Head, Clara and Maria Local History
Pooney (Olive) Bertrand Second Interview 
video2006 Interview with life long Mackey resident.
Mary Borutski Second Video Interview 
video2006 Video Interview with former Stonecliffe resident.Max Borutsk, Game Warden, was Mary's husband.
G.J. Boudreau and Mrs. M. Donnelly Discuss the Changes in Mackey 
textmysteryUnknown Mrs. G.J. Boudreau with the assistance of Mrs. M. Donnelly give an account of the history of Mackey.Mrs. G.J. Boudreau [Ernie Boudreau's Mother] and Mrs. M. Donnelly [Bill Donnelly's grandmother] both lived in Mackey Station Ont. Unknown what year this document was written in. All spellings of...
Living with Animals 
still image Man in overalls feeding a donkey. Woman standing in the background. It looks as though they are under an enclosure. Believed to be Edmond Boudreau and Mrs Boudreau.
Ezillie and David Boudreau 
still image Ezillie and David Boudreau stand in front of a covered porch.
Doris and Elmer Donnelly, Mackey. 
still image Doris and Elmer stand next to a building and in front of an old car. A house is visible;e in the background.In the background Duncan Moore Residence, part of Rita Gallagher's home.
Bringing in the Hay 
still image Mickey Donnelly driving the team of horses who are pulling a wagon load of hay. Donnelly Farm. Note the steel wheeled wagon.
Demolition of Our Lady of the Snows Church 
still image19 Jul 2007 Levesque Brothers were awarded the contract to demolish Our Lady of the Snows. Their Hydraulic Excavator CAT 330B is tearing down the front steps of the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Durand's Wedding, May 23. 1915 
still image23 May 1915 Mr and Mrs Joe Durand's Wedding Party.
Roman Catholic Church Deux Rivierés
 
still image St Lawrence Church.
The Dunlops of Deux Rivierés and Mackey c.1918
 
still imagecommentWinter 1918 Family poses in front of a building in the snow. In Photograph: Marion, Walter, Baby Dorothy, Francis, Emma (Cotam), Eddie, James H. and Tom Francis (Fanny) Legg - Father was station master at Deux Rivierés and Reeve. James Harold Dunlop - father was James - Magistrate and Reeve of Mackey.
Church at Deux Rivierés 
still imagelate 1950s Winter scene. St. Lawrence church surrounded by a cedar rail fence. The Ottawa river and the Laurentian Mountains are visible in the background.
Mr. Burton 
still imageprior to 1950 Ed Burton sits on logs that are protruding into the Ottawa River. The rapids are in the background and the dog is on the log next to Ed.
Getting People Across the Upper Ottawa River 
still image Seven children sit on the tub in winter. The Upper Ottawa River has not frozen.The Tub was used at Deux Rivierés to cross the Ottawa River by cable. An early cable-car.
Burton Inn 
still image1933 Burton Inn, Rooms and Meals. Photograph taken in the winter.Inn run by Arthur Burton
Train at Deux Rivierés 
still imagemystery Box cars on the railway tracks in the winter. The Laurentian hills on the Quebec side are visible in the background. The Ottawa River has not frozen over in the photograph.
Crossing the Upper Ottawa River 
still imagemystery The shoreline in the background is littered with fallen trees. The Scow is on the Ottawa River, tied to the dock, with 11 men posing for the photograph. Due to the trees that are cut along the bank of the river, this photograph was likely taken at the end of the 1940s before the water levels of...
Crossing a Horse 
still image2 Oct 1947 Four men row a boat, while the man in the back steers and the man in the front holds onto a horse.This horse was being crossed in the rapids at Deux Rivierés. The men were heading to the Cotnam and Kumm camp on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.
Girl in the Snowbank 
still imagemystery1946 Toddler walking in the snow. The CPR railway station, water tower and church can be seen in the background
CPR Station at Deux Rivierés October 17, 1900 
still imageOctober 17, 1900 Deux Rivierés train station and platform are on the right hand side of the photograph. There is a man on the platform and a group of people in the background. Two sets of tracks lead the eye to the water tower in the background.
