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PORT PERRY STAR We CENTENNIAL EDITION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971 -- 9 SEBO ee ~--= Old Steamer 'Woodman' First Traversed Lake Scugog In 1851 The following article first appeared in. the Toronto Globe in June, 1851. tm 1913 it wes discovered by SCENE ON LAKE scuGgoG. = Port Perry, 1854 ; The two drawings, "Scene on Lake Scu- } , goo" appeared along with the article } * "Country Sketches" in the "Anglo-American § " Magazine" of 1854, The plan of the town of Port Perry was also dated 1854. it was ¢ made by J. Stoughton Dennis, Public Land % Surveyor, The portion shown is that part ) of the village included in Peter Perry's first plan of the village. The interesting feature § of the plan is that existing buildings are ¢ shown as dark blocks. The original map belonged to Mr. Joseph Bigelow, now by his great grand-son, W.J. Carnegie. Note the steamer 'Woodman' at the dock, and see also the accompanuing account of its first trip to Lindsay, The building at left front is the store built by Peter Perry on the south-west corner of Water and Queen Streets. At right front is a freight shed also built by Perry or his associates. North of the shed is the saw-mill built by Thomas and George Paxton, and behind, on the west side of Water Street one built by Samuel Hill, later operated by W. S. Sexton. In the second drawing, the artist shows J Port Perry as it looked to him in 1854, The re mill on the extreme left was built by Me Stephen Doty in 1853 on what is now Scu- 90g Street. A comparison of the map and the sketch shows that there are more buildings shown in the sketch than appear on the map. The reason is that the map, while dated 1854 was probably prepared by Dennis from observations made two or three years prior to publication. The Anglo- American Magazine would have used sketches made no more than one year previously for its June 1854 edition, The sketch is therefore more up-to-date than the map. rn ey