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      The plaque reads: "What began as a simple shop on Gould's Island, with a few stove and ploughs in 1893, developed into Smiths Falls most successful company and largest employer for 116 years. In 1846, company founder Ebenezer Frost partnered with Alexander Wood and by 1865 virtually every company in …

      Framed black and white photograph of the late Mrs. Singleton with the 1960 Battle of Boyne Flag.

      This brick house is located in the south-east portion of lot 25, Concession 4 in Whitby Township. It was purchased by Thomas Park in 1861. At the time of this photograph the house was the home of Matthew Crawforth and his wife Eliza, daughter of Thomas Park. The house was …

      This engine and passenger train provided the town of Schreiber a bit of amusement when, in the summer of 1993 during Heritage Days, it was used to transport locals for a quick trip to Marathon, reminiscent of the time passenger trains were available in this area.

      This farm on lot 29 of Concession 3 (Rossland Road) at the north-west corner of Rossland and Chocrane Street was also known as Broadfield. It was settled about 1837 by James Tweedie (1803-1857). The brick house on the property was built in 1845.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     This brick house was built in 1876 on the south east corner of Hopikins and Victoria Streets on lot 22 in Whitby Township. The house was severely damaged by fire in June 2006. Barnabus Gibson was a railway contractor who later moved to Toronto.

      Mildmay Camp was located on the shore of Lake Ontario, east of the Cranberry Marsh in Whitby Township. It was an Anglican Church camp which was operated from around 1927 to 1953 by the Mildmay Institute of Toronto.

      The brick engine house is located at 400 Mary Street East on the north-east corner of Mary and Hickory Streets. It was built in 1876 to replace an engine house that burned down in 1875. The building was altered in the 1960s and made into a garage.

      The Whitby Junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903 near the current GO Transit platform. In 1914, it was the scene of an unsolved murder. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria …

      The new permanent homes in the Hydro Colony housed radio operator Jack Schwass, and his wife, line foreman Art Westran and his wife Ena, station maintenance man Harold Evans and his wife, operator Ed Smith, his wife and son, operator Royden and Gladys McDonald, Andy and Petra (MOM) Inguard. Clara …

      Photo of turbine used for generating power at the station. The gentleman in the photo is unidentified.

      Construction of the Hydro colony began in 1937 to house employees and their families. However, when the second unit of the power plant was installed, the construction camp was built on the west side of the dam away from the Hydro colony, at the present site of the transformer yard …

      An aerial view (looking south to the U.S). of Lac Seul Dam, Ear Falls Generating station on the English River, November 22, 1957.

      Group of unidentified prospectors, one of them holding a gold brick.

      Aerial view looking northeast across Barton Bay. Inscription reads 'Little Long Lac Gold mine'. In the foreground is the clearing for Errington Avenue. It would later be called Arena Road and in 1939, it would become part of Highway 11. At the extreme left is the townsite of Little Long …

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      Aerial photograph of the Hydro colony of Ear Falls, Ontario 1957. The area was created to house the hydro workers and their families.

      Reproduction of the photo

      Condition: Fine. Image is dirty and slightly faded

      Condition: Fair. Image is dirty and matte is very worn.