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From Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker\/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty<\/strong>, with family roots of more than 100 years in Huntsville<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
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We’re not sure when this photo was taken, but most agree that the pizza was amazing when the building contained the 141\u202fCaf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the Port Sydney\/Utterson Chamber of Commerce, Utterson once had three general stores, but this one was the largest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G.W. Lankin store, as it was originally known, was by far the largest. After a succession of shopkeepers, it was last in operation as the Utterson General Store and 141 Caf\u00e9 until that business closed in the late 2010s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mr. Lankin carried a full line of goods. Food, flour, feed and furniture, hairpins to harness, bolts of cloth, boots to bedding were all sold there. Once the motor age arrived, Mr. Lankin wasted no time in setting up a truck with his merchandise. Each day of the week the driver would call on those who had settled in the northwest as far as Bent River and in the west as far as Ufford. News of recent happenings would be passed along, and messages from one family to the other would also be passed along. The G.W. Lankin store housed at one time the switchboard of the Watt Municipal Telephone Co., and it remained there until they moved to their location on Old Muskoka Road. The company was taken over by Bell in the 1950s…,” according to a historical account on the Chamber’s website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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