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, GEORGIE JARDINE)..
.graitdfailleri 74ohert
1,04,:sm,7173,. brp.T.;,
Porkft10.5001*,-;50..illarlidjn. 14111,_
, when a • Yoi#10:-,ni411-1.000,e4'
the trade Of -Wheellhirieltt .HO
Married Mary 'Davidson‘cif
friesshi•ke; in. 1844 when MY.
lather as -.nine, years :old..they
Seotiertd-for.,---Gartactate-e.
, were Only sail boats, in which.to
cross the.oceekin.thOie: days and
:they were: . six weeks , their
:journey: The same •ourney..;'can
. 'new..be-,accOrriplished'in thours also made to plaster the ticoUse.
by plane,.I •believe. They Carrie to the. Village of Lurgalri-": Thrk
a small villRge-which at .that,tirrie_191:111datieh of the:light house ' is
:pear St.: Mary's, Mr, great Uncle' Jew •
resting, on tifriherTSeVeral• feet be -
the sand. The light hoirs'e
*as, known as Hayaville, situated
• • ,was a blacksmith, .and he and builders were: Foreman. David
Itenry.' builders, Alex :Verrici‘n;
eSsari at 'Point Clark (iir„tlid.se '1881 or 1882 when. Wm. iliggzin
a s;,eat.,. • cl: : Ci• ,1,7...1...r.t. ern, 1/1*S..111.Ing'ijiiS streeSser was J.oh.rPltae7--• wh.
On' a . pine tree: to enable salleTt: :R....mg:m.1-d- until. LIM
-iir-locate-Ahe IFteilg4.....afier7darIci The levied by kix. rdochllePonald ot
light ,-house was .beitUri',#(,-,-.1851: Ripley,. wher-IcepC114.4-.7-1.i.g.ht ,h9.1k,..s.t-
-ind finished:in 1858. In the spring Until" hIS--,death in .-the ,winiter .4.1,::
of 1857 .the 'stone for the lig,ht l913-.14,and when his : familY;
house was brought in -scows froth moved from ,the light house in
north of . InverhOron to ..Point the spring Of 1914 George Rae
.was,...biait. „was- appointeClight .lec.iler, .. a,rid„
in -the "Micinitr ,.ot. where Rev . he remained for about ter.,fearr,.
Crefts'. -, cottage ' now stands ..to Then. an automatic light was in-
niake the mortar,. and. Ape .4.a.5. stalled and was in b-P.eration. fo*
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,abOr.tit two years but was not :sat-
isfactory, and in..1926-Johir Auttle.
was -appointed' :lighticeepei .',a(ic
femained Until the ..spring.of 4 939,
When the present 'lightkeeper,
John Campbell, ,earne. His,father,..
Dan Campbell, resided in' the
neighbOrhood during .the time the
, • . e k .
light hpUse Was built; , ..
ay,-s-Tealled Pirte-paintl.._ and for took it for six • or eight months,
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TIIVR,SDAY, IVORCill 15th '1'91
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u art( all
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h v. as the ,a st fiVit?. 4 .rit . , '2,....1•/-4,(4.
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'vilito.y. 1 nixistyd., •Schooner . was 'coming •"1/ .
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inaSter , thero,..-:: When tilt.'
,:. I. eased 'to .0.ist, J-,:arnvS.1-amt •Stri-iting-.4-he--41-4•-4.0-;0.1-fly ' ii .'
'NleC:in.,k-:. trw'yr • .
:0..,., r '1441;-(4-4i3he l'al,.StidL.L.
officeiiciit
NiUCIL1 fritc't , in. th.f, RiFil'i'l't;;;A•
_the lake sheie•-ahp:14...g ' 1"xrli Iv kiPrti ''',...'•4t,...,r. 'Two' ocn
-,--9,f,,,..:•.Point--7-elmtk-,....:,,Miire,..........P,... ,_..., J, )o,i _ ,i i , , came.- . s_.,ore. : - ....1.-t-q.,...t...
