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Wilf continued to oversee the operation and continued expansion of the village into the 1970s. He even arranged in 1973 to move the Jury house, complete with some original furnishings including some of Amos' paintings, from Lobo Township to the village. The newspapers, especially the London Free Press, ran frequent articles about the constant improvements to and Wilf's role at the village. An April 23, 1977 item mentions that for the twenty-first year he was again getting the place "ship-shape for the opening of the season on May 24". A few years prior to that a Free Press article had noted that Wilf had expressed his hope that when he died he wanted "to see Fanshawe as my monument". The village carries on today with special events and educational programs greatly expanded from the days when Wilf was overseeing it, but it is yet another significant Jury legacy.

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Opening of Fanshawe Pioneer Village
circa 1959
London, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Museum of Ontario Archaeology