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      Photograph of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ALGERIAN in the Long Sault Rapids.

      This is ROTHESAY as she looked in service on the upper St. Lawrence River during the period 1881 through 1889.

      Photograph of a steamboat entering the lock at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

      Two steamboats approach from above the lock.

      Photograph of the wreck of ALGOMA on Greenstone Island. Note the men searching the debris ashore.

      Photograph of the HIAWATHA and the passenger steamer R. G. STEWART at Duluth.

      Photograph of the tugboat CHARLEY FERRIS in the Goble drydock in Oswego in the 1880s. A group of young boys and girls line the forward deck. In the background is the dock engine room.

      The gentleman with white facial hair in the centre of the group of people is probably Noah Phelps.

      This black and white photograph was taken when several horse and buggies and approximately sixteen people were outside in the commercial area of Grimsby Park. A milk canister sits on the horse-drawn wagon seen in the centre of the photograph. The sixteen men stand across the two porches and road …

      Summary Bruce's School was named for James Bruce, a graduate of Dublin University who taught in the County of Brant for ten years. The first schoolhouse was a log cabin on Concession 5 near the Beverly Township line, in David Cope's field about three quarters of a mile east of …

      Photograph mounted on a cardboard frame of Charles Lawrence which would have been taken sometime in the mid 1880s.

      Summary Located in Mount Pleasant, the United Church Manse was built to accompany the new Methodist church now known as the Mount Pleasant United Church. Designed by prominent Brantford architect John Turner and built in 1885, it has plain Georgian styling and repeats some of the architectural details of the …

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      James Rice ( 1807-1898) was born in Devonshire, England. He came to Canada sometime in the 1830s and married Nancy Park of Ireland at Whitby Township in 1840. The couple had 10 surviving children: Mary Rice (1841-1921), John (1843-1920), Ann (1846-1932), George (1848-1858), Thomas (1851-1904), Charlotte (1853-1893), James (1856-1934), Samuel …

      Leaving Aberdeenshire in Scotland, George McGillivray landed at Quebec in 1833 and hadn't intended to settle at Whitby Township. While in Vermont, McGillivray received a letter from William Dow encouraging him to purchase land in Whitby Township. After having spent time at Glen Dhu, the Dow family homestead in Whitby …

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      This house was built about 1875 for Frederick Mudge, owner of the Mudge and Yarwood Organ Factory. This house located at 601 Green Street.

      This brick house was built for John Bradley in 1864. It was located on lot 25 of Concession 5 in Whitby Township. The house was later owned by Thomas Coakwell and William Franklin Batty. The veranda around the house was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in October 1954. The house was …

      Robert White (1816-1908) of England married Elizabeth Rowan (1822-1909) of Ireland in 1843. In 1852 they settled at Whitby on lot 29 of Concession 2 after living for some time at Toronto. Robert White was a brick and tile maker and he operated a brick yard on his property at …