V. r ; 1 . t - - Tiq-- 1 . --.a h ' ' . -r".r.'f''''-'.:-.
Srniffi'as. a eattage'ltiands•-,-0 ci,ii•y:',,, .,11.,1_ We.f.,..,•••.::.:qn1-7•.-th-rike•.:7:ilars- .faur.•,,,i;J:114....„;
Mail carrier Who Stireceeded Alex', aboard „ and L th.f,iY'-' didn't;--1,Trercsit0-.-.4
Ross • waS tourid. • f,reien , to, death,1-.‘vhexl...they mere. They Weii..
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about a !half mile north 0 • ' )0. • a •clu'.44.1:,er*f a mile .$91-tth. of Point .,
h,e-abeve in74;4.iionfici---Al.0_,c1.341*_:fie th(,,y, g9t $01-6,001'1.0' tO•
Fi:v6esrit iiintr*o.:Ii, ',.it°hVell'at.Cil:1:11--:es se kpr)1.(i)ssrinels:Is.a., :,:itlh:ci.ji‘vy, e...:.pg:".,...itilf.,c;i:lito:1-!1'61:3t7i1Uct:o.,:rilefr:r. otclh::11;r-: . ---t-ti.ifl:Yi:' .
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'For Some time in 'the (Sixties -
pan' 'e4mpbell 'end jas,..;,Jardiiie .,tc.,futthiet cc:.1).itli.g.1,d,:nivoa.t.s: )'?ael.1,idaogneediszion.c.fin;Isvut, ..,,
:hada •large.-ro,Wboat.: whio'h they,.
filled:yith ashes "from thhee'''itlinlithi:(:1:(i.i... lvs.-1,tillinli‘'.1.61 .,•i.i;i'oel.drrt.'t hi_47.0eYs i le 11. titi 1.', Litli'l:'''tf:11.1.41:.:. '
tahne.dy,....tb.wuirOnee, ad ',Jrieeele hiins'.w.. s rowed. ..v..'rris\i,i,c(,)d ,oitr 4.isihirCleree..; eairs. later. it,t
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to,liricar.cline. t make potash. for
:tirriber .out of th ir.t.bush..to- pare
soapin- 1886
, . ey ., took : cecliii: aib,b(0,5(ci.nttittttli.1914a,?kicO:(7ilut:ii1iltr.1).1g]ea. 'asrineste9ailriliiil'is.gt1;;It.lui.izity:.
the streets in onclon, . 7his *as. '
and
dvvriin ,citt,_.ti.lht, laekreaftw‘i;_hhialria.,,,,,-; •cittildrelcclioh:i7gIVI_it.ci?,,,.7toth_rita).111:1L4,,.t;L:::.,:.1woigffLi.1.1.:)((ciLE)..:::.7.
I, ... ... „ • •
'kept floating 1 e lake by.. tise
s ...d considerable
.. difficulty .f..i, thr..
of -long poleo; an., 6.1 of ha
"Edo% res, .cle.,-yrevNii1-}er1._..,,,t.,Trtit,;Lxintar„.. N,,?qv17(.9r1Ctol:ailgo :along, cr• siab .,,),.r.:.11,1g, )11,,i:),1.L:.
• fEalTrAtriye ;raktn140-•:04:n:cIaal:::=,,. ‘,,erthezul-:$-"Thrage:_wriLlvtir7ritlici., .
• n he . earlY ttrays•--tho-scl 4
• • ".
• f along :the 'rope ' tO .the rn„Y.lielt",,
.grandfather \ worked • at .their.
trades - •Haysville 'until 1848
„when grandfather. decided to
C011ie"tb the' shOrilif liaketiluron
. to settle. built a' log. :cabin
River
•-fAhe, fari,e •,4
•NY•rpL:ircovere
, trees- and, :on- an
,
In the fall of 1848 'he returned to: ..e.t4Tetr 'Me light `Duar'ingiathe.-5qm•-•
'John Carr,. Robert Breckenridge,•
John .Watt, .HenrY Logan, Jeme5
.Montgamerk, carripbell; -earl
penter, David.Liman; blieksrnith,-
Rebert Orr. In'. the 'fall Of 1858
F17-11-Certryd-,--brought -the-materihl_
ySville for • his family and,' in mei. of 11358 a lantern 'was- hung
. • • •
--the- -spring- of.,48,19 moved., them on a pole:on the stone
how -thy Made the trip .tp_ The Village of Lurgan' was . be-
• to Pine River. I am. not sure of • 114,1irgan,
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!rich but believe was with WWII Capt Hern7
tranSpertation: by land at that from I.rlarid, .and he 'we -4 instru-
• .as that Was , the ...only, Means Of Gamble, Who was a' wealthy „map
m' rit-4heir 1pthes,L e ' tal in .erecting a sawmill and
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, 'fOod, tool's- and What 'Other, pos- our m . in iers. ' . A.
