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The Legend of the Shoe Tree
One of the Seven Wonders of
Kinmount is the series of
Shoe Trees west of town on
old Highway 503 (now
County Road #45). The Gazette received an inquiry
from a reader about what they
were all about. So here is the
legend of the Shoe Tree.
The very first Shoe Tree was
located east of town on Highway #503 at the White
Boundary Road near Furnace
Falls. It was planted by a
gentleman named Bill Boland
long ago. Bill came from
Wallaceburg, a town in
Southern Ontario near Chatham. Back in the 1940s, Bill
Boland came to Kinmount to
hunt white tailed deer with
the Goose Valley Hunt Club.
He fell in love with the rugged,
unspoiled lands of Kinmount and
when he retired, couldn’t wait to
live here. He built a home at the
corner of the White Lake Road
and 503. And the first thing he did
in his new home is start a Shoe
Tree.
In Wallaceburg, there was a legend among the natives of Walpole
Island of the magic Shoe Tree. It
was rumoured that if you hung a
pair of moccasins on a sacred tree,
it brought you good luck. Bill
Boland was intimately familiar
with this ancient native tradition
and immediately started his own
Shoe tree in his adopted area. He
selected a large white pine along
the highway and nailed an old set
of shoes on this local landmark
As the legend goes, if
you nail your shoes on a
tree, others will follow
your example. Bill’s
Shoe Tree began to
sprout dozens of pairs
of used footware of
every conceivable type.
People began to bring
ladders so they could
nail their shoes higher
up on the tree, the lower
trunk being now full.
Others simply threw
their shoes onto
branches. The Shoe
Tree became a local
landmark.
But the Shoe Tree also
attracted hatred.
Continued pg. 3
Inside this issue:
NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS
2
MYTH BUSTERS
3
KINMOUNT KIDS
9
HISTORY OF MOTHER’S DAY
10
THE HOT STOVE
11
EDITORIAL
19
Lumber Kings of the Kawarthas
In the late 1800s, no company dominated the lumber
trade in our area as much as
the Boyd Lumber Company
from Bobcaygeon. The
Boyds dominated the industry in our area and were by
far the largest outfit on the
Burnt River Watershed. More
local residents worked for the
Boyd family than any other
single company.
Mossom Boyd Sr. (there
were 2 Mossom Boyds!),
arrived at Bobcaygeon in
1834 at the tender age of 19.
Hailing from an Irish military
family, he reasoned his
chances were better farming
in Upper Canada than finding
a position in the British Army.
He was virtually penniless, but
possessed ambition and drive in
abundance. He purchased 100
acres in Verulam Township, the
“frontier” of settlement in the
1830s, just south of the present
village of Bobcaygeon.
The original founder of Bobcaygeon was Thomas Need, who
built a sawmill on the rapids
between Sturgeon & Pigeon
Lakes a few years earlier. Need
was a well-educated Englishman
who soon realized the life of a
lumberman was not his cup of
tea. Need left Bobcaygeon in
1837 hiring young Mossom
Boyd to run his operations in
his absence. Boyd quickly
realized farming was not the
way to fame & fortune, and
began to cultivate the world of
lumbering instead. Even when
Need returned to Bobcaygeon,
Boyd continued to operate the
sawmill business while Need
concentrated on building the
village.
The village slowly grew into a
prosperous town. A dam, lock
& bridges were constructed
making the village an important transportation hub. (Even
today Bobcaygeon bills itself
the “Hub of the Kawarthas).
Boyds little
sawmill was located next to the
locks causing confusion & congestion on the river. Sawdust
from the mill began to fill the
channel below the lock and hinder
navigation. It got so bad, in 1879
Boyd was taken to court for
blocking navigation at the locks.
He was acquitted, but he got the
message & built a new, much
larger mill at the other end of
Bobcygeon Island. The large new
mill reflected the growing prosperity of Boyd’s Company and
signalled his arrival as a big
player on the local scene.
Originally, Mossom Boyd
Continued on page 4
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Friends and Neighbours: Buckhorn
The village of Buckhorn owes
its success to Mother Nature. It
is located on a narrows where
the waterfalls signalled the end
of Upper Buckhorn Lake and
the beginning of Lower Buckhorn Lake. The waterfalls were
an obvious & excellent site for
a mill. The fact the site was also
on the navigational route of the
Kawartha Lakes also helped.
And the narrows made it a
prominent site for a bridge over
the lakes. Add these 3 pluses
together and you have the birth
of Buckhorn village in 1828.
The village is divided by the
river: half on the Smith Township side of the water and the
other half on the Harvey Township side.
The entrepreneur who started
the village was John Hall, an
Irish immigrant who arrived in
the Peterborough area via the
USA. He was a sawmill operator who first invested in the
Peterborough mills, but soon
moved to Buckhorn and began
to develop that site. Hall built
his own dam on the site in
1830, followed by saw & grist
mills in 1932. His original grist
stones can still be found on the
little island where his mill first
stood, a memorial to Buckhorn’s beginnings. In 1845,
Hall built a bridge over the rapids at his own expense to link
both sides of the village. In
1851 a group of lumberjacks
“on a rampage” destroyed the
bridge & damaged the mill &
dam and the village was bridgeless for 6 years!
In 1836 the government commissioners of the Trent Valley
took over Hall’s dam, and the
plan for the Trent canal began
to take form. The first lock at
Bobcaygeon (1834) allowed for
navigation between Buckhorn
Buckhorn & ports west to Fenelon
Falls & Lindsay. Buckhorn could
be reached from Peterborough via
Bridgenorth on Chemong Lake
with a lock, so there was no real
hurry to build a lock at Buckhorn.
The first lock here was not built
until 1881.
The first post office was established in 1860 with John Hall as
postmaster. Hall’s choice for a
name was Buckhorn because it
was his habit to nail deer antlers
or buck horns on the side of his
mill (John Hall was an avid
hunter and the narrows made a
perfect deer hunting spot). But
that name was already taken by a
post office near Chatham, so the
name Hall’s Bridge was adopted.
In the early 1900s, the original
Buckhorn post office in southern
Ontario was discontinued and the
residents of Hall’s Bridge eagerly
adopted the name Buckhorn.