Fire Tower at Deux Rivierés 
still imagemystery Man standing on top of the fire tower at Deux Rivierés.
CPR Steam Train 
still imagecommentmystery Steam train pulling train cars.
View of Deux Rivierés 
still imagemystery A road stretches off into the distance. It is late fall or early spring because there are no leaves on the branches.
Pontoon Plane 
still image1957 A man and two boys stand beneath the wing of a pontoon plane. One boat is upside down on the dock in front of them. Another boat is in the Ottawa River tied to the dock.
Residence of Alex Pichette 
still imagemystery Garden in the foreground, framed house in the background.
Pete Coutoure 
still imagemystery Man, looks like he was photographed walking out of the frame, turns to look at the camera. Pete Coutoure lived by Grant's Creek. Sophia Rousseau shares stories bout him in her video interview.
Chamberlain Residence 
still imagemystery Boy on wood pile on left hand side of photograph, Three adults, two girls and boy in front of his mother. House in the background. Boy on wood pile unknown. Mrs Bill McIsaac, Ken Tooley, Mrs. Mary McIsaac, Frank Chamberlain, Irene and Vivian Tooley.
Children of Stonecliffe 
still imagemystery Five children, three girls and two boys pose for the picture. Ann Larochelle, Stella Larochelle, Cora Logan, Albert Stewart, Edwin Stewart.
Bertrand and Tait's 
still imagemystery Two men in hats with a young girl between them. Bill Bertrand, Eva Tait, Alfred Tait.
Mrs. T Lalonde 
still imagemystery Mrs. T. Lalonde stands next to the brick section house as the engine of a train goes by.
Logan Family 
still imagemystery Family sits on the porch outside their home. Back Row: Debbie Logan, Curtis Logan. Middle Row: Dickie Stewart, Maynard Logan, Jack Logan, and Earl Stewart, Randy Logan, Harold Logan, Linda Logan, Jean Logan.
Fire Tower on the Quebec Side of the Ottawa River Near Stonecliffe 
still image Firetower framed by the tops of trees.
Mr. William "Wild Bill" Peever 
still image Mr. Peever stands in his canoe on the Ottawa River.
Mike Simond 
still imagemystery Profile of Mike Simond The story goes, that Mike Simond was drinking at the McKechnie's hotel one night and he died when he walked out the fire escape thinking it was the bathroom door. He worked for Joan Charbonneau's father.
Stonecliffe School Children c.1941-1942 
still image1941 School children pose for a class picture on the outside of the one room schoolhouse. Front Row: Curtis Logan, Sylvia Pacholzuk, Zita Tait, Jeannine Boudreau, Eleanor Boudreau. Second Row: Gabriel Lalonde, Sony Pichette, Denis Latour, Garvin Pacholzuk, Cletus Pacholzuk, Albert Stewart. Third Row:...
Bill and Mary Bertrand at Nick Bertrand's House 
still image Bill and Mary Bertrand at Nick Bertrand's House Couple stands on the back of a 1.5 storey square timber homestead.
Willie Buckshot 
still image Willie Buckshot sits on the railing at the Stonecliffe Hotel.
McKechnie's Hotel c.1946 
still imagemystery1946 Hotel in the shade of a white pine. An old car is parked next to the hotel. McKechnie's hotel burned down in 1952.
Jack Fisher on the Ottawa River 
still imagemystery Jack Fisher Stands in his canoe on the Upper Ottawa River.
Jack Fisher 
still image Jack Fisher sits out in the snow in his canoe in front of his cabin with a rifle over his right knee. The Fisher's lived on "Fishers Island" in the Ottawa River prior to the building of the Dam at Swisha. The island was across from the town of Stonecliffe. Jack used to build an ice rink in the...
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