'sessions the had on alittle.. sail cBane, B.". Rutherford, DI Ruth:.
boat': to •Pine .. .iver ;land the erforc14:- John .Wallace,...:...chatleS
'walked:over: a_ trail' throtfigh the, Vin'g.. The mill was ,rtin by:Stearn,
*mows i
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'• .1 also-haVe a record of the sdt-
tleiiiitnuroxi 'Township. in,1849-
50. arid mention 'their narrie$
-soine-pf_rtheir, deSceridants.to the
thirell,--fourth• arid fifthgenera.tiori:
or
bush and•carried twe YoUritehil-, and the engineersnitring the ten':
Dor'aeyr-ID•avid-Nalac.; n. Jag,' 6.75`,
LewiS Ballamer, John 'Tole, Lew-- on the'. Lake Were all sail boat' the r. awlYnat=a-ifrt', e'3f-r;Trd -rit•-cyt- -
Peter . Igananiaker, . WM.,
ii... *Ti..,,ekeer,.. Jos._ BarkerL,..,:,Tbs,•; and ther • were-. . a, •number ••0 , , . .
Effirnettoni..,..loset?..h. Tele, jOsepit; +.'•,.recks. around' Point • rlark,.l3e,,,..,,•ThP.,C4livtalh,•g6t hito•edininoii40,a..•.'.
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Bracken, John CarriPhelli James eeire: of .the. shollew.NVet..er."' .and-rtion 'with Godei'..j6.11 and• a .44'•!...,.
McDonald, 'Itobt.''Jdticline..1.3....,Hea.:, the Shoat ,whi_db.,..is.:...p,ut.' about,. a' 5 e T1 t:64.t_t '!.0 0 rp'Vki then) •off,.,...''..i.t.(iiic. .
vener, Win:1,Benry. 1.' , ...; mile and rttris.:ahoUt,a..frille.ruirtif *ard.s.,:w\.1•••thre8.V.',.va' [geed 'di4.1'
. The first..schocil .ii,iii,iron''.11.P., and'.0Uth...,eif the Li.ght:14puse,, tlic. ,Coal and .Otlit.r. caro .0.Ve0Joarc.i.:, • .
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N.,:i‘as.--*....neeie.L14-Lb.f.. • ' • • e foOt:•: ;L:ight• :Ho.use 'Keeper .ke.pt.. ',a .lifi. • ....., • ftecalls'4913"btOm . ... • '
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dreri:1•About two. Mika.: sOuth. •of year.' of the ‘; Village '-were:
, the boundary betweeri Huron and : :Abraham' Ranger, filehn • BroWn,
Bruce they left the busk' trail fo4 JaTnes.' Smith, John John Thorbutp.'
the hesach • and . walked along the The • • millers 7 -Were: '
Lake Shore to Rivet, which Thps. Charlton, -Hrigi-r-Steverisdri-
• :is about twenty-seven Miles. from George •Te,kek, T.:
GOclerich.. . Their. log cab ilt ,wes Kent, B. Birfoot; Conins,:14s.-
nctt..:vrif well fitted,: for the cold 'HaWkins.., •:The ,carpenters: who
winter weather :as ,there l was .•no htiilt. the houses in the. Village, of
lumber :available at _the thie,.. and. Lurgan 'Were: AI Breckenridge,
;the. only 'door- wa$:...a quilt, hung 'John. 13,' Allan,' :Williarn
oyer the entrance„ • and , it ''weS Collei.,••peter, Porterfield
floor and bedsrcovered. w th sriow. .burn,' Wrn. TWitchell, ,lipbt. Jar -
'quite a Common :Sight to find the .Howaft,,IThoS.. ThOr•-
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Tri• spring of 1g50. Robert Ebenezer Ilagall;
,..Taidirie, took ••Up..;.:1..and from the Welsh; •Shaeinaker, :''llarir.ey; •
crown, 1O6ing, 'Lpt -enelarst--..:*--;ChisholiCi.,.:-.charles,...
