Excerpt from copperkettle.ca:
Built in 1852, this building was originally home of the Wheeler General Store selling everything from dry goods and shoes to paper and stamps. Imagine Olsen’s Merchantile from Walnut Grove. Three generations of the Wheeler Family ran the store that also served as a post office from 1852 to 1972. There has been some type of store here until the 1970s. Since then the building had been used for an antique shop, a surf shop and a tea room.
Wheeler General Store prided itself on being a ‘dry’ store serving no alcohol, unlike the shop across the street. In fact, the store-keeper, Rufus McCrea, was instrumental in getting the Town Hall built next door in 1871 and included among its activities meetings of the local Temperance Society.
Ironically, the building eventually became the Copper Kettle Pub serving customers for over twenty years. In 2016, ownership changed hands and the Copper Kettle Pub has been lovingly renovated to bring it back to its former glory as a community hot spot and a ‘must see’ destination for tourists and travelers.
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Excerpt from www.haltonhills.ca/en/explore-and-play/under-wraps.aspx:
Stirred Not Shaken by Robert Attrell, Glen Williams Park, 509 Main Street, Glen Williams: Robert works with oils and cold wax medium to create large abstract paintings. As a long-time resident of Halton Hills, Robert is inspired to create works of art by living on a rural farm property. Robert strives to communicate the belief that nature's ever-changing surroundings continuously provide a fresh start and renewed energy. Bringing nature’s organic, flowing shapes and colours into towns and villages, his artwork transports the countryside into more developed and urban areas. Titled after the famous James Bond catchphrase, this particular artwork expresses the resilience of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic; “we may be stirred, but we will not be shaken by life's challenges".
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Glen Williams School House, 15 Prince Street, Glen Williams: The Glen Williams Schoolhouse SS#11 at 15 Prince Street is a Gothic-Revival schoolhouse building constructed in 1873. The originally one-storey building was used as a school until 1949 when it was converted into a two-storey residence.
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William Mill, 515 Main Street, Glen Williams: The Williams Mill at 515 Main Street is a former saw mill constructed by the Williams family in 1826. The Williams Mill also was the first commercial power plant in the area to supply hydro-electricity.
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