February 2015 Volume 7: Issue 4 the Irondale Bancroft and Ottawa Railway Is Drifts and Have to Back up and Hit the Inside This Issue: a Legend in Local Lore

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More Tales of the IB&O February 2015 Volume 7: Issue 4 The Irondale Bancroft and Ottawa Railway is drifts and have to back up and hit the Inside this issue: a legend in local lore. This railway ran from drifts again (and again). At the worst of RIENDS EIGHBOURS 2 Howland Junction to Bancroft. The Ottawa times, it was necessary to break out the F & N terminus never happened: it was just a fanta- shovels. SIDE ROADS OF KINMOUNT 4 sy. But this fact should not deter from the Local residents often used the rail line as THE LIFE OF A LUMBERMAN 5 importance of this railway to local history. a plowed road in winter; whether the The Gazette has featured several articles on transport was on foot or by horse. One COUNCILLOR’S CORNER 7 this railway, but the stories just keep coming. time the train caught up to a farmer haul- THE URANIUM MINES OF CARDIFF 8 Here are some more ―stories‖ about the Great ing a load of wood along the plowed KIDS CORNER 9 IB&O. tracks. The train stopped and the crew THE HOT STOVE 10 In the pre-snow plow days (before 1930), the helped the farmer get his load of wood off DOROTHY’S DELIGHTS 15 railway lines were often the only access the tracks. After passing, the crew stopped roads kept snowplowed. The railways simply a second time and helped the farmer and WINTER FUN IN KINMOUNT 17 bolted a huge snow plow on the engine to load back onto the tracks! Now that‘s EDITORIAL 19 keep the tracks clear. There was no snow service! plow special; the regular train moved the The IB&O met a special train sent from Visit us in colour at snow. A century ago there were fewer trees the Grand Trunk Railway Lindsay at kinmount.ca to act as wind blocks, and (supposedly) more Howland Junction. One wintry day, the All issues available online snow in winter so the railways dealt with Lindsay train became stuck in a particu- some pretty massive snow drifts. It was not larly nasty snow drift at Howland and had unusual for trains to get stopped by monster Continued on page 4 Get Results! ADVERTISE IN THE GAZETTE! Annual kinmount Winterfest Rates per issue: Business Card Size $15 2 x Business Card $30 1/4 Page $40 February 21: Family Snowflake Ball 1/2 Page $75 Kinmount Community Centre 6:30-9:00 PM Full Page $150 [email protected] February 22: PancakeWINTERFEST Breakfast 705 - 488 - 2919 Kinmount Community Centre 8:00 AM-11:00 AM The Gazette is a non profit monthly publication produced by volunteers as February 22: Family festival a community service. The Gazette is Kinmount Arena—Fairgrounds 11:00 AM—3:00 PM entirely dependant on advertising sales  HORSE-DRAWN SLEIGH RIDES & donations to remain operating. We  DOWNHILL DASH—DECORATED TOBOGGAN RACE are very grateful for the continuing  CHILDREN‘S GAMES support of area businesses & patrons.  SNOWSHOEING GUIDEDTRACKING TREK Do you enjoy the Gazette?  SNACK BAR Send a donation! Kinmount Gazette, c/o KCPED,  BONFIRE P.O. Box 38, Kinmount, On K0M 2A0.  SKATING Make cheques payable to K.C.P.E.D.  BROOMBALL Your name will appear in the Thank  ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILES You to Our Patrons section.  EXHIBITORS For information: Call 705-488-2961 (Julie) Follow us on Twitter @kinmount www.kinmount.ca Follow Kinmount events on WEAR RED AND WHITE TO CELEBRATE!!! Twitter! @kinmount SPONSORED BY KINMOUNT COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Friends and Neighbours: Cardiff