• 1.300--Lnne., liundred:LredS-saith Of
..Point.- Clark, .Which land ;is••ttill
• ,1 Jardine farriily,. pope„.CharleS
They huilt.a• log house- ro--1-Dbpe„-Tav,qrn -.keeper:- 7/6.4cohn±a .Alie,preserit bridge. .across Pine'
and James Jardine who was b&, Mathies'on..; .Stdrekeeper: James. River on the Lake.. ShoreRoada
• McCrindle: Labourers: Andy' Mc- dam .ivas built .:ancl: a flour and
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7-a the' Sto-T-M--Ja-f-t1-,Iti vT -
Of'. the Sixth;'..Corre,eisioriTdri--.1.85.4,.. oa
aiti•.nOt stire...OV the on ',the' shoal' 'in -the s•Prirt:W....t,id.,
or 57 ani :takerr in the tall.„T s:a r: est • y„., e („,•..'uicked around Pt
John 'Wilson taught-. there Until vessel wrecked „Ni:ircic.ed near The :storm hi.1.5kd on
1860. „Owing to the fact that . the• came in ,abeirt•*hall-ririle'-off 4y.. To en:ing_..:and -1
French school had beeri'•built on shore and about -a half mile until" Monday with a terrif,.:•
the Shore :above; the 10th.. Coli- .:porit,, :.31-s't *of y rarreet..of siio'-fr11.
•Cession;1860 .the lesation•. of. OetOber;..:188'2;. 'a severe stern•yvere, ,
the West :side .of ;Pine.' River. op- •SailorS did not %have . time to take :of ' wrepkage
1.1
-the:. first.,..,sehocil:'Was.' Changed, to .*iiith struck so .quickly .that • the, .
that .t.ime.' Jas. Blue 'i ,
-Posite- the ,FOUrth CancessiOn..and: down 'the sails It Wii-beirig•tow-i...\.(itoi.f.0. bodes dorarig it„.1.,1101.1g,.
John WilsOn,.wat..the teaCher, ..:. • ed • bY... another., ..veiiel-Hand. the----t-ho.A5-6--04r.:-.--orc-i-fre4:401,10.,wing:' Fri.
, .Th4 'Village of Mina was, si.1.-,; sailers craWlect::.along the...eable.••,ctas• toorrutigil:faiind.:::'Pn'e 't*.krt..•ati -
VeYect, about s,that '; tiMe.....and ecirry-. to the tow 'beat., The„resSeis ;*e, re.
.4 the Sand atithe ' Water's 'ecigt,i; i'i.ii;'-:.
;prised the land from ;north of the leaded .With 'pine litinber,•the,toW L.fq_12.i.t.cysi.1,t,.i.iventh.i.o..01,10,..w,,,i,riarl..,•:,
inbUth of Pine River 46. the south 'boat 'not' so iteay irk as the Other: between„,my home 'and:0,1( Light
Of..the'river ,and UP to the top:of. Dan. Campbell ': arid ',JeS, ., Jardine .,:v •..,..:
riotise,'':. :rand :.kiiite ..:ClOsi,;:-.,.)-
the hill bit 7ofity- a -, fe*. , buildings had '-the. contract 'of. Unloading .0,9„..;,
,.. Light :House A' fotirici;t11;:•(., ',i•ii•11,.
