Excerpt from stjacobsmarket.com:
Located an hour outside of Toronto, the nearby countryside is home to many local farmers and crafters who bring their products to our iconic market. Since 1975, visitors have enjoyed St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market where over 300 vendors gather each week inside three main buildings and in an outdoor area that swells as the growing season progresses.
Fresh local fruits and vegetables, quality meats and cheeses, locally-produced maple syrup, honey, preserves, baking, authentic cuisine from many cultures, imported produce, various gluten-free and organic options, local crafts and housewares are just a slice of what you’ll find here. Visit our skilled and friendly butchers offering enticing cuts of meat, who will happily produce custom cuts and special orders. The St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market is also well-loved for its ready-to-eat foods prepared on site. A great place for breakfast or lunch — try some fresh apple fritters, sausage on a bun, donair kebab, pizza, souvlaki, sushi, falafel and more.
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Excerpt from stjacobsmodelrailway.com/about/:
Located in the beautiful downtown core of St. Jacobs, the St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway moved to the village in 2013 after having a long history in Aberfoyle.
St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway is an O scale (¼”= 12″) model railway depicting Southern Ontario in the late 1950’s. All our models are hand built and represent both major Canadian railways, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Come watch our freight trains and passenger cars recreate the era of the great train journeys.
Our scenery depicts parts of the Niagara Escarpment including countryside, rivers, towns and a large city. You may recognize many of the industries, structures and scenery, which are based on real locations in the Southern Ontario area.
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Excerpt from www.artefacts.ca/:
In the beginning, the virtual demolition of nine houses, first fodder for the bulldozer, than waste at a dump, lead directly to the formation, in 1986, of Artefacts Architectural Antiques. Since then, Artefacts has become an indispensable resource for people interested in restoring, renovating and just plain fixing up their buildings. As interest in architectural history has grown, so has Artefacts’ desire to renovate our country’s built heritage. A sub-conscious need for tangible remnants of our past, apart from nostalgia, also fuels Artefacts’s drive to salvage and rebuild using antique architectural pieces.
In this respect, our clientele has changed with us, broadening the scope of what can be done with our “fragments”. To better serve our imaginative clientele, Artefacts has expanded the selection of stock entering the shop. Thus, traditional items such as doors, complete front entrances, fireplace mantels, stair components, cast iron floor grates and door hardware of brass and iron have been augmented by decorative columns, cornice brackets, ornate fireplace tiles, tin ceiling, iron fencing, carved stonework, terra cotta plus an assortment of ornamental cast and wrought iron gates and window grills.
After 18 years in downtown St. Jacobs, Artefacts moved to a larger facility a few blocks away on the edge of town. With more natural light, more room and better parking, a new era was begun. The larger building also allowed Artefacts to combine the showroom with the cabinetry and finishing studios where our pieces are transformed into new uses.
Over 9,000 square feet provides an atmosphere to view our stock in the rough or re-interpreted as functional art pieces in our showroom.
Recent projects include an island kitchen constructed of 1830 pine wainscoting from Grafton, Ontario, an entertainment unit built around a pair of shutters (1835) from Pennsylvania, and a headboard shaped using a wrought iron grill from a basement window in Baltimore, MD (c1865). On a grander scale, Artefacts supplied the details for the CP Hotel restaurant in Whistler, BC.
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The business was founded by Irvin Hamel in 1908.
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From the late 1880's to the 1960's, Mennonites travelling by horse and buggy brought their horses in to be shoed by blacksmiths like Mr. Martin (Jon B. Martin Blacksmith Shop) who worked here until 1987. The shop was a favorite destination for the village children who were fascinated by the “red hot” work of the men outfitted in heavy leather aprons, gloves and boots. Today's resident craftsmen continue to make traditional crafts onsite.
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Excerpt from www.stjacobsvillage.com/artwalk:
St. Jacobs Mural by Stephanie Boutari
Located on the side of Xclusive Elements (towards Those Pizza Guys). Giant "St Jacobs" block letters are painted with a 3D effect and abstract shapes inspired by the area’s prominent natural surroundings and trails. Central to the composition is an abstract river which appears to flow in and out of the letters, a reference to the nearby Conestogo river.
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