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      Reverse: ... This is our school. They use the public school for model in summer holiday. Say I think its about time I got some letters from you people. So get busy. We start exams ... Sat. Will likely be home the following week. Don't look for me till I ...

      Bracebridge Memorial Hospital (formerly the James L. Fenn home) officially opened on November 11, 1928, with Miss Arnott as the first superintendent. It was dedicated as a memorial to those who died in World War I. In 1932 an addition provided 8 more beds. In 1940 a nurse's residence opened ...

      South Muskoka Memorial Hospital officially opened in 1963 with 65 beds. A 31 bed extension was completed in 1970. More renovations were done in 1990, and in 2001 a new emergency department, new critical care unit and a large expansion named the Frank Miller Wing made it an 80 bed ...

      Looking towards Hunt's Hill from the east side of the Grand Trunk Railway. The new bridge went into use in March 1906, and the old wooden one was later taken down. Old Jubilee Skating Rink (later called Palace Rink) is the building at the riverbank just north of east end ...

      Colour postcard showing Alport, on the Muskoka River near Bracebridge. Postcard was mailed in 1908.

      Uptown Service Station, operated by the Patterson Brothers, was located on Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, next door to the Bracebridge Public Library, part of which can be seen on the right side of the photo. The Old Station restaurant now operates on this site.

      The southern end of Manitoba Street, around 1888.

      Muskoka Leather Company's tannery located on Muskoka River in Bracebridge. It opened in 1877 as the Beardmore Co. tannery but was sold in 1882 to Muskoka Leather Company. By 1890 it was one of the largest in Canada and was re-acquired by Beardmore. The tannery was expanded in 1913 but ...

      The Anglo-Canadian Leather Co. began as the Huntsville & Bracebridge Tannery Company in 1891 but was re-named in 1905. It operated in Bracebridge until 1930.

      This tannery in Bracebridge operated under the name of Muskoka Leather Company from 1882 until 1890 when it was re-acquired by the original owner, Beardmore.

      Logging companies used log chutes to guide their logs over the waterfalls.

      The log chute over the Muskoka Falls in winter becomes an ice bridge.

      Bracebridge Bay showing flour mill, pre 1900.

      Queen's Hill, Bracebridge, Manitoba Street looking south....

      Group photograph from the Thomas Henry Black photo collection, circa 1905. Thomas Henry Black was raised in Orillia but worked in Bracebridge. He is the third from the left in front row. Bill Ryan of Bracebridge took the photograph.

      This photo shows a group of men standing outside of Mrs. Lennox's boarding house in Bracebridge, Ontario. It is from the photo collection of Thomas Henry Black who was raised in Orillia and later worked in Bracebridge.

      Tamarac Lodge in Monck township, was built by Dr. Fraser Greig of Bracebridge in 1944. In later years, the lodge changed hands several times and changed its name to Tamwood Lodge. It was torn down in 1987 to make way for the construction of Touchstone development.

      Tamarac Lodge was originally built in 1944 by Dr. Fraser M. Greig of Bracebridge. When purchased by Frank Miller, owner of Patterson-Kaye Lodge, in 1964, it became known as Tamwood Lodge. Constructed of tamarack logs, it was one of the longest log buildings in Canada. During the winters of 1950s, ...

      Tamarack Lodge was built in 1944 by Dr. Fraser M. Grieg of Bracebridge. Constructed of tamarack logs, it offered 32 rooms on a bay on Lake Muskoka between Bracebridge and Milford Bay. After 1964 it was known as Tamwood Lodge until it was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...

      The Naiad, a 68 foot craft built at Toronto in 1890 for Senator William Eli Sanford, was the first known steam yacht on the Muskoka Lakes. Senator Sanford used the yacht to entertain guests at his summer home on Lake Rosseau. Guests aboard have included Prime Minister Sir John Thompson ...