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Building Tourism and Enhancing Hospitality With the Kawartha Lakes Tourist Association

Building Tourism and Enhancing Hospitality With the Kawartha Lakes Tourist Association

The Kawartha Lakes Tourist Association ran this advertisement in the Lindsay Daily Post throughout the summer of 1965 to help citizens, politicians, members of the hospitality industry, and […]
Mealtime on Mitchell Lake: The Shallamar Diner

Mealtime on Mitchell Lake: The Shallamar Diner

Famed aerial photographer Harry S. Oakman took this image of the Shallamar Diner around 1969. Operated by Ted and Wally Polomski in the late 1960s, Shallamar incorporated a […]
Ready to Hit the Road Again With Full Stomachs, Courtesy of Kirkfield’s Alexander Restaurant

Ready to Hit the Road Again With Full Stomachs, Courtesy of Kirkfield’s Alexander Restaurant

The Alexander Restaurant, pictured here in the mid-1950s, was located just west of downtown Kirkfield and served both locals and tourists making their way east and west along […]
Motorists Stop in Downtown Coboconk for a Bite to Eat at the Kawartha Tea Room & Restaurant

Motorists Stop in Downtown Coboconk for a Bite to Eat at the Kawartha Tea Room & Restaurant

The Kawartha Tea Room catered to both locals and tourists travelling through Coboconk on Highway 35 in the 1950s. It sold full-course meals, cheeseburgers and hamburgers, soft drinks, […]
Coboconk’s Famous Pattie House

Coboconk’s Famous Pattie House

The Pattie House had been a fixture in downtown Coboconk for about half a century by the time this photograph was taken during the Great Depression. Apart from […]
Homemade Baking In Rosedale: Alta Oliver and Her Famous Pies

Homemade Baking In Rosedale: Alta Oliver and Her Famous Pies

Alta Oliver, whose husband operated a well-patronized service station in Rosedale, was famous for her homemade pies. Granddaughter Linda Oliver remembers: “Grandma baked pies and sold them to […]