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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-07-29, Page 1010 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel The Lucknow Central Public School Grade 8 students who won awards had them presented at the graduation ceremonies held June 24, 2015. From left: Katie Penny, Kaley Kahgee, West Larabee, Nathan Barger, Chasity Murray, Cameron Murray, Braden Snowden, Colton Metske, Nicole Ward, Rebecca Cuillerier. Correction to July 15, 2015 edition to include missed name. Courtesy of the Doran Family Bonanza at Doran Suable Dock circa 1940. Siam% old Thank you for your support during the past 17 years as we ran Spring Breezes Greenhouses. We enjoyed the beauty of flowers and the joy plants gave to people and we so much enjoyed each of our customers and will miss you. Best wishes to you all from the Nonkes family and staff gift" Eteeied Once upon a time The Doran Sauble River property—Part One Wayne and Marvin Doran The Sauble Falls Village site was first settled in 1854. By 1867 a sawmill and lumber business was in operation. By the mid -1880s the population had grown to around 80 peo- ple. At the turn of the century, Sauble Falls was a thriving community with its lumber mill, hydro plant, store, blacksmith, post office, school and homes. Nearby communities Bruce County Memories such as Wiarton, with its three furniture factories, thrived in part due to their proximity to the sawmill. The mill and power house stood on the north side of the river below the falls. Sauble Falls was an excel- lent location for a sawmill due to the availability of water power and nearby stands of high quality timber. The mill was a large enter- prise that produced lumber, shingles, telegraph poles and lath. The property on the Sau- ble River where the Dorans established their ,Cifflos Chad Mann 519-357-3015 www.kruzinmannlimos.com A Division of Lloyd Collins Construction Ltd. NEWSPAPER NEWS ONLINE commercial fishing and marine business was origi- nally part of a large 132 acre tract of land designated as lot 35, Concession D in the early Amabel Township sur- vey. In the heady days of the sawmill, Lot 35, Concession D, which stood adjacent, was prized as a prime timber lot that fed the mill' s insatiable appetite for timber. When, In 1905, Nathan Seaman purchased Lot 35 from Valentine Feick and John Thede, the latter retained 10 acres by the waterfalls, which was to become the source of power for his proposed electric generating station. With two partners, Robert Miller and Rev. L. Wittich, they devel- oped the Sauble Falls Light and Power Company. A transmission line was built to Wiarton to give that town its first supply of electricity in 1907. Lumbering continued on at Sauble Falls until the late 1920s when the supply of timber was finally exhausted. Meanwhile, the popularity of Sauble Beach as a tourist and vacation des- tination steadily grew in the early 1900s and cottages began to spring up along the beach and the river. Most of Lot 35, however, was not sev- ered for cottages, but later became part of the Bruce County Forest and the Sau- ble Falls Provincial Park. Nathan Doran was Nathan Seaman' s nephew. In 1936 he purchased part of Lot 35 for his commercial fishing business. A year later he bought a nearby property from his cousin, Thede sea- man. The fishing business was eventually expanded to include a marina (Doran' s Boat Livery,) the Sauble Clipper tourist boat opera- tion and cottage rentals— Continued next month. Condensed from an article written by Wayne and Mar- vin Doran for the Bruce County historical Society 2015 Yearbook.