Marie Belanger<p>Today's Thing of Beauty: Talbot Street after a summer rain. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StThomas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElginCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElginCounty</span></a> This street named after Colonel Thomas Talbot, who in early 19th century "managed" settlement of southwestern Ontario from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Amherstburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amherstburg</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Delhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delhi</span></a>. Until he was removed by the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crown" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Crown</span></a>. St. Thomas has a legacy of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>railways</span></a> and in the 19th and early 20th centuries served as a critical commercial hub.</p>