Parry Sound

is the other story about how he died — by being killed by a bear north of Parry Sound resulting in naming Killbear Park after the bear. (The naming of this park, from Killbear Point, is more likely named from the Objiwe Mukwa-Nayosh meaning 'Bear Kill '. In conformation the 1866 map of McDougall Twp has the peninsula labelled as Kill Bear Point.) There is a resolution to the above curious and confusing information. The tombstone is correct and the census information is wrong, Killbear Park is not named due to…

To get to Parry Sound from Collingwood the Watts and McDougall’s had to board the newly built Waubuno. This bi-weekly steamer was the only way to access Parry Sound as the road between Parry Sound and Bracebridge was only just being cut. As they neared the Harbour, Zachariah and family would have seen some of the 30,000 islands and got a first glimpse of the stoic pines growing on the Shield rocks – the rocks and little soil that would make farming a serious challenge to any farmer. This Sound…

Sept 19) after the mill fire, they issued the following: Messrs Mitchell and McDonald of Blackstone Lake wish to express their deep appreciation for the able assistance given by residents in the vicinity during their recent fire which destroyed their mill and a large quantity of ties. The prompt response of the Parry Sound fire brigade resulted in the saving of a considerable quantity of ties and the company desires to express their thanks to the brigade for their good work. Thomas Jr 's respect…

Lake starts with the stories and biographies of the settlers that tamed and worked the land surrounding the lake. As they did so, a historical framework of personalities, knowledge of the of the lake and a system of morals developed. I started out to answer what seemed to be some major questions to ask the archives and of history itself. They being the origins of each settler, why they or their ancestors came to Canada, and then to Ontario if not directly and why and when they came to the Parry…

A series of make shift dams and flumes are in place on the Blackstone River as it heads towards Blackstone Harbour from Crane used to control the log jams and to get the lumber up to Parry Sound. Also the river between Crane and Blackstone already had its first of several dams placed midway on its length. The Conger Lumber Co. operates throughout the area as the century headed towards its end. Other private interest companies such as Rankin Bros. subcontracting with Conger Lumber and later the…

Is. 1959 Mr. House, as he was getting married on Feb 23 1959 and moving to Parry Sound, sells Rock Garden Camp to Mr. F. H. Bruce and Ellen Hanson of Grimsby, Ontario. They start immediately by advertising `housekeeping cottages, hydro, refrigerators, good fishing. Reasonable' in the Toronto Star, May 28, 1959. Camp Brucelle as they called it, doesn't stick as a name. Mr. Hanson, after only having Rock Garden Camp for three years, sells to H. Konrad. He, like Mr. Hanson, advertises in the…

The name Ullman and Woolman were interchangeable throughout the years, however, Woolman became the preferred spelling for Thomas and his family, from the time of his leaving the family home in Foley and moving to Parry Sound proper on his marriage to Rebecca on January 28, 1880. There he started out as the near ubiquitous lumberman and a new dad. Edith was born just a comfortable nine months later on November 13, 1880. It was too tough a go for him in the mills and he uprooted his family and…

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