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November 2013 Volume 6: Issue 1 Inside This Issue Kinmount Gazette KINMOUNT GAZETTE THE KINMOUNT COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT November 2013 Volume 6: Issue 1 Inside this issue: FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS 2 EXTRADORDINARY WOMEN 8 SIDEROADS OF KINMOUNT 6 KIDS CORNER 9 THE HOT STOVE 10 CYNDI DESJARDINS SHINES ON 14 DOROTHY’S DELIGHTS 15 DOROTHY’S DELIGHTS 15 The New 2014 Calendars ARE HERE! THE LAND BETWEEN 17 A little piece of history! - Beautiful Glossy Colour Photos Community & Event Information EDITORIAL 19 $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00 Kinmount Artisans Marketplace - Austin Lumber Visit us in colour at Kinvale Restaurant - Gateway General Store & Cafe kinmount.ca All issues available online There were many errors & omis- sions in our October 2013 edition. The Gazette regrets any inconven- ience this may have caused. Please find the completion of The Moon- shiners story below. The Moonshiners Cont. from Volume 5 Issue 12 Because of the severe cut X had experienced, the other detective had to rush him to a doctor in Kinmount or Minden, while his partner stayed to secure the evidence. X was in court the next day in Lindsay and was assessed a $150 fine; and of course their still and related equip- ment was trashed by the police. The family was highly respected in the community and their misdemean- Clockwise from top left: Thanksgiving Farmers Market; Fire Department kicks off Fire our, by today‘s standards, seem Prevention week 2013; a busy Thanksgiving Main Street; Glen Weiler and Julie Austin are insignificant and paltry, but no chefs at the Pancake Breakfast doubt contributed to the sub culture of the day. Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development on the water today while this church were the first two structures at Friends and Neighbours: Mariposa cloud is before my eyes. When the cross roads. A post office was The earliest access to Maripo- ver. It became a post office in the cloud has been removed, opened in 1866. Valentia is the name sa Township was via Lake 1853 and was named after the then I will do it.‖ No make-up of the Irish island that is the western Scugog and south to Port largest grain dealer in the ham- date was ever made. most island off the Irish coast. In Whitby or Oshawa harbour. let; the Hoover family. A large The railway was the undoing of 1866, the new transatlantic telegraph When initially surveyed, the brick schoolhouse was added in Port Hoover. When a rail line cable reached Valentia, Ireland and north shore of Lake Scugog 1853 to cater to the growing was built through the centre of that name was in the news. was part of Cartwright Town- population of the commercial Mariposa Township (1877), The hamlet only contained one busi- ship which was mainly south centre. At 100 people, Port Port Hoover as a shipping port ness, the Valentis General Store, but of the lake. After the dam at Hoover was the largest hamlet became redundant. Most of the it did have 3 churches, a school, an Lindsay raised the water level in the township! At its peak, businesses moved elsewhere Orange Lodge, and branches of the by 10 feet, Lake Scugog went 100,000 bushels of wheat were and people left for Little Brit- Forresters, the Grange, the Order of from a large swamp with a shipped every year from Port ain or Oakwood. The post of- The Good Templars and a Woman‘s creek in the middle to ... well, Hoover. The hamlet also con- fice was moved to Fingerboard Institute! The community also con- there was enough open water tained a saw mill. Steam boats in 1881. Port Hoover eventual- tained an outdoor arena and ball dia- for shallow steamboats. It was called daily during the summer ly became a ghost town. Cot- mond. The school section contained now convenient to go across season when picnicking on the tage developments along Lake so many children, it was split in two the lake by boat to Caesarea shores of Lake Scugog was a Scugog have replaced Maripo- by 1897. Valentia also contained a or Port Perry; ports on the popular past time. sa‘s only port. cheese factory. south shore and hence by road An interesting incident oc- Fingerboard: West of Port to the lake ports on Lake On- curred at Port Hoover in the Hoover at the cross roads of tario. In winter time, sleighs year 1842. A New England self Concessions 1 and 2 was could cross the narrows at -styled prophet named Miller the hamlet of Fingerboard. Port Hoover to Scugog Island began to preach the world Originally called the ―Irish and south. The only other would end on February 15, Settlement‖, the name Fin- options were by bush trails 1843. The doomsday sooth- gerboard was acquired be- around the west side of Lake saying caused many paranoid