Custom Signage

Made to Order

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Unique shape is a G.W. Signs indicator

From what started as a business in his garage in 1983, Garry Walmsley, under G. W. Signs, has become known as the region's sign expert.

Size is no obstacle and neither is content. Whether it's a large business sign or an address shingle for a gatepost, they have done them all. Everywhere you look in Saugeen Shores, you'll see G. W. signs.

Town vehicles, fire trucks, A-frame sandwich boards, store fronts, medical clinics and interpretive signs all bear the handcrafted mark of G. W. Signs.

In a variety of mediums, including sandblasting, they are able to create custom-signage that includes hand-painting. "Their sandblasted signs are pieces of art," says one local nurse. "You can take a photo in to them and they will duplicate it exactly down to the finest details. They really are craftsmen."

One of the most popular icons in the region, Chantry Island Imperial Lighthouse, is seen everywhere today and has become one of the G. W. Signs' most wanted images to be copied. "Many people now have Chantry Lighthouse signs in front of their cottages and homes, especially throughout Southampton, but we can do any of the lighthouses along the coast, or almost anything else anyone can imagine for a sign."

Since moving in to the A. B. Eagles building on Grosvenor Street in Southampton, Saugeen Shores, G. W. Signs has expanded and has done interpretive signs for Bruce County, lettering for the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, the Dr. Earl Health Centre and many more.

Now, the company is looking at expanding even further afield. "We would like to be Bruce County's answer to quality signage," says Walmsely.

Phone 519-797-5164 for any signage need.

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