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This image by Frank Micklethwaite is labelled “Vernon Lake, Huntsville, Muskoka”. Can you determine the photographer’s vantage point or identify any of the structures in the photo? (Photo courtesy of Brian Westhouse / Lake of Bays Through the Years on Facebook)
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Last week we shared this photo with you:
In this aerial photo of the Muskoka River, the swing bridge is in the upper right and the swampy area to the left of that is where Brendale Square is today. Reader Brian Tapley noted that “the large buildings that run off the bottom of the picture are the tannery. I think Centre street bridge is now just about the middle of this picture, just above the boat tied to shore. I was in this tannery once as a kid. Let me tell you, you ain’t smelled ‘bad’ until you visit the guts of a tannery!!”
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Does anyone remember Red Deer Camp and cabins on Lake Vernon? We stayed there many times in the late 1950’s and 60’s. We were friends with the family who owned it, the Morgan family.
Thank You for the photo credit, I’ve been collecting historic photographs and post cards for over 50 years.
I like this one for its view of the Grand Trunk water tank for servicing the locomotives. The GTR had a four stall roundhouse here so the railway could originate passenger trains at Huntsville to serve all of Muskoka to and from Toronto.
Probably taken somewhere near the west end of Walpole Street, looking north-west. Overlooking Main Street with the train station just out of frame on the right. The water tower that sat just west of the station is there.
I agree Greg.
You can see my great great grandfather’s farm (John Bildson) up the narrows on the right. Established 1864 .
Looking over Hunters Bay towards Vernon Narrows minus the Vernon Narrows highway bridge.