B8 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 17, 2003 Share the magic of the holidays. New camera phones capture the moments words can't describe. The LG 5450 camera phone > Som e Christm as gift ideas at the museum Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate has many great gift ideas for the holi day season. Don't miss the opportunity to give your loved ones a special gift on local history and heritage. From books, to prints and workshops. Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate has something for everyone. pictures social life at the var ious stages of the town's development. The history is complete beginning with the earliest settlement and end ing at a period in which Oakville has changed its character completely. It is based on wide research, begun out of genuine interest and curiosity, into a part of the province about which very little has been written. Chisholm Mathews has com bined such primary sources as family papers, local news papers and archive docu ments. She has given an inti mate picture of the people. houses, and public buildings of Oakville, and of activities along The Sixteen. ~ j Because you've been very this year. v e r y g 0 0 < j The Story o f Oakville Harbour is an ideal stocking stuffer for local history buffs. Written by Philip Brimacombe, in dedication to the men who sailed from Oakville Harbour. The Story o f Oakville Harbour takes readers back to the Mississauga Indians who traveled down rivers and portages leading south to Lake Ontario and established summer encampments at the mouths of many small rivers, and in particular the Sixteen Mile Creek. This book doc uments the purchase of 960 acres of land by W illiam Chisholm, son of a loyalist fam ily who moved from Nova Scotia and settled on the shores of Burlington Bay in 1794, and founded Oakville in 1 842. $99.99' The Audkwox 8900 camera phone $99 99* Need another reason to buy a camera phone' Here'stwo* · Gel 30 days ol free picture messagng fajr first 10 pmts are free at partc^atng photo fosters. Exclusive offer from H P and TELUS. Get the recently intro duced H P Photosmart 145 primer at a great low price when you buy a camera phone. Available unM December 15. 2003 or while quantities last. however George Chisholm's daughter Kate baptized the vessel 'W hiteoak' in honour of Oakville's founder William Chisholm, whose<*nickname was 'Whiteoak.' Workshops fo r the Kids: Although spring and summer seem so far away, why not buy the kids or your grand children a week at Oakville Museum during their Hands on History March Break and Summer Day Camp pro grams. Oakville Museum's Hands on History week-long programs are a great gift for parents as well. Oakville and the Sixteen is a great present for that hard to buy relative. Written by Hazel Chisholm Mathews, a descendant of a pioneer Oakville family, it traces the development of a typical Ontario lake port and ^ $ 3 4 .9 9 '- ___--- More cool phones. Tired ol playing reindeer games? Downloaded cool games on Ihe LG 4600. How to call Donder. Blitzen, Cupid, and Vixen. Get Ihe Samsung A540 with voice activated dialing Fits even the smaJest stocking Pick up the pit-sized power of the LG TM520 Put a bghl under the tree the Kyocera colour KE424C with buR-in flashlight and download able ringtones Classes fo r the Budding Artist: Check out the muse um's Decorative Arts Workshops: Teen - College Portfolio Classes and Colour with Thread: Classes in Hand Embroidery, both workshops are taught by tal ented and engaging artists. Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate is located at 8 Navy Street in downtown Oakville, and is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 1 - 4:30 p.m. For more infor mation on great gift ideas from Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate call 905-3384400 or visit its Web site at www.oakvillemuseum.com. + $29.99* B U R L IN G T O N 3 4 8 0 U n it A 1 F a ir v ic w St 9 0 5 -3 3 3 -1 1 3 5 6 1 0 *4 3 0 0 (W ANTFOnO «»6 S* S 1 0 -? b » 0 « ? 6 1 0 -1 2 7 0 0 F o m e r ic 1246 CMfiwon n .i 0 0 ) i- M i 6 1 0 *2 0 7 7 * $ 2 9 .9 9 * ·Offer valid with 3 y o a r con tra ct a n d M I R 7C $24.99* * $ 2 4 .9 9 * Sunset A t the Sixteen: Schooner Wliiteoak, 1893. is a print by marine artist Peter Rindlisbacher. The schoonet Whiteoak was launched at Oakville Harbour on July 1 . 1867 by George Chisholm. 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