Almaguin Highlands Digital Collections

Wylie Home (Post Office)

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
The Historical Society is particularly indebted to Waitstill ‘Waity’ Croswell, Joyce Crossman, Jack Crossman, Orma Quinn, Lynn Abbot Lennox, the Wellever family. Richard Moore, Norma Hill-Watt and the late John Macfie for the photos and associated descriptions.
Notes
This picture is of the John Wylie home (right) and post office (frame addition on left). The brick home is still standing to the north and east of ‘Guitar Picker’s Corners’.

The people in the picture are: Violet Cousins, front left; Eunice Wylie, behind Violet; Minnie Wager, to the right of Violet; boys Wilbert and Melville Wylie; and men Howard Wager and John Wylie. The brick part of the building was recently renovated by Carl and Joyce (Whitmell) Crossman. It was commonly understood that John Wylie built the home and that he was one of the earliest, perhaps the second post master in Ahmic Harbour. However, research has shown that he was the 9th postmaster for Ahmic Harbour, serving from 1915-04-08 to 1960-07-15. He was preceded by John Croswell, Samson Paul, Ebenezer H. Cliffe, Charles Croswell, John Arthurs, William Millin, E.C. Bennett and Charles E. Newell.

Further research has also confirmed that Lots 8 and 9 were originally sold to George McCormick in 1896. Based upon the transaction price of $1,000, it would appear likely that the home had already been built by John Croswell, or that the purchase price included construction of a home.
Place of Publication
Ahmic Harbour, Ontario
Subject(s)
Local identifier
00002a
Collection
Whitestone Historical Society Archive
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 45.66681 Longitude: -79.78297
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Whitestone Historical Society
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Whitestone Public Library
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