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FOCUS V A UN UNIAHIU'S HERITAGE illKE Iiill HEART Ontario Heritage Week February 15-21. 1988 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE mi ' ' inniililulmiiurmni5 I r i‘ : liilll, llll“E LOCKMASTER’S m < i m minim-rm i n.1,...“ ‘ Chaffey’s Lock, Ont. I’man ‘ilh sum-m: I’m Cnnndl Job Dcrclopmcnl THE LOCKMASTER'S HOUSE We lived in the old stone house until my husband (Harm) retired... my thoughts still turn back to the dear old house as it was more my home than any other house. Alice Warren, 1977 Prompted by the 1837-38 Rebellion of Uppu' Canada. the British decided to build a series of defendble lockxnaster's houses along the Rideau Canal. The one in Chaffey‘s was builtin lWandwasaone-stcrystonehouse withatin roof and gunslits. However, it was never used fa- military purposes and in 1894, it was enlarged by adding a clapboard uppe- stcry, kitchen, woodshed and ice house. The first four lockmasters to occupy the house were all related: William Fleming, James Simmons, Henry Fleming and Herman Warren. The following lockmaster was William Maclntyre who resided there until 1964, when it was boarded up and most additions were removed. In 1982, thanks to the joint effu'ts of the Chattey's Lock and Area Heritage Society and Parks Canada, the lockmaster’s house was restaed to the turn of the century and was reopened as a museum. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS Black and green bass are as plentiful here as pollywogs in a rainbarrel... Jam 5 Swit' s earner bro hur-e 1 Chaffey's Lock followed the evolution of the Rideau Canal itself and went though three different phases: the military, the commercial and the recreational. The military was in name only and it was thus the construction of the lockmaster's house took place. The comma'cial phase included fu- Chaffey'o the building of the old mill as well as’ the sprouting of various rem; area industries flourished and the great luxury pamger steamboat: made their appearance. With the recreational phase, the Rideau Canal was transfwmed into a vacationa’s paradise and_Cer'y's Lock followed suit with its fishing guides and lakeside cottages. Today, Chaffey's- Lock is still a main tourist attraction hr, in the weeds of Captain Edward Fleming: 'the wooded slopes, the green isles, the water's sparkling sheen ~inbeautynhinetoday,astheydidindaysp'istine'. HOUSE MUSEUM NORTH LEE'DS LANTERN lE PAIHIMUINE HE iflNi/llilll PHENEZ-li ll EUEUH Semaine du patrimeine nntarien du févn'er 15-21. 1988 The week of February l5 â€" 2i. lQBB is Ontario Heritage Week and Chaffeys Lock is starting a day early with Winter Heritage Day February M at the Community Hall in Chaffey's. The Lockmaster's House Museum is South Crosby Township's only community-operated museum. The building was originally constructed as a defensible lockmaster's house in 18% during the construction of the Rideau Canal. The military era of the system was shortâ€"lived and by ISBN an upper storey, kitchen and wood shed were added to accommodate Henry Fleming. the current lockmaster who had a large family. Occupied by several lockmasters and their Families until l957. it was finally vacated along with other defensible houses on the canal. The Chaffey's house remained vacant until IQBZ at which time the Heritage Society rented the building for use as a museum. Its aim was and is to protect and promote, through interpretive programs. the history and heritage of the area. February H. the Heritage Society is convening a "fun day" for Winter Heritage starting with a skating party on Opinicon Lake in front of Franklin's Marina followed by a chill supper at the Community Hall with a program featuring the rural post office [after supper]. Support Ontario's Heritage. Come to Chaffeys for the day. Bring the kids and your skates and have some fun. Starts at 3 p.m. Supper at 0 Top quality replacement parts- Respected national brands Abex O Wagner 0 Gabriel 0 Verdic O Autopro National Guarantee Honored by over 350 Autopro dealers 5:30. Please bring along old post cards of the area. For more information call 359â€"5986. ___â€"â€"â€"_... EARLY BEGIN Nl'Ng gs Profoundly o'er these solitudes Not but the lapsing of the floods . Breaks the deep stillness of the woods... ‘ \ . fin: Susanna Moodie, Roughing it in the Bus} \l‘! In this shadowy wen-1d of wilda-nem, abotmding with virgin fa'ests, gleaming lakes and rushing streams. Woodland Indians settled as early as the 13th century. It took another- five centuries