In the 1860s John Hall had a
township surveyed into village
lots and, in a generous gesture,
gave one town lot to the eldest
daughter of each of his employees. Gradually a small village
grew up on both sides of the dam
with stores, churches, and a
school. A cheese factory gathered
the local milk from farmers, but
the bare rocks of the area made
for few farms. Lumbering remained the main industry until
tourism replaced it. Numerous
lodges were established in the
area catering to a growing clientele who accessed the area by
boat. Fishing & hunting
drew many tourists as well
and many of the locals
made a few extra dollars as
guides. The growth of boating on the Trent System
after 1945 led to a growth
in the local economy and
cottages
began to line the lakes. Buckhorn
became a tourism centre and the
Township of Harvey had its office
in the village.
Today Buckhorn
boasts a school
and a large recreation complex
that holds many
special events
such as the
Buckhorn Arts &
Wildlife Show.
Many of the local cottages have
been turned into full-time or retirement homes. The area is still
noted for its unspoiled
scenery.
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The Legend of the Shoe Tree,
A neighbour became so disgusted
with the sight of shoes decorating
the trunk of a tree (visual pollution was the word used), that the
police were called to investigate
this “hazard”. The policeman
laughed at the sight and added a
pair of his shoes to mix. The complainant was further infuriated
and vowed to fix the problem. She
returned with a ladder and proceeded to strip the offending footwear from the Shoe Tree. Bill
Boland, now an old man dying
from cancer, was distressed and
called for help. A group of his
friends showed up
continued from page 1
and simply took the shoes away
while the complaintant was still
up the tree. The magic shoes then
found their way to a neighbour
who resurrected the Shoe Tree on
his lawn. Shortly thereafter, a
mysterious “one tree forest fire”
destroyed most of the shoes and
the new Shoe Tree. Clearly it was
dangerous for Shoe Trees at Furnace Falls.
But the legend of the Shoe tree
did not end there. It was noticed
that a tree west of town began to
sprout shoes on its trunk. Legend
has it the
shoe laces of the original Shoe Tree Complex on the north side
tree travelled by air to the of the Road at the first big bend. The
new site and sprouted a
Legend of the Shoe Tree lives on!
new crop of Shoe Trees.
Once again, new shoes
were attracted to the tree
and soon several trees were
covered in good luck symbols. The Shoe Trees continue to spread to this very
day. They are even covering fence posts and some
have landed in the overhead hydro wires. So if you
travel the road west of
Kinmount, keep an eye
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Lumber Kings of the Kawarthas,
acquired his lumber supply
from the local area: primarily
Verulam, Somerville & Harvey Townships. Massive white
pine were readily available
with easy access to the local
lakes. With the construction of
the Bobcaygeon Road (circa
1860), Boyd was able to push
his operations north into Haliburton County: a vast reservoir
of untapped pine. Boyd’s operations concentrated in Lutterworth, Snowdon & Glamorgan townships and the Burnt
River was the highway for his
log drives. The Boyd Company operated 5-10 shantys
each winter in our area, and
floated 20,000-50,000 logs per
spring down the Burnt River,
over the dam at Kinmount and
on to the mill at Bobcaygeon.
All access to these shantys
came up the Bobcaygeon Road
through Kinmount. Every fall,
hundreds of wagon loads of
supplies were cadged up the
Road and over the bridge at
Kinmount. A good days cadging ended up at Kinmount, and
the Boyd Company actually
had a depot in town where the
cadgers & their teams rested
for the night. Likewise all the
shanty boys were funnelled
through the village. The depot
house has not been identified
yet, but it consisted of stables
& a “bed & breakfast” home
for the travelling shantymen.
These lumbermen could take a
stage coach, hitch a ride on a
cadge team or simply walk!
They went north in the fall and
back south in the spring.
In 1869, the ever-ambitious
Mossom Boyd purchased the
timber limits for 9 townships
in Haliburton County from the
Canadian Land & Emigration
continued from page 1
Company. These 10 townships
contained some of the best
pine in Ontario and most of
the land was drained by the
Burnt River system. The new
limits kept the Boyd Company
busy for several decades.
Mossom Boyd Sr. also was
involved in the square timber
trade. This branch of the lumber industry sold uncut timber
“sticks” to the British market.
These sticks could be used as
spars & masts for ailing ships,
hardwood squared logs or just
big beams of pine. The Royal
navy was a primary consumer
of these sticks of prime Canadian timber and the port of
Quebec City was the depot for
trans-Atlantic trade. To get
these sticks to market, it was
necessary to float them in huge
rafts down the Kawartha
Lakes/Trent River system to
Trenton, across Lake Ontario
& down the St Lawrence to
Quebec City. It was a long &
arduous journey and usually
involved a whole season
(April-October). Since these
sticks of timber were the
choice products on Ontario
forests, the payout had to
cover the costs. Only perfect
pine 90 feet long or more with
less than 3 knots were acceptable as masts. By the 1850s,
these behemoths of the forest
were becoming harder to find,
and Boyd began to fill the demand from his limits. The
largest white pine from Boyd’s
limits was harvested on Concession 5 of Verulam Township. Its final length (after the
top was removed) was 120
feet! It took 10 teams of oxen
to edge this mast-to-be down
to Sturgeon Lake for the trip to
England. Due to the quality of
Boyd’s pine (he
was a perfectionist), Kawartha Lakes timber acquired a
reputation for premium quality and commanded top price
in the Quebec market. Local
pine sailed around the world
on Royal navy ships for decades!
Mossom Boyd Sr. loved to
travel by timber raft to Quebec. He personally commanded the Bobcaygeon raft
every year between 1848 and
1882. He enjoyed the life of a
timber sailor” and loved to
haggle with the buyers at Quebec. If they did not meet his
price, he often stored his timbers over-winter for the next
year! One year, a merchant
asked about the availability of
hardwood and another market
opened. Elm was the most
popular hardwood in demand,
and the pioneer forests in the
Kawartha Lakes was dotted
with some massive
Continued on page 5
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Lumber Kings of the Kawarthas,
elms. Hardwoods did not float, but
Boyd transported them by attaching
them to his pine rafts as cargo. The
costs associated with the timber raft
trade were enormous and the returns
uncertain & Boyd always seemed to
be operating close to the break-even
line. But financial gain aside, Mossom Boyd Sr must have loved the
life of a raftsman more for the adventure than the profit. After his
death in 1883, the company gladly
discontinued the annual timber
drives to Quebec.
