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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 […]
Changing Times: Demolition of a Gas Station, Coboconk

Changing Times: Demolition of a Gas Station, Coboconk

At one time, Coboconk was home to half a dozen gas stations. Due to changes in technology and consolidation among oil companies from the 1970s onward, that number […]
Marg Valentine (née Moore) and Bill Simpson Wait for Motorists at Moore’s Service Station, Coboconk

Marg Valentine (née Moore) and Bill Simpson Wait for Motorists at Moore’s Service Station, Coboconk

Laurie Moore purchased Coboconk’s British-American service station from Harry Jackson in the 1920s. After Mr. Moore died in 1939, a family friend named Bill Simpson offered to help […]
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 […]