were :'• erected ,:.and • the Village. lumber, which which. was done' 1 ./1
-P.-Qv."... ef...the••Carruthers, :;• As f .-7.0....,-
didet thrive .; The. sedl.t!:. tielntlio,l7a1t0Co6n3,,.,•:car.Pi7baie.,;4e,, .,rirrcket,he;.sreal;f.,tei.idait.15.1t.091,.:.c-Kh.afisl-.i:..itspaenind :,,,e,teocl:-i hid tO.' be ,.'to 'y'ri.,i
and dining Thai' trrrie -WirC.:Virseti ---etlThk-R.4.4.1:S...ei .0f:,',-1,c,i,near::.•-!:s•eatuiTs-77.4ih76:ei..P!etpt 1 t:Ll'(7j-!-t-TATI-61.21:.‘i•ifit':Z.ci'..1.11.1.T.,..tH':..
sernained' Uri:change
'arid-JCev.-.:1-leriry----Greenharn--;•-•--were:-.difie:,;----They.,a1.041.1 •:.coli,C___,' cetql,O.q.i' a-l-heavy,-.46,--fiatitzlvai•-•-•14,' --, '
the ..teaChers. Iritniediateli" 'north of taking ofrany„,,partS:•that .wer.,:.-,1 for ..h,e1:._::t...
p 0 draw• hirni,UP.II•i''.'-'sl'iore .
of ;Use, 'ancl:•••theY- were.: delfvered.., The wern-anWav.IYIrign-i.1 ,,,ii:id', •
tetititicaTatine:tThe. hull was left. bar airmyei5jatiii.thihwth,4,....11*,.,,._
tWeen fpUrteen and fifteen years
• of, age at the time, lived 'theit
•anchel6ared-thedand, Robert.Jar,
being , :a.• :carpenter; made
most of.the windoW SasiLier the
Donald 'Norman McRae Daniel
,Potcher, Roland Good, • Jacob.
-1-j-OfiePotetier7-Drineari •Flet• -L -
cher, Henry MeVicar, . • Henry
sawmill. erected by .Wm., Blair,
which. was later., sold, :to ..Johit. viers' . People -curie froni.
IlickbOvt'-1868 ••-e. ;flood wash-.. *aY.....and:$perit..a_LOy_:,.9r 'sp•,...'erLt.ti 6:-
ecF the roici and darn :a•)T and• old'boat.fishing:• After . a.'enni3id.;.
houses in . Ashfield i Huroil -Hagan', Thos. .11Unteri: Alex Mc- :;the 'bridge. fOrther down ' Which.. erahle tiine,a, Storm ..waShed ' th;;.!.
.; . -and .Kiricardine TowrishipS. Those DOriald;:,.,HUgh ,FerguScin, Alex crOssed the river;Then-the'schOol- ;wreck ashore. where. Seine. of .r..h..
for flip :north ,,,,tr.e ..ea,riied td Kin_ pergnsoil., ..B.,•-• Green, Hs, curr:ie,. site was 'moved. to 4he foot Of the:parts .still Ternaizi•.:."In ...these days
', carcline, jarries; Making the, lrirs. 13. ICtifrie, J'.1-lardie -and Ai LeCri. 'Fourth Concessioli, and jas.' Bradj: it. Vias 'not .uticolYvriOn; to' pick :.•6,,)
. tWice a week' Carrying. three . on: TiMber men:. paniel.'lleavener ley built the.,schoOl where Np.; 1
` •his-shoulder---each-Airfie;-..end-, his. Johh Smith, J.'•Heavener,.6..COle, slioOl. ', &ilk! .stands; a and' ,' john
lather', -going ' elide:. a ' weel& and Ed ,Kindrie, B.••• Carance,- jarrie.S. Garrible 'was...the:first teaeher,fle.
these:, were -left tp_onley; Ed. .Morriseri,-.,..........,,_ -4. was followed byIlectdr McLean
at MCKeqrieles Store .• where I - Ti`iPrP ... ' were .sesral,. Wealthy f'Aslifield. Jri.1886 ...when' SanfOfcl
• thern::'Robert *Jardine alSo m,ade gress of .the Village !and .theY,liv-
. d,ay the....'und.ertake7i
artd...terriairied, in tIre lake for tWo. •
final:114)1'0Y' 411d the[.bod161?.:,Wt,.."..0.1
or three years;., and in the sum:
such Wreckage off the shore..•os
barrels 'Of 'lloutf.'arid- lard, luni,
ber, shirigleS,•lpgs,,ete,
•
Keg el, o Lies Buried?