The biggest, and most profitable,
part of the Boyd Lumber Company
was sawn lumber from the “Big
Mill” at Bobcaygeon. The largest
market for Haliburton pine was the
cities of the eastern USA such as
Boston & New York. These urban
centres experienced explosive
growth starting in the 1840s & the
demand for building lumber was
huge. The Boyd Company opened a
warehouse in Albany (NY) and
shipped most of its sawn lumber to
this clearing house. Legend has it
whole sections of New York were
buily with Haliburton pine in the
1800s. Mossom Sr, ever the perfectionist, quickly acquired a reputation
for top quality lumber: only the best
was sold south of the border. This
meant the lesser grades were sold
locally. A local person could buy
second-rate (but still very good)
lumber at the Boyd mill for $1 a
wagon load. If you overloaded your
wagon & required a “tow” from the
Boyd teams, it was $2 a load. Just a
little penalty for being too greedy!
Transporting the Bobcaygeon
boards to outside markets presented
a thorny problem. The earliest way
was to ship the lumber by water
barge (or scows as they were called
locally) to another “port” on the
Kawartha Lakes where they could
be further teamed by wagon or met
a railway. Port Perry was the earliest
port, but when the railway reached
Lindsay
continued from page 4
in the 1850s, it became the preferred port.
The obvious next step was to extend the railway to Bobcaygeon, and the Boyds lobbied
mightily for such a project. But oddly
enough, it never happened until 1904, after
the Bobcaygeon Mill was closed! Mossom
Boyd’s anger & frustration knew no bounds
when the highly-anticipated Victoria Railway
chose Fenelon falls over Bobcaygeon as its
route north. No amount of cadojing or bribing could persuade the township council of
Verulam to grant a bonus to the new railway.
In short, Fenelon Falls & its neighbours
(including Somerville) out-bid Bobcaygeon
for the railway.
It was a financial
disaster for the
Boyds & Bobcaygeon. The population of Bobcaygeon, heavily dependent on the
lumber industry,
gradually declined
from 2,000 to less
than half that number. Fenelon Falls with its new rail link, boomed
and became the hub of local activity. Haliburton
& Kinmount now accessed the outside world via
Fenelon Falls. The Bobcaygeon Road ceased to
become the life-line of Haliburton County and
history was changed by a railway line.
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Kinmount Artisans Marketplace Directory
In the last edition of the Gazette,
we printed a list of businesses in
the Kinmount area. This edition
we are listing the crafts people
who are active in the Kinmount
Artisans Marketplace. The following have their craft items for
sale in the Marketplace in the
lower floor of the Kinmount
Community Centre. The Marketplace is a truly magical place to
visit and see artistically arranged
items made by local crafts people.
Plan to check it out!
Antiques/Collectibles
Pam Wilcox
Authors & Related
Guy Scott
Elva Bates
Neil Campbell
Gord Kidd
Cathe Swift
John Hulbig
Lynne Kilby CD
Friends of the Rail Trail CD
Stained Glass
Linda & Bill McGillvray
Soap
Debbie Everitt
Pottery & Related
Bernie Nicholson
Sheila Brenchley
Ron Croxall
Wendy Duggan
Leather
Phyllis McHale
Visual Arts ; Painting &
Photography
Brenda Mulholland
Diana Bullock
Grace MacPherson
Louise Docherty
Elisabeth Feyerabend
Robert MacBrien
Lara Grant
Holly Lougheed
Mary Lou Rober
Donna Stover
Frank Elsworth
Jewelery
Lucy Barnet
Amy June Beeney
Karen Bottcher
Andrea Beacler
Woodworking
Ed Bunville
Kenn Drouillard
Wayne Perry
Ida Young
Twig Items
Sandra Weyrich
Dreamcatchers
Shelly Wettlanfer
Such a variety of items in the Kinmount Artisans Marketplace.
Metal Novelties
William Peacock
Folk Art
Judy Bunville
Lori Raymond
Wendy Michaud
Fibre Arts: Rug Hooking
Elizabeth Meszaros
Beverly Ehman
Tatting
Ruth MacBrien
Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/
Weaving
Barbara Leffering
Donnie Farley
Ruth Theobald
Patti Fleury
Ria Groot
Louise Berry
Jennie Maud
Milly Struik
Betty Wilkinson
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Spot the Shot Recaptured
Last month’s Spot the Shot
was of the Turtle Crossing
Sign on County Road 45
(Monck Road) in the Village.
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Kinmount Business History: Lot 4 West of Main Street
The current site of the Kinvale Restaurant & the cenotaph, Town Lot 4 West
of Main St is the last lot on the west
side of Main St in the village. The rest
of Main St on the west side was occupied by the railway tracks. The lot was
very narrow in depth thanks to the
railway tracks. The first occupant of
the site was Samuel Henry who was a
blacksmith and operated some other
sort of business, likely a harness shop.
The lot was also the site of Kinmount’s first Orange Lodge. Before
1900, a block of businesses nicknamed
the “Henry Block” grew up on the
south half of the lot (site of the Kinvale Restuarant). These included Hawkins Dry Goods, Mariah Train Millinery Shop, Dr Frost’s office & drug
store and Sylvesters’ Photography
Studio. These businesses were lost in a
1898 fire.
The photography studio was a unique
business, and likely many of the classic photos of “old” Kinmount were
taken by the town photographer. Cameras were well developed, but the individual “household” models were still
in the future. Thus family portraits,
home images, etc required a professional with his glass-plate negatives &
developing studio. If only someone
had these negatives today! Most likely
the negatives were destroyed in a later
fire that levelled the Henry Block.
Dr Frost had moved into the Orange
Lodge building and the Kinmount
Lodge moved to a new structure on
Cluxton St that still stands today. After the fire, Dr Frost moved across the
street to lot 2 where he was burned out
again in 1917! What bad luck!
The Henry Block was rebuilt and grew
to include 3 businesses under one roof.
