Category: People

Raising Mitchell’s Barn

Neighbours work together to raise Mitchell’s barn.

Floating sawlogs through the Fenelon Locks

Sawlogs were common in navigable watercourses to the end of the nineteenth century, and made travel difficult for boats when they accumulated.

George Thompson’s Big Log Jam

This 1886 sketch shows R. C. Smith’s Red Mill on the left, opposite the village grist mill.

W.G. Jackett & Sons reconstructing the Fenelon Lock

The original wooden lock required constant repair, it was rebuilt of stone in 1913 and concrete in 1963.

John Livingstone

John Livingstone with his sleigh in front of his neighbour’s house on Oak Street. John grew up in the Gould House (Blue Oak) and later purchased a retirement […]

The Jordan House

29 Oak Street

Former home of pharmacist Alvin Gould, it was painted blue by University of Toronto professor Joaquin Kuhn, then became known as the Blue Oak Bed and Breakfast

Baddow Bridge

Community bridge over the Burnt River at the 3rd Concession of Somerville, Stony Lonesome School. The neighbourhood school was on the Baddow (west) side of the River, so […]

A Houseboat Becomes a Home

When the regions’ first houseboat retired from marine service, a found a new life as a family home on Front Street, Bobcaygeon. It was launched at the turn […]

The Second Fenelon Lock

Bigley Shoes

Sherry Peel, modern president of Bigley Shoes and Clothing beside Charles Bigley in front of his shoe store. Bigleys has thrived through changing fashions to become one of […]

Posing on the Stairs of the Stone Fenelon Lock