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Last week we shared this photo with you:
This ca 1900 photo shows the old swing bridge not long before construction began on a steel version in the fall of 1901. The bridge pictured was built in 1888-1889. The view is to the east and on the far shore you can see Dr. Howland’s hospital and Captain George Hunt’s house.
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Called Scotch Bonnet. There are other names on maps but on all the various post cards I have seen, it was always called Scotch Bonnet.
Is it Crown Island on Mary Lake? Building long gone but a stone fireplace is still there.
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 40’s. It is owned by people who have a cottage on Scott’s Point.
This looks like the island on Fairy Lake you see at the mouth of the Muskoka River, just off Scotts Point. I think it’s called Alice Island.
People used to camp on it after the building disappeared.