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Cemeteries tell storyof Muskoka’s pastAround Muskoka LakesBy Jack HuttonNow that theG8 and the G20Summits arebehind us, I havea summer challengefor you.Find a sparemorning or afternoonto explore alocal cemetery.The tombstones will teach you a greatdeal about local men and women, forgottenby this generation, who helpedcreate our west Muskoka communities.Joy Davis will be leading a guidedtour of the Port Carling Cemetery onWednesday, July 21, at 7 p.m. The ideaof a tombstone tour in Port Carling didnot occur to her, however, until shelearned that a museum in Smith Fallshas had great success with a candle-littour of a local graveyard every October.The Glen Orchard Cemetery, onWhite’s Road, just off Highway 118above Muskoka Road 169, is anothersplendid example of forgotten historywith names like Church, Orchard,White, Orgill, McColl, Aikens andHall. You’ll find a bench in a quiet cornerof the cemetery, placed there inmemory of OPP Constable AndrewPotts, who many of us knew andrespected before he died far too youngin 2005.The Torrance Union Cemetery,where E.B. Sutton (the Muskoka Bard)and his wife Rose are buried, is afavourite visit for Linda and me everysummer. Elsewhere, don’t forget the St.James Anglican Church cemetery onMortimer’s Point and the St. George’sAnglican Church cemetery at PortSandfield. Private burial groundsinclude the Burgess family cemetery inBala.The Spencer private burial ground,off Hurling’s Point Road outside Bala, isunusual with only one tombstone.Joseph Spencer, a blacksmith by trade,died Jan. 4, 1894, at his MusquoshRiver farm (now the Moon River). Hisson, Charles, made a wooden coffin andburied his father on the farm property.To visit some of these historic burialsites, simply turn on your computer andclick on www.mpsgg.com for the excellentMuskoka Parry Sound GeneologicalGroup site.Go to Muskoka District historywhere you’ll see the tombstone forJoseph Spencer. Elsewhere on that siteburials up until 1974 are listed for theTorrance and Burgess cemeteries.Don’t miss the 100th anniversary ofthe Bala Bay Inn on Saturday, July 17.Show up around 4 p.m. for speeches byMuskoka Lake Mayor Karen Ellis, MPPNorm Miller and MP Tony Clement,followed by birthday cake and popcorn.Bob Sutton, a grandson of the originalowner, E.B. Sutton, will cut the cakealong with Kerry Adams and TonyAdams, two of E.B. Sutton’s greatgrandchildren.The hotel opened onJune 17, 1910, with an all-night partythat lasted until dawn the next day.Keith Metcalfe reminds me that itwas just over half a century ago thatQueen Elizabeth and Prince Philipmade history with their brief walkthrough Torrance on July 4, 1959. Torrancehas been known ever since as theonly Muskoka village with a royal past.Finally, what a great July 4 weekendwe had. The highlight for me was when92-year-old John Ayling showed a BalaSailing Club race how to dump anAlbacore sailboat with what somebodyelse called nonchalant elegance. What aclassy guy! We have launched anothergreat Muskoka summer, living in one ofthe finest spots on the planet.Honouring Bala's first doctor and mayor, Alexander Burgess, is hisdescendant Mark Gidley (second from right) with his family.Photograph: Jack HuttonJOHN CLEATOR, CFPAgent/OwnerJOHN CLEATORINSURANCE SERVICES LTD.3B-295 Wellington StreetBracebridge ON P1L 1P3Bus: (705) 645-8766Fax: (705) 645-7655Home l Auto l LifeInvestments l Group l BusinessAUTO • HOME • BUSINESSSEASONAL • RECREATIONALJohnston & Assoc.Insurance Brokers Ltd.Your Insurance BrokerUnderstands690 Muskoka Road South,Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1K2Tel. 705-687-3451Fax 705-687-7985www.whatsupmuskoka.com July 2010 21
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