stone-masonry

PHOTOlog | early military outpost SIMCOE

ontario military history, stone barracks

Naval Officer’s Quarters at the Naval Establishment at Penetanguishene, built 1830’s. Settlement along the Penetanguishene Road was influenced by this outlying naval settlement. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, January 2011

SIMCOE County | Tay Township

PHOTOlog | span bridge LANARK

stone masonry, bridge, Pakenham, Ontario

Rare five-span stone bridge, built in 1904 at Pakenham village. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, July, 2008

LANARK County | Pakenham Township

PHOTOlog | still in the family CARLETON

Pakenham, Ontario, bed-and-breakfast, stone-masonry

Near Pakenham, the limestone farmhouse built by Frances Gillan in the 1850’s. Now a B&B and Farm Museum, remaining in the hands of the descendants of Gillans of Longford, Ireland, who have the original offer of purchase, dated October 18th, 1836. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, July, 2008

CARLETON County | Fitzroy Township