Fun with Fish

    The McAmmonds had two cabins on their property that they would rent out in the summer to tourists and hunters in the winter.

    Black and white photograph of Mr. Derner and Jim McAmmond on Maple Island. They are holding up a string of recently caught fish. To the left of the men a portion of a black car is visible. In the dis

    A black and white photograph of John McAmmond filleting fish for tourists on the McAmmond homestead. John is seated on what appears to be a wooden crate, he is facing another wooden crate which has a

    This is a reproduced enlargement of an earlier photograph.

    Black and white photograph of three people, Jim & Hilda McAmmond and June Mater, grabbing fish off the rocks in a shallow part of the river.

    Black and white photograph of six people, grabbing fish off the rocks in a shallow part of the river. On the left side of the image there's a woman holding a canvas sack, maybe for bringing fish home

    Black and white photograph of Jim McAmmond and another person fishing with their bare hands. The fish are getting stuck on the rocks in the shallow parts of the river.

    In the centre of this picture is the new 32 room brick Cliffeburne Hotel, built in 1892 by John A. and Lucy Ida (Cole) Johnson (variously spelled Johnston). Based upon the accounts of Reverend Walker

    The Wanita (formerly the Cyclone built in Ahmic Harbour in 1896) It was built by William Millin and the Croswell brothers. It was 44 tons, 64 feet long and 12 feet in beam with a draught of 5 feet 8

    This picture from 1903 is entitled “Preparing for Shipment”. The picture is taken on the Muskoka and Nipissing Navigation Company dock. In the background can be seen the causeway crossing the end of

    In this picture we see the ‘Wenonah’, behind which are some of the storage sheds belonging to the Merrill Ring Company and to the Holland and Graves (later Graves and Bigwood Lumber) Company.

    The ‘Armour’ in front of the Wager home on the south side of Queen Street.

    This picture is from around 1915 or 1916. The two storey veranda on the Jules Brown store remains in an excellent state of repair. The stately new hotel has been built – and while perhaps not as impo

    Post card advertising the Ahmic Harbour area. On the back of the photograph from which the picture was taken, the pictured is entitled ‘Bruin Captured’. The Post Card is thought to be from about 1905

    The picture at right from 1903 is entitled “Awaiting the Steamer”. In the background the Holland and Graves storage sheds can be seen. T picture is from a post card.

    Hunters and their harvest await the arrival of the Armour around 1904

    Looking north at the Ahmic Harbour shoreline. At the left is the ‘new’ Ahmic Harbour Hotel built on the site of the former Cliffeburne Hotel which burned in 1909. The boat is believed to be the Armou

    Seeing friends off at the steamer dock in Ahmic Harbour around 1917

    This picture from the Kennedy/Ross family collection of photos shows an early threshing operation on Ahmic Lake.

    A fie catch of fish. Guests of the Lakeview Hotel are shown on the steps of the Hotel from around 1925.