Sideroads of Parry Sound & Area


__Title__a Fall 2008
 
__Title__a The Wreck of the C.C. Martin

Pounded by waves and scourged by winds, the C.C. Martin was tossed about like a helpless toy. The men aboard were powerless. They could do nothing... [more]

__Title__a Cheap cash store

In the spring of 1868, James Ashdown joined several settlers at the crossroads where the Nipissing Colonization Road met the Parry Sound Colonization... [more]

__Title__a Banks of Parry Sound

Until the mid-1970s, two classic bank buildings anchored Beatty’s corner. Customers of both Scotiabank and the CIBC recall the polished wood... [more]

__Title__a Murder on the Nipissing Road

One of the strangers was cross-eyed, and, as described in a newspaper report, “a tough-looking character, a foreigner speaking poor English,” while... [more]

__Title__a Steeple changes

April 19, 1966:  “The steeple was pulled down from old St. James United Church, which is being demolished to make way for a new structure.“ [more]

__Title__a Woodroffe owned steamboats remain part of Lake Joseph ...

Prior to the railway’s arrival, little of the forest along the northern and western shores of Lake Joseph had been harvested. There was simply no... [more]

__Title__a Lost Treasures of Parry Sound - Watering holes & ...

Ab Gentles knew “when to hold them”. In 1904, in a smoke-filled attic room on James Street, he won the Kipling Hotel in a card game. [more]


__Title__a Lost Treasures of Parry Sound - The Agricultural Hall ...

The midway was fun, but the building beside it was magical. I kept craning my neck to look at that building as I spun around and around on the... [more]


__Title__a THE HURDVILLE MILL

It’s something of a local mystery. What befell the Hurdville Mill? The uncertainty surrounding the ultimate fate of this historic landmark has propelled it into the realm of folklore. ... [more]

__Title__a Ghost Town Seguin Falls

The moody, melancholic imagery conjured by the words 'ghost town' come to life in Seguin Falls. [more]

__Title__a Little Yellow Rowboat

This story about a cherished little yellow rowboat often seen in the cottage neighbourhood of Dr. Bill Cruikshank, former owner of Coney Island, Georgian Bay, has been passed down ... [more]

__Title__a Old School

The final bell rang out years ago for these old houses of learning. What stories do they hold and what has become of them today? [more]
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