fa- white settlers to come to this area and what they encormtered were roaming parties of Missasaguas, a sub~tribe of the great Algonquins. me Missasaguas were a nomadic people, well versed in the arts of basket weaving and beadwu'k; they would join-hey down south to hunt and fish and would later become involved in the fur trade. It was they who discovered lake Opinicon, named after the wild potatoes found growing on its sha'es. Their contacts with our ancestas were in the end pernicious as they resulted in impoverishment and disease. In October 1783, Mynass, Head Chief of the Missasaguas sold the British a large piece of Eastern Ontario fu- clothing fa- his family: this vast tract of land extended from Ottawa to Picton and included the [seeds and Grenville area. After the American Revolution, the British suddenly became inta'ested in our part of the world and established nine areas to be colonized. [loyalists were given land grants and sin-veya's were sent fa'th. The first surveya- to explore the Rideau waterway was Gmham French. who formd the area suitable fcr agriculture but was datmted by the number of swamps and stoney edges. However the dye had been cast and in 1791, the Province of Upper Canada had been established with John Grove Simcoe as its first Lieutenant Governor. Ads began to appear in American newspaper: and by 1815, there wee 126 people in the township: mine were loyalists, others simply land-hungry; the new country was indeed appealing at $2 an acre. In the aftermath of the 11.5. declaration of war on Eitain in 1812 and at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, the British decided loyal stock should settle our- vast, empty spaces; this stock would be made up largely of unemployed soldiers and the early casualties of the industrial revolution. Thus began an era of npid colonization and Joshua Jebb, of the Royal Engineers, was sent to do a study on the feasabillty of establishing a defensible waterway other than the St. lawrence and this, as early as 1816, as directed by the Duke of Wellington. 0 Free inspection* and estimate by certified mechanics 1" for most car models) I care bout your car WAYNE’S SERVICE CENTRE You may seek the famous mountains You may climb the heights sublime You may wander to the northland 0r explore in southern clime But you ne'er will see such beauty Be it lake, or hill, or rock I As we find among the islands 9 And the shores of Chaffev's Lock... / /l Jennie Moulton. Women's Institute, l037 Samuel Chaffey and his wife, Mary Ann Poole, of Somerset, England, came to Upper Canada around 1816, and were fins! established in the Perth Military Settlement. The Chaffey brothers were pioneer entrepreneurs who built mills and opened a shipyard in Buttermilk Falls (Bedfad Mills) and a boatyard in Old Landing (Portland). Samuel and his brother Ben also ran a distillery in Brockville; however, Ben fled to the 0.5. when the business failed and Samuel and his wife moved to the area that was to bear his name. The farmers of South Crosby desperately needed a mill and Samuel, having obtained the water rights from the government, built a vast mill complex which included carding, grist and saw mills as well as a distillery. Meanwhile, the Duke of Wellington's plans (tr the Rideau Canal were still under way despite strong opposition to what was termed ' a remote and worthlem province such as Upper Canada'. However, Colonel John By was finally appointed as supa'intendant of the works and in 1827 was empowered to explm-e, enter and expropriate lands under the 'Ridcau Canal Act'. Chaffey was lata' inme his mills would have to be destroyed and was offered a compensation of 2000 pounds. The lock and bywash took five years to build and John Haggart was awarded the tender; Samuel got the logging contract. Sandstone wan hauled to the site by oxen and the gates ‘8'! built from local oak by carpenters employed at the location. In 1823-29, swamp fever (malaria) struck the wwkers and Samuel became one of its unfortunate victims; he died befm-e having received any compensation fa- his mills and Mary Ann and her baby we“ left deotitute.. Eventually, after much yief and bitterness, Mary Ann was paid the 1:0de amount. She remarried, was widowed once mae due to a tragic canoeing accident and left the lockstation to reside in Newba-o with her brother. The lock was completed in 1832. COBSI to coast PO. Box 113 Elgin, Ontario KOG 1E0 359-5959 Wayne Carbine O Mufflers O brake linings O shock absorbers Guaranteed for as long as you own your car 3