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      Black and white negative showing Whitby Harbour. VIew looking west from the pier. This image appeared in the Business Yearbook of 1956.

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was later sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1951.

      Black and white negative showing the Whitby Harbour from an aerial view looking north.

      This brick house was built about 1841 for Port Whitby brewer Abner Nash.

      Black and white negative showing the Whitby Harbour from an aerial view.

      Joe Stevens (1881-1963) was a commercial fisherman at Port Whitby from 1917 until his death. In 1947, he built a fishing boat which he named the 'Shirley S.', after his daughter. The boat was was in use until the mid 1960s and was broken up in 1978.

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was later sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1951.

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was later sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1951.

      The lighthouse was built at the end of the west pier in 1857 and removed during reconstruction of the piers in 1958.

      The lighthouse was built at the end of the west pier in 1857 and removed during reconstruction of the piers in 1958.

      The Randolph MacDonald Building was built about 1929 just west of the slip at Whitby Harbour. It was demolished in the 1950s.

      The Randolph MacDonald Building was built about 1929 just west of the slip at Whitby Harbour. It was demolished in the 1950s.

      Black and white negative showing Whitby Harbour. The slip is visible at left and right. Brock Street is visible at right. At centre is a building that was constructed by McNamara Marine in 1954. Joe Stevens's fishing boat, the 'Shirley S.' is tied up at the slip.

      The Prince Edward Island ferry, which used to take cars from Nova Scotia to PEI, was acquired by McNamara Marine around 1971. It was converted into a floating generating station and later acquired by Art Robertson. It was removed by court order to Toronto on 2 June 1992.

      In the summer of 1956, the western breakwater made of stone and log cribs was removed and replaced with a new breakwater constructed of stone and steel. The dock where the pier joined the breakwater was also reconstructed at this time. The remainder of the pier was rebuilt in 1958.

      In 1959 a signal tower was built near the east pier at Whitby Harbour.

      The waterspout occurred around 3pm on 26 January 1994 about 30 miles from the shore. It was 300 feet wide and 1600 feet high.

      Joe Stevens (1881-1963) was a commercial fisherman at Port Whitby from 1917 until his death. In 1947, he built a fishing boat which he named the 'Shirley S.', after his daughter. The boat was was in use until the mid 1960s and was broken up in 1978.

      In 1954, McNamara Marine began to build a shipyard on the east side of the Whitby Harbour.

      Black and white negative showing the concrete docks and lighthouse at Whitby Harbour in the winter. The photograph was taken before the western breakwater was rebuilt that summer. The dock on which the lighthouse is standing was rebuilt in 1958 and the lighthouse removed.