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This week, a wayback throwback. Fall colours have peaked. You know what’s coming next. This place will be happy to see a change in the seasons. Do you know the location or the date of this photo?
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Last week we shared this photo with you:
Here’s what Doppler readers had to say about it:
Ginny Burns-Barter: Church and Mountview, I recognize neighbours’ houses. The vantage point is Lions Lookout.
Bev Ferguson: The hospital….now Fairvern Nursing home…Kellocks Flower greenhouses….
Brian Tapley: The latest one is the old Hospital, now Fairvern but the hospital in the picture is no more, just the “newer” wing is actually what is left and used as Fairvern I think. The bottom right is the greenhouse that used to be operated by Mr. Kelloge or kellock (I was young and did not pay much attention to the actual name then). This used to be a fairly active greenhouse operation and provided a lot of fresh plants over the years. The picture was taken from Lions Lookout I’m pretty sure. When? That I’m not so sure but maybe in the 50s? No later than early 60s for sure.
This was indeed taken from Lions Lookout, then Cann’s Mountain, in 1950, by R.A. Hutcheson. The photo comes to us courtesy of Muskoka Digital Archives, which notes, “In the background, the Huntsville Memorial Hospital which opened in 1949. The white house in the foreground centre is the home of Bazette and Shirley Hutcheson. Right foreground the Kellock Green Houses. The Muskoka River can be seen in the middle right and Vernon Lake can be seen on the horizon.”
jacquie howell says
I believe the photo this week is the first ski chalet at Hidden Valley. Jack & I skied from that Chalet in 1962 & 1964. Can’t remember when it was enlarged.
Brian Tapley says
I’m pretty sure it is indeed the original chalet at Hidden Valley. Jacquie has the date better than I could guess.