloo County, one of the richest regions agriculturally, industrially, and culturally in Canada. Comprised of the municipalities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge (Galt, Hespler, Preston), and picturesque farmland, Waterloo County is home to several world-class universities and colleges, internationally renowned artists like Homer Watson, and CBC Morningside host Peter Gzowski. 

With the same photographic art he used in his celebrated Images of London, Richard Bain captures the look and spirit of this vital region of Ontario.

Mysteries of Ontario 

Author: John Robert Colombo  |  Price: $24.95

Mysteries of Ontario brings together, for the first time, some five hundred accounts of strange events and eerie experiences, each keyed to one of 250 places in the province. It turns out that, far from being a humdrum part of the planet to live and work., Ontario is a province that is alive with ghosts and spirits, mysterious disappearances, and peculiar happenings…enough to make your hair stand on end, turn your blood cold, and send shivers up and down your spine!