It was the site of a restaurant operated
by many proprietors before 1942 including Jack Cain, George Woods, a
Mr Crowe and Jess Chalmers. Jack
McKinley operated an ice cream shop
in the heyday of that popular treat.
George “Fatty Arbuckle” Ellsworth
was a harness maker in the Block for
several years. Eliza Gilmour ran a
millinery shop as well from the Block.
The Henry Block was totally destroyed by the Great Fire of 1942. The
current Kinvale
Restaurant was built out of the ashes by
Verlie Young. In 1960 it was acquired by
Leon Wright. Mary Wright was a famous
cook who served up some well-praised
home-cooked meals. Later proprietors included the Vanleers: Jake & Betty , Jerry
which burned to the ground. The
site was never rebuilt, and became
the cenotaph.
The Henry Block during the Great
Flood of 1928
Vanzel, Martha and Brian Crowder and
today Ling and Brian Lin.
The Henry house & smithy were burned
(separately!) in 1922. One night the Forrester’s Hall caught fire & the sparks were
blown onto the Henry House
“Make Your Own Quality Wine”
87 Bobcaygeon Rd., Box 654
Minden, ON K0M 2K0
(705) 286-1642
[email protected]
Downtown Minden, beside C I B C
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Kids’ Corner: Pictorial
Clockwise from far left: sock puppets
at the March Break Craft Day; a
young crafter shows his t-shirt; Easter
Activities in the Park; Artists smile for
the camera Checkers the Clown awakens Brownies at their annual sleepover; Natasha rises to the occasion as
the magician levitates her to new
heights; the magician pulled a rabbit
out of his hat at the annual Brownie
sleepover;;
Kinmount Farmers Market
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Every Saturday, 9-2pm
May 22nd—October 9th.
Organic veggies, baked goods, honey, beef,
lamb, maple syrup, unique crafts & much
more!
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Kinmount Gazette
The History of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is one of the largest
card-buying holidays in North
America, but the origins of Mother’s
Day have nothing to do with buying
expensive gifts, flowers, and cards.
The roots of celebrating a mother
figure can be traced back to the
times of Ancient Greece. The
Greeks held a festival to honour
Rhea, the Mother of all the Greek
Gods. The Romans and other early
civilizations had similar celebrations
for their own gods.
In the 17th century, there was a special day in England known as Mothering Sunday. It was celebrated on
the fourth Sunday of Lent to honour
one’s mother. It came about because
many common women spent most
of their time working in the households of England’s higher class.
Any servant who was a mother
could take the day off (how noble of
those noble English) and spend it
with their own mothers, most of
whom needed taking care of. The
honoured mothers were given a
celebratory fruit cake or pastry for
the event.
Years later the celebrations of one’s
mother changed to incorporate the
church as a symbol of ‘motherhood’
because of its spiritual nurturing.
This eventually switched back to the
original idea of mothers as in people, not religious institutes
705-488-2266
The idea of Mother’s Day in the United
States goes back to the Civil War. It was
suggested by a woman named Julia
Ward Howe during that time. Yes, she is
the same one who penned the words to
Battle Hymn of the Republic. Howe’s
idea for Mother’s Day came about as an
idea to promote peace after witnessing
the bloodshed of the Civil War. In 1870,
during the international peace conference held in London and Paris, she presented her manifesto. By 1872, Howe
began promoting Mother’s Day for
Peace which would be held on June 2.
The idea of the special day was to celebrate peace, the ideals of being a woman,
and motherhood. Her idea lasted for a
few years, and was even celebrated, but
eventually fell to the wayside as the
Civil War grew further in the past.
It wasn’t until 1907 that a woman by the
name of Ana Jarvis got the ball rolling of
turning Mother’s Day into a national
holiday. Ana Jarvis wanted to celebrate
her own mother so she convinced her
mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia, to set aside a special day to honour
all mother’s. It was called Mother’s Day
and was set during the second Sunday in
May, which was the anniversary of the
death of Jarvis’ mother. The celebration
was held and by the following year,
Mother’s Day was also celebrated in
Philadelphia where Ana Jarvis
lived. Mother’s Day was a popular idea
and supporters of the holiday spoke with
politicians and law-makers about making
it a national holiday. By the time President Woodrow Wilson made
Mother’s Day official in 1914, it was already being celebrated in every state as
well as in Canada.
At first, people observed Mother's Day by
attending church, writing letters to their
mothers, and eventually, by sending
cards, presents, and flowers. With the
increasing gift-giving activity associated
with Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis became
enraged. She believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense
of greed and profit. In 1923 she filed a
lawsuit to stop a Mother's Day festival,
and was even arrested for disturbing the
peace at a convention selling carnations
for a war mother's group. Before her
death in 1948, Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever starting the
Mother's Day tradition.
Despite Jarvis's misgivings, Mother's Day
has flourished. In fact, the second Sunday
of May has become the most popular day
of the year to dine out, and telephone
lines record their highest traffic, as sons
and daughters everywhere take advantage
of this day to honour and to express appreciation of their mothers
Anna Jarvis
Kinmount Gazette
The Hot Stove Leak by Lynne Kilby
There’s nothing like the unofficial kick off to summer to
put a smile on your face. The
Victoria Day Weekend is upon
us and with it hives of activity.
Now commonly referred to as
the May 24 weekend, Victoria
Day was celebrated in Canada
long before confederation.
The Province of Canada declared Queen Victoria’s birthday a holiday back in 1845.
Coincidentally, May 24 is
typically regarded as the rebirth of gardening in our area.
And speaking of planting, it
won’t be long before we welcome the return of our magnificent floral displays that
brighten up the town. Hail
Queen Victoria!
Here’s something else that
may put a smile on your face.
My 3 year old granddaughter
Kaylynn recently gave us a
chuckle when visiting my son
Jesse, who lives in a high rise
apartment. Having grown up
in Kinmount, she had never
been in an apartment building
before. After Jesse met us
outside we entered the lobby
to wait for the elevator. We
were the only ones around
when a woman came in from
outside and stood beside us.
Kaylynn turned to Jesse and
said “What is she doing in
your house?” Funny how little
minds work!
running around yelling
“Slushie”. Finally little Amelia Austin found a stuffed dog
with a note saying “April
Fools. I’m Slushie. You deserve a treat. Everyone go to
Gateway for a real slushie!”
