24 March 2016 by Admin in Blog, Image Credits Comments Off on PHOTOlog | early settlement on old waterways SIMCOE
Innisfil township overlooks Cook’s Bay on Lake Simcoe – an important historic waterway – Samuel de Champlain came through here as did Sir John Franklin. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, May 2015
One of four heritage-designated buildings in Innisfil, the 1841 Barclay House, the township’s first post office, was destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve 2014. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, March 2016
SIMCOE County | Innisfil Township
14 April 2015 by Admin in Blog, Image Credits Comments Off on PHOTOlog | villages tucked away DUFFERIN
Jessopville schoolhouse with wind farm. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, April 2014
Hornings Mills, first settled 1830, established 1848 by government road. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, October 2011.
DUFFERIN County | Melancthon Township
20 September 2014 by Admin in Blog, Image Credits Comments Off on PHOTOlog | gateway to the north MUSKOKA
Commemorating the first steps into the “District”, with the enticement of free land grants in the “back townships”. Photo credit, Lisa Rance, September 2014
Kilworthy General Store, derelict, although hardly an abandoned community today. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, July 2013
MUSKOKA District | Morrison Township