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As many people are aware, the Moore Museum Train Room got its start as the result of a donation. A local business man acquired 2 toy train layouts that were originally built by the Lionel company as promotional displays. During their first working life they traveled to different venues as an attraction to help sell […]

Compiled By: Mrs. Grace Lester in 1964, with the assistance of Mrs. Miller Gray and Mrs. Eva Dicer – Transcribed and shortened By: Ken W Henry 2015 – 51 years later School Section # 15 Moore was formed in 1870 after a petition was presented to the Council of said Township of Moore by William

A prominent early resident of Moore Township was Thomas Sutherland.  Thomas was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on May 23, 1772.  Following an education at the Archbishop’s School, he began his career in the Royal Navy.  He soon changed careers, however, and become a tailor in Edinburgh.  Family tradition holds that he served many notables,

Early in 2013, Moore Museum was contacted by Judy Keeler who was researching the Reilley family property in Mooretown. Judy is the great-great granddaughter of Charles Reilley, the owner of the Reilley cottage, which forms part of Moore Museum’s heritage village. Judy graciously offered to interview her mother about her memories of Mooretown and the

Kimball, located in the former Moore Township at the intersection of County Road 80 (Courtright Line) and Kimball Road, developed due to the construction of the Canada Southern Railroad through the area.  It was named for James Kimball, the first postmaster and owner of a general store when the railroad came to the area. Throughout

One of the perks of being a Model Train Room Volunteer is unpacking donations of trains and model railway structures that are donated to Moore Museum. Every time a donation shows up, it’s like Christmas. Over the last 8 years, donations have come in many different forms and they are all very much appreciated. Some of the

September 2014 marked the 65th anniversary of the violent passing of a landmark that was never “anchored” in St. Clair Township. It was in the early morning hours of Sat. Sept. 17, 1949 that a floating landmark with strong ties to Moore and Sombra Townships was lost forever. The passenger ship S. S. Noronic was

The ship that was to become the Saronic  in later years was built in 1882 as the United Empire.  Built of oak from forests near Sarnia, she was 253 feet in length, with a gross weight of almost 2000 tons.  Owned by the Northwest Transportation Co. (Beatty Line), later the Northern Navigation Company, the United

Launched June 2, 1913, at Port Arthur, Ontario, the Noronic  became the flagship of the Northern Navigation Division of Canada Steamship Lines.    At 362 feet the largest of the passenger steamers on the Great Lakes, she was built to carry 562 passengers and a crew of 171.  The Noronic was lavishly outfitted, and included a

A sister ship to the Noronic  and Hamonic, the Huronic,  built in 1902,  was named for the lake on which she generally operated.   Some of the more eventful episodes of her career, however, occured on Lake Superior.  The 328 foot Huronic  was stranded at Whitefish Point by the Great Storm of 1913.  More fortunate than