Keep smiling and please remember to contact me at 705488-2919 or
[email protected] to
share or leak news through the
Hot Stove Leak.
CONGRATULATIONS
BRUCE
Kinmount resident Bruce
Fleury was the recent recipient
of the Lifesaving Society Centenary Medal for his contribution to the Society during his
years as Commissioner of
Parks for the City of Scarborough. This medal commemorates 100 years of saving lives
in Canada while paying tribute
to select members of the Society who have or are making
significant contributions to the
mission of the Society. Bruce
was honoured at the Governor’s Investiture on Friday,
March 25 in Oshawa.
kinmount.ca – BIGGER &
BETTER
Wow! It’s amazing what new
software can do. See for yourself at kinmount.ca. The site
is much more appealing and
user friendly now that it is redesigned. And this is
And how do you like this for
an April Fools Joke? I told
the Sparks, Brownies & Guides my
BCH Tax Preparation
friend lost her
3235 County Road 121
puppy at the park
R.R. #2 Burnt River ON
and as a good deed
K0M 1C0
we walked to the
Barry Heaton
park to look for it.
Phone 705-488-2228
I said the dog’s
name was Slushie.
Mobile 705-340-3942
It was quite a site
Fax 705-488-3160
to see 22 girls
[email protected]
just the beginning. Keep
checking back for more improvements. Your input is
welcome. If you have any
suggestions please let us
know.
TARNISHED ANGELS
CONCERT
Despite “heavenly” weather
Saturday April 9, a good
crowd turned out for an
“afternoon delight” to experience the upbeat, uplifting, repertoire from Bridgenorth
United Church’s “Tarnished
Angels.” The harmonious
praise band consists of a dozen
members of various ages who
obviously love what they are
doing. They have been playing and singing together for
about 5 years. They chose
“Tarnished Angels” as a name
because “There is a little bit of
an angel in everyone and no
one is perfect.” Along with
songs of their own and humorous jokes the group enraptured
the crowd with songs from the
70’s such as the Beatles
“Imagine” to tunes like Johnny
Reid’s recent hit “Today I’m
Going to Try to Change the
World.” Their billing “Songs
to Move the Spirit” is definitely a most perfect fit.
Sponsored by Kinmount
United Church, the fundraiser
was held in place of the annual
dinner put on by Kinmount
United Church
Women each spring.
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA
CENTRE
The Dharma Centre located on
Galway Road is now offering
Meditation Classes Tuesdays,
from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and
Movement & Meditation Classes
Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30
p.m. by donation. Please call 705
-488-2607 or visit dharmacentre.org for more information.
MYSTERY NIGHT
On April 16, girls of the 1st Kinmount Unit of Sparks, Guides &
Brownies had a Mystery Sleepover at Kinmount Community
Centre. The first mystery they
faced with was a piñata full of
only plastic cutlery with a note
from a mystery fairy who had
hidden all their piñata goodies.
The girls had to work through a
series of mystery challenges and
activities to earn clue letters that
eventually allowed them to figure
out where their treats were hidding. Other mysteries included a
visit to Tim & Sue Dier’s Shoe
Tree, a surprise dinner at the Kinvale, a magic show by J’s Magic,
an egg hunt, blindfold games,
secret codes and an early morning
wake up visit from Checkers the
Clown.
BASEBALL ANYONE?
Men & women age 35 or older
interested in playing baseball
from May till September should
give Terry Simpson a call
705-488-2008
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Government Remittances
Payroll
Personal Tax Returns
P.O.S. System Set-up
Small Business Set-up
All at REASONABLE RATES
Kinmount Gazette
The Hot Stove Leak continued from page 11
HELP OUR SPARKS,
BROWNIES & GUIDES
The girls invite you to give
an hour of your time by giving them a hand to tidy up the
town on Saturday, May 7.
Meet at the Railway Station
at 9:00 a.m. Supplies provided.
Bring your Kinmount pride.
Following the clean up, the
girls will set up downtown
selling Girl Guide Cookies.
HANDS ON CPR & AED
AWARENESS
You already have the tools to
save a life. With help, you
will be able to use them. This
free event takes place May 14
from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00p.m. at
Burnt River Fire Hall. To
register call 705-328-1976.
The first 50 registered participants (families) will receive a
free Heart & Stroke CPR
Anytime (TM) kit. (One per
family per household valued
at $40.00)
MMMM’ GOOD
KINMOUNT FARMERS
MARKET
Like fine wine Kinmount
Farmers Market improves
with age. Opening for its 11th
season on May 21, at its
charming riverside setting by
Austin Sawmill Heritage
Park, local producers have an
array of goods to offer.
Here’s a chance to purchase
top-quality farm-fresh products directly from the person
who produced them. Oftentimes, you may discover
products that are hard to find.
The market runs from 9:00
a.m. - 2:00 pm. on Saturdays
through to Thanksgiving.
Highlights include live music
and a free gift basket draw on
long weekends. Kinmount
Farmers Market is a member
of Farmers Markets Ontario
whose slogan is “Come for the
freshness, Stay for the fun!”
You can also explore the market at its new website kinmountfarmersmarket.ca. New
and occasional vendors are
always welcome. Call 705488-2612 or email:
info@kinmountfarmersmarket.
ca
WELCOME BACK
FRIENDS EVENT
Kinmount Artisans Marketplace hosts their annual Welcome Back Friends Event over
the Victoria Day Weekend.
Check out the spruced up shop
and new merchandise. Make a
purchase of $10 or to receive a
free ticket on a draw taking
place Labour Day Weekend.
KINMOUNT MODEL
RAILROAD & MUSEUM
RE-OPENS
Stop by Kinmount Railway
Station to view the Kinmount
Model Railroad & Museum
which re-opens for the season
Saturday, May 23, 10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m. Admission by donation.
COMMUNITY PLANTING
DAY
Help beautify the town
Wednesday, June 1. Call 705488-2635 for more information.
