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Photo courtesy of the Muskoka Heritage Place collection
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Last week we shared this photo with you:
This ca 1940 postcard depicts Scotch Bonnet (or Scot’s Bonnet) Island in Fairy Lake. The cottage is long gone, but the island remains and is a favourite part of the view from Huntsville’s Lions Lookout.
Doppler reader Connie Kelso shared these details with us: “This is Scotch Bonnet on Fairy Lake. Named for its shape with the feather up the side. Yes, it is Alice island on a map. I believe it was Mr Kellock, owner of the greenhouses, who named it Scotch Bonnet. I think I remember the boathouse and definitely the dock after the building collapsed. The photo was probably taken in the ’40s. It is owned by people who have a cottage on Scott’s Point.” Thanks for sharing, Connie!
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