Fun with Fish

    This picture is copied from a colourized post card from around 1900.The causeway has not yet been completed and a bridge spans the end of Ahmic Lake. At the top right of the picture, just visible, is

    The homes in the picture would appear to be the Albert Hill and family home (lot 13 on the north side of Elizabeth Street); the George and Jane Brown home, later owned by Wm Jones and family (lot 12

    The boat in the foreground of this picture from before 1920 was likely built by the Croswell Boat Works. The newly built Hotel and the home owned by the Jones home also figure in the picture.

    This picture taken before 1920 shows the ‘Armour’ at the newly built Lakeview Hotel. The home owned by the Johns family is at the right of the picture. General store is at the left of the picture.

    Post Card advertising fishing at the Lakeview Hotel from the 1920’s or 30’s

    The Armour, possibly on its maiden voyage, arriving at the docks formerly belonging to the Muskoka and Nipissing Navigation and Hotel Company.

    The boat in this picture is possibly the “Cecebe” built in 1886 in Burks Falls and owned by the Muskoka and Nipissing Navigation Company. It was one of the smaller boats operating on the Magnetawan s