CASINO RAMA TRIP
Try your luck June 9 with a
trip to Casino Rama. The trip
occurs on a bi-monthly basis
on the 2nd Thursday of the
month and is sponsored by the
Kinmount Seniors Group. The
bus leaves the legion parking
lot at 9:00 a.m. and returns at
4:00 p.m. Cost for the trip is
only $5 which includes lunch.
To reserve a spot call Theresa
at 705-488-1110.
VICTORIAN TEA
The Irondale Historical Society hosts a traditional Victorian Tea Saturday, June 11 at
Highland Trail Lodge. There
are 2 sittings – 12:00 p.m. &
3:00 p.m. Invite your friends
to join you for this truly elegant affair. The Irondale Historical Society’s mission is to
preserve Irondale history &
heritage. Among other things,
this fundraiser will help preserve Irondale’s St. John’s
Anglican Church which is a
portion of the society’s mandate and objectives. The
church, built by pioneer
Charles Pusey in 1887, was
closed by the diocese last summer due to a shrinking population and difficult economic
times. Tickets are $15 per
person. Call 705-457-8438 or
email [email protected]
KINMOUNT COUNTRY
JAMBOREE
Join in the fun with a 4 day
frolic at the 4th Annual Kinmount Country Jamboree,
June 23 - 26 at Kinmount Fairgrounds. Enjoy all star entertainment or if singing is your
thing why not belt out a few
tunes at the Open Mic sessions. Camping available for
trailers. Gates open Thursday
June 23 at 8:00 a.m. Weekend
passes and
day passes available. The
Jamboree winds up with a
Canada Day Picnic & Fireworks Display at dusk on
Sunday, June 26. Admission
free after 5:00 p.m. that day.
Visit kinmountfair.net for
more information.
THINK SUMMER
Every summer kids can improve their reading skills and
reduce summer learning loss
while having fun. Each year,
librarian Maryanne Dobsi
implements a wide range of
exciting activities around a
different theme to help kids
enjoy reading. Kids, 12 and
under, who register for the
Summer Reading Club receive a poster, stickers and an
activity book all free as a part
of their reading kit. This
year’s theme is “Splash –
Celebrate Summer”. Thanks
to the efforts of the Friends of
Kinmount Library, who host
monthly book sales, a new
sand table has been ordered
for the program. Drop by the
library or contact Maryanne
at 705-488-3199 for registration information.
GARDEN TOUR
Get your gardens ready. The
annual Garden Tour sponsored by Minden Home
Hardware takes place Saturday, July 9 from 10:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Call 705-4882266 to register.
PAUL SILVER
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INTERIORS - EXTERIORS
One call covers all
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Kinmount Gazette
Hot Stove Leak, continued from p. 12
HERITAGE IN THE
VILLAGE – JULY 13 -16
Celebrate Kinmount heritage with
a 4 day festival of events that include a Ghost Tour, Music in the
Park, Kinmount Talent Night &
Moonlight Mania. Mark the
dates. More details to follow.
NEW KINMOUNT
CALENDAR
Watch for a new Kinmount Calendar coming your way this summer. The calendars will be sold at
a low price and will feature local
event information and a variety of
spectacular full colour Kinmount
area photos.
VIBE BIBLE CAMP
Once again, Kinmount United
Church hosts Vibe Bible Camp
for kids at Austin Sawmill Heritage Park. The free camp runs
daily in the mornings from July
18 - 22. More details to follow.
Day. Call 705-488-2635 for more
information.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Tai Chi: Mondays & Thursdays,
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at Galway
Hall. Contact 705-286-1444.
Kinmount Playschool: Monday
& Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. - noon
at Kinmount Community Centre.
Ontario Early Years Mobile
Outreach visits the 1st & 3rd
Monday each month.
Seniors Cards: Enjoy potluck
lunch, 12:30 p.m. Mondays followed by bid euchre at 1:00 p.m.
at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Kinmount Sparks, Brownies,
Guides & Pathfinders: Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at
Kinmount Community Centre.
Preschool Storytime: Tuesdays,
11:15 a.m. at Kinmount Public
Library.
Kinmount Public Library
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 7 - Pitch-In Day 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. & Saturat the Railway Station. Sponday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
sored by Kinmount Sparks,
Meditation Classes: Tuesdays,
Brownies & Guides.
7:30 p.m. & Movement & MediMay 9 - Craft Creations for
tation Classes Thursdays, 10:00
Kids 5:00 p.m. at Kinmount Lia.m. at the Dharma Centre, 1886
brary.
Galway Road. Visit dharmacenMay 18 - Big Buck Bid Euchre tre.org or call 705-488-2704 for
11:00 a.m. at Kinmount Legion.
more information.
Cost $10 includes lunch.
Evening Yoga: Wednesdays,
May 20 -23 - Welcome Back
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at KinFriends Event at Kinmount Arti- mount Community Centre. Call
sans Marketplace.
Gail Holness at 705-455-9294 or
May 21 - Friends of the Library visit holnessyoga.com.
Book Sale 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Friday Night Bingo: 6:45 p.m. at
lower level Kinmount Library.
the Royal Canadian Legion.
May 21- Kinmount Farmer’s
Self-defence & Fitness Class Market open for season, SaturSundays, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. at
days, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at
Galway Hall. Call 705-488-2612
Austin Sawmill Heritage Park.
to register.
May 21 - Kinmount Model Railroad & Museum opens for season, Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00
p.m. at the Railway Station.
At right: the Tarnished Angels
May 25 - Diner’s Dinner 12:00
perform at the Galway Hall
p.m. at Burnt River Centre. Cost
$7.
June 1 - Community Planting
THE KINMOUNT
AGRICULT URAL SOCIETY
Presents Their Annual
Country Jamboree
Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun
June 23-26
Kinmount Fairgrounds
Camping day or weekend passes
Grand finale
Canada Day Picnic and Fireworks
Third Time’s the Charm!
The photo below which was included in our
article regarding trapping drew great interest from our readers. At left is Wally Scott
(grandfather of our editor), who was the
Game Warden at the time the picture was
taken. Here he is posing with Jack Marks,
a local trapper
Kinmount Gazette
In The Lions Den
by Janice Davidson
It is hard to believe it is May already! Did you know that May
and December are considered the
two busiest months of the year?