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families interested in ':.the . Pro- 4171afshall was teaching there were
• • 6 • h ) h ' A
,: , Some. tithe. in ,the Fifties a boot
1 .,.. anyone requiring, them eduldget
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most of the 'coffins -16r the de- ed there ' during. its short life,
ceased. In the fall of 1850 he and Calit.1.-lennr' :Capt. Chas'i..
:Milian Henry; who had taken the, •Laiiisabwne' Chas Penieri°r1;•'•A:
the.„Shore.:rictitib.Whed..;bi SeeXeY, J°4' d'amble Ect*4‘71:1'
Pori Elgin to get, th deeds:- The PIP-alspitiling,arOUnd-.-.thq.Village-
rdon.Emnierion, Wal•
ked to .-tribliatalin7
requi'redinO 1--the*daran
they had to sleep in: th•Registry: .ett
Office over night. It Was a log rie
building and the •"Chief gu
.cOntaineti ,therein. Was a whiskey" Ca
barrel.. They had. nothing to eati Catherine Blue,,
B. „Gallagher;
because there Were ncrstoreS ini risteha • , McLean, ', Chtistena
Catheritie'telih,
Camplaell,-,', Catherine MC-
tigallBlizabeth Beattie, 'Bella
m eron _ ri a
anarnikPi.,..41plia,:yoUng; C *st-
a;McGregor-r-lane-Young,-Mar,
ret :McKerilier Mary .Anrr„Sie-
rt, The surveying ,,was -done
57 , and -those assisted% in
at work' Were Daniel damphell;
s. Sardine, Js. Randalls,,David
enley, R.obt. DOrileyi R,obt, Fitz
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raid, Thos.- Ernrnerton, Henry
anainaker, 'Pat. MaQiiade. •
'106 on the school roll:/corisisting.
of 'children from 6'. yearnof • age -
to young. men and: worriery, Up -to
22 years old, and, 'the attendance
went` dOwn until. the •it.tiriter of.
lVfargaret , CurifecT;riZzTe-Cr.fr4-
•: Sarah 4Ferguson, Mary Fen:,
on,, Sarah Campbell, • ••Anil
pbell, Ann Van-, "Ann:Blue,
Pert On the return journcy,•
'
the .only 'food they could buy .in
. ,,Xineardifie was:a pound .Of bUtter
---;-at•IVIcKendrick's•-Store. When they
:4cri-t'u-t-l-De-,Sixi-h-,,Contession they
-walked-inland-z.'douple • -of- rriiles•te
to Jaines MCDiarialci's,i. He had g
bi
:.settled there the ye'ai:•.'befor,e. arid
Wanted some potatoes • which
'Were' a 'good crop,., so. they had
„ plentm
y 'of potatoes -end soe' of
- • their pound of, butter. for . their
'supper, and the gift c)f. some pot-
atoes to take home with them
when ' they. left, They. had just
TroSsecl. PineRi
-Vern
• , 'bridge' whe
di-{ey were Ittaeked by Indians
but they, Managed to;fightthern
off. • .
Lighthciuse Built in „185$" .
The Imperial Government de-.
cided that a ljghthopse, 'was nee-
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c.am as ore-. alf mi lcs?.;
,
south, of, point'Clark• and. the sail-
ors began' to unload it: f„They
brought the esitenti •t� shore,, a-
mong which •Wak"a'keg-of. gold
taICCin "%v. agO:n to' • 11 i ploy'
ud
Light House..:There• ,11.1L.;':',Ofal.•
. • Sernmer .Resort •S . 1911.
The Lake.:tii46s. and
iodicaI1y It was at it h
138 that.time!during
the wives fnecrl:
bea6h both :sides' '5, f •pin
Clark for several:Miles...Min •
.):S;.:covered •with :Pine 11', 1 ),
.tirriber: and it 'makes
mci iesOrt, There.. 'aro
hundred .cottag(is 0.4? e
,pi'escrit. time; and riior:e`' aY.,:.bohrj
built
'fage.Wash'ililt,h•Y%WriVI3p(1.10'.
making .dirollibilttrlIce"Ve.,ir,'``ri-dg-liVtir'llftthiliH44, -
coins While. • the ;Sai.10.1`,.._ wet'e PetrOlia in 1911 few .
