Résultats

      Mailbox with a rabbit cut-out on top at 11212 5th Line.

      Mailbox with chicken cut-outs on 4th Line.

      A view of the settlement with dwellings on the right near 4th Line and barns at centre, on Lot 24, Con. 4. The snow-covered hills known as “The Three Sisters” can be seen in the background.

      Ted Wilson is the child on the right of the group of children standing in front of the Wilson home.

      A view of the saw mill and cement works from the head of the pond, with the village in the distance.

      Maple Street (now Kirkpatrick Lane) viewed from the 22nd Sideroad with a level railway crossing.

      The two-storey stone School Section #9, known as Gibraltar is on the 5th Line. The second storey was added to the 1862 building in 1875. It was closed from 1891 until 1954.

      The two-storey stone School Section #9, known as Gibraltar is on the 5th Line. The second storey was added to the 1862 building in 1875. The second floor was closed from 1891 to 1954. Note the flag pole.

      The students of teacher Miss Bella Gordon pose with branches, leaves and their globe, outside the school for a school photograph.

      A labourer holds a shovel up standing in the tracks behind Grand Trunk boxcar #125715 as it passes through a rock cut. A young man is sitting on top of the boxcar while a gentleman stands opposite the labourer. The original postcard was postmarked “Limehouse SP05 13”

      The front of the abandoned powder magazine near the saw mill and draw kiln ruins.

      The back of the abandoned powder magazine near the saw mill and draw kiln ruins.

      A view of the pot kiln ruins from the railway tracks.

      A close up view of a collapsed pot kiln.

      A view of the ruined saw mill showing the elliptical stone arch and remnants of the wall above over Black Creek.

      John McDonald leads a tour of the Limehouse Conservation Area. He points out the date plate on the restored powder magazine.

      A view from 5th Line looking north over the railway tracks to Maple Street, now called Kirkpatrick Lane.

      A view of the set kilns, protected by a lean-to roof, with set kilns above them, beside the railway tracks, the rail cut through the rock and the GTR station on the far right.

      Cyril Taylor with his children Terry and Pat Taylor sitting on the hood of his new 1942 Dodge. The house across the road may be 11309 22nd Sideroad.

      Pen and Ink sketch of the powder house.