December obviously because of
Christmas (shopping, parties, etc.)
and May because of outside clean
up, gardening, landscaping and
planting. Not to mention Victoria
Day weekend and the opening up
of summer cottages.
We would like to thank everyone
who came out and supported us
for our Easter Bingo. It was a
great evening and a good opportunity for the lions club to give back
to the community in a fun way.
The District A16 Lion’s Convention was held April 29, 30, May
1st at the Pinestone Resort in Haliburton. This year the convention
hosts were the Haliburton and
District Lions Club and they did a
marvelous job. On the Friday
there was a golf tournament for
those that enjoy golfing followed
by a dinner and entertainment put
on by the various clubs in the
district. Saturday started out with
a Lions parade followed by various meetings and activities
Sunday was Election Day and the
wind down of the convention. I
always get a wonderful feeling
seeing so many volunteers, who are
so dedicated and, who have paid
their own expenses in order to
come together in one location to
discuss how they may better serve
their communities. Next year the
Kinmount and the Bobcaygeon
District Lions Clubs will be hosting the 2012 convention. If you
are interested in becoming a Lion
come to one of our meetings and
you can help host this worthy
amazing event.
Hoping everyone had an enjoyable
Easter, and that you will keep supporting us in our upcoming community events and activities. Together we can make a difference.
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[email protected]
Annual Pitch In Day
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Meet at 9:00 AM
Kinmount Railway Station
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Petroglyphs Provincial Park
A petroglyph is an old carving on a rock
face. At the northeast corner of Stony
Lake in Burleigh Township can be found
the largest collection of aboriginal petroglyphs in Canada. Over 900 carvings
were made on the surface of a large flat
rock sometime before 1500 CE. The
carvings include images of animals from
our area including turtles and deer. Other
carvings are of humans & images related
to their gods. Historians believe this site
was a spiritual retreat for local natives
and the petroglyphs were made to record
religious & spiritual significance. After
1500, the site was abandoned, likely for
safety reasons as a series of Indian wars
swept the area. The site faded from
memory and was lost until 1956 when
some mineral prospectors re-discovered
the petroglyphs.
The site became a provincial park (1976)
& a large acreage of unspoiled land was
added to the park. It was noted the petroglyphs were fading in the weather, so in
1984 an impressive building was built
over the rock to preserve the carvings
from the elements. An interpretative
centre & gift shop called “The Learning
Place” was added in 2002. This fine centre included a small movie theatre that
shows a video called “the Teaching
Rocks” about the petroglyphs.
The entire park is operated by the Curve
Lake First Nations band. They provide
interpreters for the site and hold educational programs throughout the summer
season. Photography within the petroglyph building itself is forbidden for
spiritual reasons. A piece of aboriginal
history is right in our backyard.
has been called a dream symbol. The
local natives only used birchbark canoes propelled by paddles.
But some historians maintain the spirit
canoe is actually a copy of a Viking
longship. The curved prow head, sails,
steering oar, multiple rowers and even
the shields on the side all closely resemble the famous Viking longship.
But how did the local natives find a
Viking longship? It is noted facts Vikings from Greenland were active on
the Atlantic coast of Canada during this
era. Remember the stories of Lief the
Lucky? L’Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland is a verified Viking settlement circa1,000 CE.
It is my beliefs the Greenland Vikings
were active not only in the Gulf of St
Lawrence, but also on the Great Lakes.
It was very possible some of the native
artists did see a Viking longship on
Lake Ontario or maybe even the
Kawartha lakes. The Vikings did have
the technology & opportunity to sail
down the St Lawrence River into Lake
Ontario. It must have been quite a sight
for Ontario natives to see a sailing ship
on their local waters. Of course, they
would copy this vision on their sacred
rock. Did the local natives record a
piece of history that has been missed?
Go see the petroglyphs and judge for
yourself!
Nether the historians or the local native
interpreters acknowledge the fact this
theory could be true. But the image had
to come from somewhere! And besides,
they dismissed Christopher Columbus
too!
Dorothy’s Delights
By Dorothy Heath
Spring is here so is Rhubarb
Sour Cream Rhubarb Pie
10 inch unbaked pie shell
4 cups chopped rhubarb
1 1/2 cups white sugar(or less to taste)
1/2 to 1/3 cup a/p flour
1 cup sour cream
Topping
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
Put rhubarb in pie shell.
Mix sugar & flour, stir in sour cream and
pour evenly over rhubarb.
Combine topping to make crumbs and
sprinkle over rhubarb.
Bake at 450 for 15 min then at 350 for 30
min until golden brown.
Rhubarb Relish
2 1/2 cups chopped rhubarb
2 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup cider vinegar
2 cups lightly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
Combine all ingredients and cook uncovered over low heat until thickened (1 1/2
hrs) Stir occasionally. Store in covered
container in fridge to serve with hamburgers and cooked meats.
The Spirit Canoe Controversy
One type of image from the petroglyphs involve a so-called “spirit canoe”. The famous carving is clearly a
sailing ship, complete with sail, steering oar, rowers and prows. Native
interpreters maintain it is a religious
symbol of the native gods. Since the
local natives had no knowledge of
sailing ships, it
From left: the protective building which
houses the rock faces; a sample of the
Kinmount Gazette
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 441
By Cathy King
Executive receive their medals and
chairmanship bars; and appreciation
May is going to be a busy and impor- awards are presented to volunteers tant month for our branch. To begin, members and non members alike in
our annual election of officers and ex- recognition of their dedicated service.
ecutive for the upcoming year takes Whether or not they are recipients of an
place and we are confident that mem- award on the 28th, all volunteers are to
bers continue to show their interest and be congratulated for their ongoing comsupport.
mitment and we are very proud of the
dedication of the many volunteers
In addition to our ongoing regular throughout the community.
events this month: Friday night Bingo,
Big Buck Bid Euchre May 18th and We recently had more discussions re
Saturday meat draws - mark your cal- our upcoming anniversary celebrations.
endar for Saturday May 21st at 8pm as One topic of discussion was that, since
we are happy to announce
Gord the Kinmount School closed, how much
Bartley (Back Forty) is returning for an we have missed holding the Rememevening of Karaoke. There is no ad- brance Poems, essays and poster conmission charge for this age of majority tests for the children in which we
event which is open to the public. proudly displayed their works of art.
