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A Local Legacy: Vintage “GAS” Sign at the Balsam Lake Park Store Celebrates the Heritage of Highway-Based Tourism in Northwestern Kawartha Lakes

Colour image of sign surrounded by trees, fallen leaves, and lawn with sky in background

Photograph: Jason Rago
Date: 2021

This vintage porcelain sign was originally decorated in Texaco markings. Installed in front of a gas station on Highway 46 west of Balsam Lake Provincial Park in the 1960s, it remains a local landmark.