The Lake in the Hills
Strong Township and Sundridge 1875-1925
Compiled by Patricia Lee
Edited by Alice May Robins.
1989 marked the 100th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Village of Sundridge. The first settlers arrived in Strong Township as early as 1876. This book is a record of those first settlers who came north on the Muskoka, Great North and Nipissing Roads and chose to settle around the shores of Lake Bernard. Although there have been many discussions over the years as to the original name of the lake whether it was Stony or Lake Bernard, it seems that Lake Bernard was the first name since it appears on a survey by J. W. Beatty dated 1874. The name Stony Lake is on an 1883 map made by Hugh McGrandle P.L.S.
All through the records, letters and reports of pioneer life, there is frequent mention of the lake. To the first homesteaders it was a transportation route (by boat in summer and by sleigh in winter). For the lumbermen it meant a place for log booms to float in summer and sleigh loads of logs to be drawn in winter. It was also a source of beauty and pleasure. Canoes, rafts, rowboats and the paddle-wheeler provided hours of enjoyment. The hills that surround the lake provided a scenic setting for farms and homes.
One hundred years later, the lake is still our most important asset. It attracts people in all seasons for swimming, fishing, sailing, canoeing, skating and many other sports. It provides photographers and artists with endless hours of recreation and more and more it is attracting new settlers who are choosing to five in the area because of its beauty. These examples prove once again how wise our early settlers were in selecting "The Lake in the Hills" as their home.
This illustrated history deals with the early settlement and development of the Township of Strong and the Village of Sundridge. It is arranged in chronological order to show how Free Grant Act of 1868, the arrival of settlers, the building of the Grand Trunk Railway and the geographical situation of Lake Bernard all contributed to the success of this community despite the exodus of many of the original settlers in the years 1892 -1911. This book includes accounts of events written by pioneers and their descendants, the building of schools, churches, post offices, lodges and societies in the various communities making up Strong Township. There are sketches of pioneer families, copies of letters, newspaper accounts of social events and legal documents.
ISBN:0-88954-327-5 | Hardcover with dust jacket | 8.5 x 11 inches approximately
296 pages | $34.95
Index
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A
Abar, Peter and Eleanor 181, 183, 285, 286
Adams, William and Angelina 96, 153
Agricultural Society 9 - 13
Aldjo, David and Harriette 197
Alton, Joseph and Margaret 134, 135
Anderson, Albert 150, 151
Anderson, Ed. 150
Anderson, Emma 7, 8
Anderson, Dr. Howard 54 - 56, 204
Anderson, John 146, 149
Anglican Church 270 - 273
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B
Bannerman, Adam and Janet 144, 155
Bapist Church 263, 264, 266
Barn Raising 119 - 122
Basket Factory 234, 235
Beatty, Gordon 215 - 219
Bell Telephone 213, 214
Berriedale 45, 50, 51
Bird, John and Margaret 162, 163
Bird, Louisa (Maeck) 161
Bloomfield 118 - 137
Bloomfield Community Fun 131
Bloomfield Picnic 138 - 140
Blue Row 95, 107
Bossert, Adolphus 19
Brampton Invasion 215 - 218
Brass Band 248, 249
Breen and Dunn 153
Brimacombe 43
Brimacombe, Albert 155
Brimacombe, Frankie Adele 44 - 50
Brimacombe, Samuel 43
Brimacombe, W. C. 41 - 53
Brookside 127
Burnes, Carlton F. 37, 38
Buttermaking 125
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C
Caldwell, Alice (Harrison) 131
Carmichael, Dr. Andrew 256, 257
Carter, John and Mary Elizabeth 149, 151, 153, 233
Childhood Days 122 - 124
Christie, Annie 285
Christie, Hugh and Ann 283
Christie, Malcolm 284
Church, Arthur 100
Church, James and Elizabeth 98, 99
Church, Tom 100
Colonization Roads 3
Cook, Janet (Christie) 285
Cook, John and Jennie 87
Cook, William and Elizabeth 86
Coombes, William Frederick 89, 90
Cottrell, William Henry and Maria 97, 98
Cunningham, Caroline (Malowney) 285
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D
Dobbs, Edward and Sarah 64, 65
Duke, John 68
Duke, Mary 68, 69
Dunbar, David 141, 142
Dunbar, George 141, 142, 187
Dunbar, James 138, 139, 153, 229 - 231
Dunbar, Merrill 231 - 248
Dunbar, Robert 221, 222
Dunbar, William 141
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E
Edgar, Joseph and Mary 158, 159, 172, 200, 201, 218, 219
Edgar, Margaret 225 - 227
Edgar, Mary S. 39, 40, 69, 172, 201
Errington 161
Everard, Doris (Brimacombe) 43, 44
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F
Faragher, John 156
Faris 137
Faulkner, Wiffiarn 181, 182
Fleming, John and James 164
Ford, James 155, 156
Free Grant vii, 2, 3
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G
Galaugher, Alexander 153
Gibbon, George Emslie 60, 61
