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Typed Copy of the Burk's Falls section from Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory, 1895, circa 1995, p. 2

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- 2 - builder; Morrison, Fred R.,barber and cigars; Muskoka and Georgian Bay Navigation Co. (Ltd.) J.S. Playfair (Toronto) Pres. A.P. Cockburn (Gravenhurst) secretary and manager; Pearcy, Rev. John (Anglican); Reid, John D., printer and publisher, The Arrow; Rutter, Richard, baker and confectioner; Sharpe, James, general store; Smiley, Rev. John M.A. (Methodist); Smith, Lewis contractor; Taylor, Edward 0., general store; Templeman, John W., flour, feed and groceries; Todd, George, shoemaker; Town Hall, E. Bazett clerk, J.D. Reid treasurer; Wilson, Mrs*. Daniel, fancy goods and millinery; Wright, John, tailor and clothier. Stirling Falls - A post office on Stony Creek (which furnishes power) in Strong Township, Parry Sound District, 30 miles N.E. of Parry Sound, nearest banking point, and 6 from Burks Falls, the nearest railway point. It contains a Baptist Church, a common school, saw and flour mill. Population 50. Mail tri-weekly. Elias Wallis, post- master; Blain, John K., flour mill; Dunbar, Wm., saw and shingle mill; Wallis, Elias, General Store and Post Office. ¦

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