Come out sing or if your prefer “sing We all agreed we would very much like
along” with the others.
to include the local children in our anThe end of May not only marks the end
of our Legion year, but that special time
of year when we have the opportunity
to recognize our volunteers. Saturday
May 28th we are holding Branch and
Ladies Auxiliary Honours and Awards
Dinner. It is at this time members receive their pins for years of service; the
niversary celebrations this year and are
pleased to announce that in the near
future we will be providing details for a
contest for the children to design an
anniversary poster for us. Look for our
next newsletter for further information.
BOB ’S APPLIA NCE SERVICE
Business Directory
2011 Additions
Kinmount Carved Signs—Iron Mine
Road
Vivienne Hetherington—Piano Lessons
and Concert Services
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We all look forward to each well
written and informative news journal.
Although we are only seasonal residents, we feel a sense of history and
belonging to your vibrant community
enhanced by this excellent journal.
We also extend a heartfelt thanks to
the many people who create and produce the Gazette.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Langlois
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Myth Busters: Canada Geese Squad to Help Support Parks
On Thursday, April 7th, residents of
Kinmount noticed some peculiar
vehicles moving through the streets.
Indeed, to the untrained eye it may
have seemed like the scene from a
military film. The SOS 14th Battalion was in town as part of their current sweep across Central Ontario to
help municipalities fight the ever
growing problem in our parks
caused by Canadian Geese and their
feces. The SOS 14th Battalion is
stationed out of CFB Wawa. They
have been training for the past six
months on a special national mission to humanely eradicate the problem of our national water fowl.
In speaking with Commander of the
Special Operation, Jean Luc Kuack,
our Gazette Staffer was able to determine some more information
regarding the success that this current project is achieving. Commander Kuack explained that the
use of the armoured vehicle allows
for a comprehensive multi-modal
approach to addressing the intricacies of the operation
The vehicle provides the space for
the specialized air, land and sea entry
points which are determined when
the Battalion arrives on each individual project. In Kinmount, the point
of battle was the Heritage Parkland,
which each year is a favourite destination spot for the migrating fowl.
Members of the municipality, in their
application for assistance from the
Battalion, noted with concern the
need to have
the park fecesfree for the
annual Easter
Egg Hunt.
Commander
Kuack, said
they were
more than
happy to accommodate this request given that
they recognize the value that these
community activities have on creating a happy and healthy citizenry.
Once the project was completed,
Commander Kuack provided the opportunity for several of the observing
public to take a short ride in the specialized vehicle. Pictured here, the
personnel carrier following its work in the
park. For more information regarding the
SOS 14th Battallion and their work, please
contact the Department of National Defence
at 1-800-555-1212 ext. 666.
The personnel
carrier at work
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Kinmount Gazette
Kinmount...Explore Our Heritage, Experience Our Charm!
KINMOUNT GAZETTE COMMITTEE
Guy Scott, Editor
R.R. #1
Kinmount, Ontario
K0M 2A0
Spot the Shot
Each edition we will feature a photo
from the Kinmount Area. We challenge you to identify the spot.
Submissions of photos welcome. Please
submit to the editor via email with a
detailed description of the spot you
have captured.
Last month’s Spot the Shot: the turtle
crossing on Cty. Road 45 (Monck
Road) in the Village.
Phone: 705-488-3182
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It’s spring…I think! (or should
be!) May is the traditional start of
the summer season. The whole
pattern of life in the Kinmount
community begins a new cycle.
“Summer things” begin in our
community such as the Highlands
Cinema opening (April 29), the
Farmers Market opening (May
21), etc.
Last edition, the Gazette published a business Directory of the
area, and wouldn’t you know it, I
forgot to list one of our sponsors.
My apologies to Terry & Brenda
of Kinmount Carved Signs. If the
Gazette missed any other businesses, please let us know. Any
new businesses, we also want to
hear from you!
Marketplace. It is surprising what
you can find at the Marketplace in
the basement of the Community
Hall. For further information on
any of these artisans, just contact
the Marketplace, or better yet,
visit it in person. It is one of Kinmount’s “unique” attractions. You
just never know what you will
find!
May also means the (official) end
of the ice season at the arena. This
year, the arena was operated by
the volunteers of the Kinmount
Agricultural Society. The rink
was well used this past season by
community members and people
from other communities! The
whole rink operation is run on a
shoestring budget, but it serves a
purpose in our community. It is
And speaking of business directo- another little “plus” we offer in
ries, this edition we are pleased to Kinmount. A big vote of thanks to
publish a list of crafts people who everyone who helped to make our
are active in the Artisans
rink a success.
I received a letter inquiring about
the Shoe Tree from Mary Webster. The second edition of the
Gazette (April 15, 2009) contained a report on the Shoe Trees,
but I thought maybe it was time
the Gazette wrote about it again!
It is another “attraction” that
makes Kinmount special. Thanks
Mary for bringing the subject up!
excellent book “Timber Empire”.
The Boyd Family donated their
records to the National Archives
in Ottawa where they are being
catalogued and made available to
the public. It is a real treasure
trove for researchers: I know first
hand!
The Greater Harvey Historical
Society has planned a “cemetery
Another feature article this edition cruise” for Sunday June 5, 2011.
is about the Boyd Lumber Com- The convoy leaves the Heritage
Centre in Bobcaygeon @ 2:00 pm
pany from Bobcaygeon. The
Boyds were a legendary family in and visits Silver Lake, Galway &
Kinmount cemeteries. Lunch will
the local lumber business who
drove most of their logs through be served at the Galway Hall.
There is no charge & we will be
Kinmount. Many local men, incarpooling. If you want more info,
cluding my great-great uncle,
worked for the Boyds. They even just contact Guy Scott (4883182). Everyone is welcome!
had a “depot” in town for their
operations. This edition only conThe GHHS will also be holding
tains part I of the Boyd Saga.
Watch for part II in the next edi- their annual historical bus tour on
Saturday September 24. Watch
tion, or as they say, stay tuned!
for more details or contact the
above person.
The material for the Boyd Saga
was taken from Grace Barker’s
And finally, the article on the
Petroglyphs Provincial Park is in
this edition! GS
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