Gibbon, Laura 57, 60
Gilchrist, George 225 - 227
Gillies, Charles 157
Glen Bernard Camp 39, 40
Grand Trunk Railway 169 - 173
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H
Haggart, Henry and Alice 287
Haggart, William and Annie 287
Hall, William Henry 135
Hamilton, Dora 223, 224
Hannaford, 61, 63, 65
Harkness, James and Marion 279, 281
Harper, John 185, 186
Harper, Mary (Irwin) 185, 186, 227
Harrison, Robert and Elizabeth 129 - 131, 278
Hartfell 57 - 60, 290
Hartfell Post Office 70
Haying 14, 15
Healthcare in Sundridge and Strong 250, 256
Hill 114
Hill, Annie Laurie 109 - 115
Hill, David 114
Hillsdale 109 - 115
Hockey 205
Hogmanay 84 - 86
Hornibrook, John and Mary 100, 101
Hornibrook, Joseph 14, 15
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I
Inglis, John and Letitia 132
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J
Jenkins, Andrew 119 - 122, 128, 130
Johnson, Pauline 201, 202
Johnston, John and Elizabeth 134, 135
Johnstone, J. P. and Amanda 188 - 192, 213
Johnstone, Lucy (Rennie) 188 - 192, 244
Joly Township 279 - 290
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K
Kemp, Caroline (Frost) 279 - 282
Kemp, George 242
Kemp, William 21, 282
Kent, John Arthur 76
Kent, Samuel and Maria 76
Kent, William John 70
Knowles, Muriel (Hall) 223, 224
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L
Lang, James and Annie 183, 184, 199, 150
Lang, Jamie vii
Lang, Willard 140, 251
Lang, William 145, 146, 154, 250, 254
Logging 71 - 80
Loyal Orange Lodge 167, 168
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M
MacDonald, Cora 222
Malowney, William and Mary 286
Malyon, Dr. Roy 257
Maple Syrup Making 13, 14
Marketing and Barter 192, 193
Maxwill, John 238
May, Harry and Anna 165
May, Stanley 165, 257
McCabe, John and Rhoda 135
McCabe, William and Mary Jane 135
McCullough, 116, 117
McDermot, Benjamin 156
McGee, Sam 92
McIntyre, Donald 90
McKeen, James and Frances 125 - 127
McKeen, Lila (Richardson) 125 - 127
Methodist Church 265, 267 - 270
Millinery Shop 186
Milne, Jack 204
Milne, John and Will 51, 52
Milne, Peter and Jane, 283
Mintie, James and Ellen 161, 162
Minutes from the Village of Sundridge 175 - 181
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New Hope 89
Norrington 91, 92
Northern and Pacific Junction Railway 169
Northern Pioneers 37
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O
162nd Battalion 31 - 37, 209
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P
Paget John 5, 22
Paget, Mrs. John 154
Paget Tom 7
Parker and Scythe 154
Parkes, Smith 92, 93
Parry Sound.Colony 21 - 27
Peters, A. E. 156
Pevensey - Hartfell 57 - 60
Phillips, Henry and Rachel 133, 134
Pioneer Memories 161
Presbyterian Church 259 - 263
Presbyterian Concert 205
Prior, Dijah and Jean 101, 102
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Q
Queen's Hotel 193, 194, 228, 244
Quilting 223
Quirt, Francis and Henrietta 166, 221, 222
Quirt, Herb 166
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R
Raney, John and Annie 103
Rheubottom, Ben and Matilda 104, 105
Rheubottom, Joseph and Clem 105
Rye, Lawrence M. 25
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S
St. Paul's Anglican Church 270 - 273
S.S. No. 1 Joly 287 - 289
S.S. No. 2 Joly 289 - 290
S.S. No. 1 Strong 53, 54
S.S. No. 1 Strong and Armour 56
S.S. No. 2 Strong 127
S.S. No. 3 Strong 106
S.S. No. 4 Sundridge 273 - 278
S.S. No. 5 (see Union School Section No. 5)
S.S. No. 6 Strong 116
Scythe, George 148
Sedore, John Wesley 18
Seidewand, George 152, 154
Sidewheeler 187, 188
Smith, Sidney and Sarah 213
Soapmaking 115, 116
Sports 227, 249 - 252
Stancombe Letters 19, 20, 21
Stirling Falls 41-43, 51-54
Stone, J. E. 154
Strong Cemetery 19
Strong Lodge No. 423 174
Strong Post Office 131, 132
Strong Township 1 (map), 4 (map), 157
Strong Township Council Meetings 27 - 30
Sundrige 236, 240, 241 (maps)
Sundridge Echo 185 - 187, 203, 204, 221
Sundridge Library 198, 199
Sundridge, Women's Institute 205 - 211
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T
Thom, Alex and Sarah 185
Threshing 70, 71
Tripp Brothers 155
Tripp, Hiram and Catherine 143, 155
Tromley, Inez (Murray) 219
Tromley, Wallace and Mary 219 - 221
Tuplin 92, 93
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U
Union School Section No. 5 80 - 84
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V
Valentine, Annie (Christie) 285
VanMeer, Edmund Milo 94
VanMeer, Samuel Edmund 92
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W
Walker, Enid "Zip" 39, 40
Wash Day 224, 225
Watters, John 105, 106
Weddings 253 - 256
Whitelock, Grace 122 - 124
Wilson 56 - 68
Wilson, Frances (Therrien) 195,
Wilson, John 67, 68
Wilson, James Wallace and Mary 66
Wilson, Joseph and Mary 195
Wilson, Martha (Grant) 229 - 231
Wilson, Robert 157
Wilson, Stuart 84 - 86
Wilson's Mills 195, 196
Wissler, Charlie and Maud 211 - 213, 257, 258
Woolen Mill 194,195
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no entries
Z
no entries