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PAGE SIXTEEN THE WOODBRIDGE ADVERTISER CURRENT JANUARY 2022 KIDD FAMILY AUCTIONS PRESENTS AN ONLINE ONLY AUCTION OUTSTANDING ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS BIDDING WILL START TO CLOSE AT 5 PM ON JAN 7TH Visit www.kiddfamilyauctions to place your bids or call us with an absentee bid. Preview the items on Jan 7 th 10 - 4 pm at 438280 4th line, Melancthon (north of Shelburne). FEATURES: cpr baggage cart; wagon wheels; scales; crocks; lanterns; pumps; bells; fire collectibles; crates; typewriters; mailbox; locks & keys; telephones; tobacco tins; saws; coach lamps; walk behind scuffler; snowshoes; enamel cookware; wringer washer; oil paintings; decoys; safes; costume jewelry and soooooo much more. This is just a sample of all the treasures. visit our website to see all the lot. TERMS: low 5% buyer’s premium. cash, credit, e-transfer. Call, text or email anytime dennis@kiddfamilyauctions.com 519-938-7499 lyn@kiddfamilyauctions.com 519-938-1315 kidd family auctions…..let us treat you like family too!! LOTS END: JAN 13TH, 2022 12:00 PM MST SHOP EQUIPMENT & TRUCKS FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW INDUSTRIES Asset Location: P.O. Box 2159, Cardston, Alberta, Canada, T0K 0K0 Estate Auction Featuring Books, Antiques & Collectables OPENS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 AT 9AM CLOSES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 2PM www.murraysauctioneers.ca Every Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check us out on Instagram for details!
CURRENT JANUARY 2022 THE WOODBRIDGE ADVERTISER PAGE SEVENTEEN Muskoka‘s Ghost Towns Most ghost town hunters seem to know the popular Muskoka ghost towns like: Germania, Uffington, Falkenburg, Cooper's Falls and to a lesser extent: Monsell and Lewisham. But there are others. Thanks to the book by Hind and DaSilva, "Ghost Towns of Muskoka", these hamlets have been brought back to memory. Here are some short bios on each.. ROSSEAU FALLS — Founded on the north shore of Lake Rosseau by Peter Mutchenbacker, a pioneer from Germany, in 1877. At the mouth of the Rousseau River he built a saw and shingle mill by harnessing the power of the falls. Later he had a steam-operated outfit, which meant for a longer cutting season. There were cabins built for the families and the mill workers. Peter's home was first made of logs, but his second home was the centrepiece of the hamlet where he opened a post office and store in 1880. There were no roads and communication was done by a mail ship. The trees were depleted by 1928 and the community went into decline. There are remnants in the bay to this day of the mill. Take Hwy 141 to Rosseau Rd 3 and drive south to the falls. DEE BANK — Another short-lived pioneer crossroads milltown. John Shannon bought land here in 1868 where the Dee River rushes into Three Mile Lake. Here he built a grist mill. Due to its strategic location the community grew to inlcude 2 hotels alongside the bush farms. It was the largest village in Watt Township. The store and post office was run by John Barber; there was a tannery, blacksmith, church, school and pop. of 75. It was hit by two major blows- because it was inland the new steamships to Windermere past it by and the railway bypassed it. Only the school remains. Take Hwy 141 to Deebank Rd. and head south to the Dee River. According to friend and fellow Ontario history buff, Gary Long, "Dee Bank was just a small mill village with a few residences, a school, a store, and of course the mills. I found a bit of the gristmill foundation on the south side of the river at the bottom of the falls, and on the north side, the barely discernible route of the road that formerly crossed a bridge at the top of the falls and angled up the hillside. The authors of the book might have found additional foundations, etc. I'm sure if you looked around hard enough in the woods near the falls, you'd find other remains, though not necessarily dating back as far as the original village. Locations of towns weren't always logical in terms of terrain. Look at Bracebridge and Huntsville, the original sections piled on hills when there was plenty of flat land nearby. Usually the early growth took place closest to the feature that resulted in the settlement being there. In the case of Bracebridge and Dee Bank, that was the falls with its mills, and it's usually rocky and hilly close to falls." MILLAR HILL — Considered the high north country when nobody lived this far north in Muskoka. Here David Millar decided to give bush farming a whirl in the 1870s. As the trees were removed others joined the settlement on the hardest terrain imaginable. Joseph Langmeade founded a school, church