I.932,33-there-were-only-three...on
'the 're,-,11',,butithe.,tnroirrient is noW :
about twentY.• • 1 -,; - an TIridiali-, pieked -up the 'keg 'The '.'Second .:cottage -Woti
• LightiieuSe. Keepers.
In the beginning there were
t vo lightkeepers, jam,' young
and Thos. Xilty. Thos.,Kilty only
remained;two oi.. three •years,
•'lien it was considered one liglif;
eepar waS sufficient arid
,
. n Ianeme ery. n e an • .
- , bush *here he'btiried it. hortly .drid,:shortly afterWards o Tatra'
The first cemetery which Was
'
after: 'that the lIndian • dSied latit of LuCknow ;people -buil
• an Indian grayeyard, Was nortri
t .i„eitag'N
:
•
, before 'hi S death he told an'othor south. of the Light Heusi,: scverl •
•.
df4.the• rrioatli 'of 'Pine ltiv'er right • . • .
the Sand,and theSand Indian' what•he had done .and, lie of Which 'have ehafigcd haM
on : . bleVt: tried to locete..the gold 'but.. w3ts
'aWay exposing the bonesarid for, unsik:cest.fo; A
and for many year,s
nariy Years S.lculls and bones both -•:..indiens and men
could be picked :The'':whi.lAr sought for the,.gold but so . far. as.
r :' • .
man's'cemetery was just beside is known ithas neVer, been found,
for d .few year's and waS
sift:
changed.• to its: ' astrgix,
John stopping
Anglican,. - • chureh-.-.:rdratiiiTtiti6-cit,ta,,,islie:-•,.-4-FtE,:-.6(
w ich is the oldest ,church in point' Clark., it .Was being to,Wed
Hiiron TownShiP. About the sanie- bil ' a ' tug, .ahd, When a, terrific
i'time a Presbyterian chi.troh was stchn :St.rtibk the.sailors had, to
built' Of 160.,and it W.a$ hurried. eta the cable and let the raft go
down and the prescint ;UnitOn: to save. the. tugthatWas teWing
Church on the Blue .Water High.; it., A ..,few ,;days,,,later tugs were
Way at Reid's' Corners Was lniilt,ibrought frore•Sarnia to try to get,
. The first r6iimarit 'the:raft off ShOre but it was so
Who came from llaYs1;tille carried' far •up ori the 'beach,;that'..the
mail horsebaci.frern Gederirili heaviest.' eableg 'were;:lissiless. go
to Kincardine...three ‘qtries week the raft had to brpkon up and
tstail. to the mouth 0.f the logs were floated out
the Eighteeti.iviile IliVer, then raft •hunt•mr.ny
long the lake shote to'XinCatcline, tho'. w6ro
.stopPing at the Village of •I4urgan ,1,111,•0.
The 'next 'rhos, •Ha.filen 0:
DetrOiChuilt, his cottag
Wor.ni isBtro4w,delelybtt,Titit,can.
.sburior:11.6,46C,:e:rtier:::tAritenpdrsoLI:.t•:):11t,:011.:1,;
:tewel -with. • hint Who,
are--enttall-6Wri ert--et-pi''ri-r4 -Oa '
Mfr7icinhigdai!ife,arnedntNpeoWil:41,:eirt.lIk';()I*inri°'
always* been .• favorite Pfeifle,
Around e Light ,Ifouse,
ground
umroinDgo.nthaied
keeper there was a h
as .fnany as a thilusanci pO
would gather for the 1a- Ti
chuKingirdinO, Itipley: and 1.aclolcrt.
pie logs roe, uain, effg :trprcit;Ir
• )(c omot), early one 'Cthiezkr',11rnrrilli.clitahteeiVvicP1.111.einti::s.. 11e\::'111
oung kept the light house:until to, leave the . Jahn .1, Ihf)tiiitr, g, as t,..he schools :and. '
,
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