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    Iola was a steampowered boat later changed to gasoline. This photo was taken in Petty's Bay Upper Rideau Lake in 1904.

    The South Elmsley Hotel was located where the present day Ferry Road meets Highway 15. It was operated by John Looby and later by William Brown, Christopher Smith, his widow and finally by Henry Tetl

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    A drawing of Oliver's Ferry c.1850 by Edwin Whitefield. The ferry was named after John Oliver but later his son William took over operation. William was shot by a neighbor in 1843 after an altracatio

    This photo was taken in the late mid to late 1890s of Rideau Ferry when it was still Oliver's Ferry. The photo can be dated after 1895 after the building of the bridge which lasted until 1961.Photo i

    Rideau Ferry from the north side after the bridge was built in 1961. Cottages and boathouse on the southeast side are gone.

    The Rideau Ferry Regatta was established in 1897 after the growth of cottages and tourism in the area. This photo shows people lined up along the bridge watching the 1948 regatta,

    Jonathan Thomlinson was born in Ramsay Township in 1840, moved to South Elmsley in the 1870s and died in 1915.

    "Coon Cottage" the summer home of William L. McLaren. The top storey, chimney and verandah were added to the original Donaldson cabin in 1901.

    Margaret Petty and her brother John MacDonald c.1905 became familiar faces to cottagers on Petty's Bay in the Lower Rideau

    Possibly Robert Lewis (or member of Lewis family) flagging down the steamer Victoria on Rideau Lake c.1900

    Rideau Ferry Bridge from the southeast side, c.1935. Note Duncan Campbell's house and Wills boathouse.

    Two boys at the C.M. Ingall cottage on Petty Bay,Lower Rideau c.1930