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“Is It Here Yet?” Anticipating Train Time in Kirkfield

The Kirkfield station was typical of those constructed by the Toronto & Nipissing Railway. It replaced an earlier building in 1892 and outlived the railway, serving as a […]

The Nipissing Guide & Holiday Companion

The Nipissing Guide & Holiday Companion was published by G.C. Patterson for the Toronto & Nipissing Railway in 1874. It used evocative imagery to entice travellers: “As the […]

“All Aboard!” Canadian National Railway Mixed Train Heads Northeast out of Kirkfield

The Canadian National Railway’s “mixed train” to Coboconk, seen here at Kirkfield in 1951, carried both freight and passengers. A typical mixed train had gondola cars laden with […]

Driving North Along Highway 35 Near Cameron Lake

This picture – taken in August of 1940 and originally published in the Department of Highways Ontario (DHO) Official Road Bulletin, issued on July 10 1941 – captures […]

Vice-Admiral Henry Vansittart’s estate on Balsam Lake

Vice-Admiral Henry Vansittart (1779-1844) was possibly the first European to build a seasonal residence in what is now northwestern Kawartha Lakes. This drawing shows Balsam Lake and the […]

Waiting for gas at the White Rose Service Station, Coboconk

Nathan and Gertrude Pearce owned and operated this service station at the northeast corner of Highway 35 and Highway 46 (later Highway 48) in Coboconk, Ontario. Opened in […]