cause somebody erected a Scugog or via Lindsay to the people to prepare for the end of road sign shaped like a hand east side. Both were inferior the world in strange ways. with a finger pointing the trails until later, improved Farms were given away and way to Port Hoover. A ma- roads were built in the 1860s property destroyed in anticipa- jor road ran through Finger- and later. Thus the earliest tion of the apocalypse. One of board, widely used by farm- settlements/hamlets were the Hoovers became convinced ers hauling grain to Port along the north shore of Lake the end was near and an- Hoover. Scugog or on the cadge roads nounced he would prove it by Churches were the first leading to the lake. walking across the water of structures at the cross roads, Port Hoover became the lead- Lake Scugog from Port Hoover two being erected by 1850 ing ―port‖ for lake traffic by to Caesarea, a distance of 5 when a school was added. A the 1830s. Steamboats called miles. A day in the autumn of blacksmith and a small gen- here on the Lindsay-Port Per- 1842 was announced as the eral store were the only ry run. Boats also crossed to miracle day (winter travel was commercial businesses. The the port of Caesarea on the no challenge because as the local post office was relocat- south shore. The main trade song goes ―Any man can walk ed here from Port Hoover, was grain and lumber. Mari- on the water in the winter but by 1913 it was closed as Downtown Valentia posa grain was cadged down time!) rural mail delivery re- the concession roads from the Hundreds of local Mariposites placed it. Fingerboard north and shipped to markets gathered on the miracle day at was added to the list of down south from Port Hoo- Port Hoover to behold the feat. ghost towns shortly there- ver. The hamlet contained two Hoover seems to have lost faith after. quays or docks, grain storage by the anointed hour for he tied Valentia: In the south- houses and several dealers. a wooden box on each foot for east corner of Mariposa Two hotels catered to the the trek. Even that didn‘t work Township (only 2 conces- travelers and at least two gen- as he slowly sank beneath the sions from Lake Scugog) eral stores lined the only surface of the lake. For a while, the hamlet of Valentia is street. he hid behind a pier on the dock located. This hamlet was In the era before the railway while catcalls rained down. on another grain-route passed through Mariposa Eventually he waded to shore heading to Port Hoover. (1877), most of the trade in and righteously proclaimed ―A Like many of the other grain went through Port Hoo- cloud has risen before my eyes hamlets in the area, a and I cannot see. I cannot walk Page 2 school house and a Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Kinmount Agricultural Society Kinmount Fair August 29 – 31, 2014 Seeking your comments and suggestions Email to [email protected] Kinmount Disaster Relief Efforts Hazel McInnis of Kinmount is a member of the City of Kawartha Lakes Flood Disaster Relief Com- mittee. The Committee has been working hard to raise funds that will then be matched by the Pro- vincial and Federal Governments to support individuals, families and businesses who suffered in the flooding during the Spring of 2013. Here Diane Austin, Chairperson of the Kinmount Committee for Planning presents a cheque for $500.00 raised during the Harvest COMPUTER Homecoming events. WORKSHOP A further $124.25 was raised at the Annual Community Hallow- THURSDAY Nov. 7 een Party. 2 - 5 pn Kinmount Library 705-488-3199 Page 3 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development BOB’S APPLIANCE SERVICE Annual Halloween Party Spooktacular! R epairs to all Major Brand Names Ryan Dettman was the winner of the country dance contest and he Refrigerators — R a n g e s — Dishwashers was not alone M i c r o w a v e s — W a s h e r s — D r y e r s — F r e e z e r s Air Conditioners on the dance floor. Families enjoyed the New and Used Sales & Part Sales festivities at the 7 Days a Week annual Hallow- een Community RR#1, Kinmount, ON 705-488-2274 Party. Watch for more information about the Fam- ily Snowflake Ball an event at our annual- Winterfest. 705-488-1349 705-488-2266 HOUSE FOR SALE - $269,000. INCOME PROPERTY - RENTAL APARTMENTS Brick bungalow, big attached garage, 2840 sq. ft., 5.5 Acres Waterfront Park & Beach across the road Close to Medical Centre 18 Grandy Road, Coboconk For viewing call Charlie at 705-454-1212 or 705-464-1201 The NEW Kinmount Tartan Men’s Cap - Tartan Scarf Tammy - Men’s Tie Available at Kinmount Artisans Marketplace or Contact Diane at 705-488-2635 Page 44 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development The Five Lined Skink The Five Lined Skink is Ontario‘s list in Ontario.
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