Old lumber barges
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Old lumber barges in Bay near Geneva Park. When loaded they would be towed to the railway at Belle Ewart or Barrie
Bell Ewart was spelled without the second e in the first part of the name, the place was named for James Bell Ewart, a Dundas industrialist who purchased lands at the end of the railway spur. James Bell Ewart purchased the land on the speculation of developing a townsite, however, he died in 1853, shortly before the railway spur was completed. After the village lost its importance as a lumber port a Toronto ice producer changed the name to Belle Ewart - Date Of Event
- ca. 1900
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 15.5cm
Image Height: 12.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- OR28
- Collection
- Orilliana
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.60868 Longitude: -79.42068
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Orillia Public Library