and the post office (1912-1930). Fred Quinn built a sawmill on the Boyne R. which brought a boost to the growing community, but later the sawmill moved to Dwight and Millar Hill went into dire straits. Take Hwy. 60 to Millar Hill Rd. and drive to the end. Foundations can be found on the observatory road before u get up to the summit where the radio towers are. SELDOM SEEN — Founded in the 1870s in an isolated corner of Macaulay Township, south of Fawn Lake, it didn't live long. It got its name as a joke, meaning they were so far from civilization and the outside world. William Dennis was the councillor and Alfred Lee was a farmer, teacher and assessor. There was a store, small sawmill and school. In 1886 the township moved the school miles away and the villagers were very upset. They rebuilt another in its place to the dismay of the township. The school closed in 1912 as the villagers could no longer handle the conditions of their land. BEATTY'S SIDING — 3 km. west of Swords on the famed Booth railway was its location. Here, 20 plus trains per day passed by. The railway housed rail workers here and a village formed with both farmers and loggers in 1894. The Ludgate Lumber Co. was the main outfit. The children went to school in Swords. Ludgate Co. moved out in 1910 and train traffic dwindled, as did the town. JERUSALEM — A true ghost town as it is hard to find even in the history books. The short-lived hamlet was founded in 1866 by Thomas Peacock deep in a forested valley on a north branch of the Muskoka River. As the land was painstakingly cleared for crops, 8 buildings were erected; but it is not known if they were part of a village or of a homestead or two. It was situated between High Falls Rd., Hwy. 11 and Falkenburg Rd. BEAR LAKE — Norwegians came to Canada by the 1000's. Some came to Muskoka and settled at Bear Lake in the 1880's. They were offered free land if they cleared it and worked at the lumber mills. They called their settlement Jarlsberg, and it had a mill, school, store, post office, church and blacksmith. By 1893 the name was changed to Bear Lake. Only their St. Olaf's Church, pillars and 2 old buildings remain to this day. Take Hwy. 518 to Bear Lake, east of the Nipissing Colonization Rd. HOODSTOWN —On the north shore of Lake Vernon a village formed that was meant to be a major hub for Muskoka. Railways were being built throughout the rugged terrain. Charles and Janet Hood had a vision and bought a lot of land as a speculation that 2 major railway lines would one day meet up at this spot where a small river joined Lake Vernon and Fox Lake. They came from Toronto as they had heard of the boom in Muskoka. Things looked promising in 1877, and by 1889 the Hoods had made a townplan with 276 lots on 9 streets. There were 3 stores, 3 churches, a post office, a sawmill, a hotel, a blacksmith and homes. But their speculation never paid off as the railways bypassed the area. The post office shut down in 1892 and the townsfolk moved to Hunstville. EMBERSON — Was the most obscure ghost town of Muskoka during its brief life. Even written accounts seem to be rumoured memories. But it did exist. In 1876 on one of Brunel Township's windy, swampy, rocky, treeinfested roads a community was formed. Henry Jarvis opened the post office the same year. The children had to travel a distance to school in the next township over. By 1900 there were 60 brave souls within its confines. The bush farms and logging camps lasted until 1910 and its post office until 1924. Stone foundations exist, though the area has long since been swallowed up by the forest According to Hinds and Brown it lies 2 km. north of Muskoka Rd. 11 and 2 km. east of Muskoka Rd. 7. But these directions make no sense logically. I found an old map that shows Emberson and it was located north of Britannia Rd (Cty Rd 10) and west of South Portage Rd. (Cty Rd 9), which is now a huge forest. Got its post office in 1874. Emberson wasn't really even a village, just a rural post office serving the farm families in that section. Never had a school or any businesses other than farms. The section of road that went through Emberson hasn't been open for many years, though you can still walk it or mountain bike it. SOUTH PORTAGE — Is a semi-ghost town mentioned in one of Ron Brown's books. Located on the north shore of Lake of Bays it once was home to the shortest commercial railway line in the world, called the Portage Railway. Its train, called "The Portage Flyer", ran less than 2 kms, and ferried passengers between North Portage on Peninsula Lake and South Portage in the early 1900's. It lasted until 1958. The Portage Flyer Visit www.ontarioabandonedplaces.com!
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