Cardiff Township is the east- sign, but were arranged artisti- finished in a few ernmost township in Halibur- cally on their lots to break up the short years. The ton County. It is so far east of ―row house‖ appearance. The Dyno Mine closed the Haliburton-Minden axis bungalows had full basements in 1960 and the that its history is more closely and were quite modern for the Bicroft Mine in tied to Bancroft and Hastings era (1950s). These new houses 1963. Most of the County. The township never were for miners only; separate miners moved contained any large villages, subdivisions were set up for away. Local resi- even though it contained post company executives at Bicroft dents were wor- offices at Kidd‘s Corners, Heights and Bow Lake. ried Cardiff Vil- Cheddar, Highland Grove and The homes were company lage would be- Paudash. None of these settle- owned and rented to miners. If come a ghost ments became large centres. you changed companies, you had town. Rumours The township even had access to change houses! The Bicroft spread the compa- to two colonization roads town plan called for churches nies would bull- (Monck Road and Burleigh and a school, but no commercial doze their homes. Road) and the IB&O Railway. section. Two churches and the Panic spread It looked like there would be school were built, but the village among the Cardiff no large villages in Cardiff missed having retail stores. residents. But Car- Township. But in the 1950s, Since the land was company- diff was destined to all that dramatically changed. owned, nobody could build move on. Dyno In 1946, uranium was discov- stores. The solution was to open Mines had man- ered in many places in Cardiff small businesses in some base- aged to sell its 50 Township and in neighbour- ments. There were 2 such con- homes to private ing Hastings County. There venience stores and a post office individuals. Bicroft was a mining rush as several located in basements. The post Mines sold its houses in a lot to Cardiff village became a satellite large mining companies be- office was called Cardiff. A doc- Bowes And Cocks Reality com- community. A new Legion, post gan mines. Huge numbers of tor opened an office (again in a pany. The houses had cost office and community centre experienced miners were sud- basement) and the Bicroft Mu- $10,500 to build in 1956 and joined the 2 churches and the denly brought in to work in nicipal office occupied another were sold to the Realtor for school. A general store was located the area. Many of these new building. Since many of the min- $4,500. Bowes and Cocks put on along the highway. Bicroft district arrivals had families and re- ers were veterans, a Royal Cana- a heavy marketing campaign, was dissolved and merged with the quired accommodation. The dian Legion branch was the first concentrating on retirement age original Township of Cardiff, old fashioned temporary bunk community hall. seniors. Eventually all the hous- building a new township office at houses were not suitable, and Most of the residents of Cardiff es were sold and the community the site. Later Cardiff Township there was no surplus of hous- were forced into Bancroft for saved from destruction. Cardiff was amalgamated into the Munici- ing in the area. The solution shopping. A new extension for attracted many retirees, but there pality of Highlands East (with was a new town called Bi- the Monck Road (then Highway was also a large number of fami- Monmouth and Glamorgan). And croft. #121) was built straight west to lies with school age children the village of Cardiff was saved The site selected was at the meet Highway # 28 at Paudash who kept the school open to this from oblivion to carry on today. junction of the Monck Road Lake. The township of Cardiff very day. and McGillvray side road had a change in municipal close to the Haliburton- boundaries. The original town- Hastings County boundary. ship was subdivided into 2 mu- The site was rather swampy nicipalities: the Township of and tons of fill was required; Cardiff and the Improvement but it was flat (rather unusual District of Bicroft. The mines topography for Cardiff Town- and the village were placed in ship). Within a few years 232 the new District to meet govern- houses were built on the site. ment (mining land use) regula- Of these 150 homes were tions. The boundaries were very built for the Bicroft Mine erratic. employees and 50 for the Dy- Mining towns are fickle commu- no Mines workers. These nities. Mining follows a boom were the two largest compa- and bust cycle, and the cycles nies with mines nearby. The can be total bust. The uranium houses were all the same de- boom started in 1955 and was

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More Tales of the IB&0 Continued from p. 1 to drop the snow plow to free itself. The conductor questioned the ticket : tion for use on rails (see photo). Evidently, Lindsay crew decided to continue back to ―This boy of yours is far too big for a half- he ran up and down on the tracks. This Lindsay and return the next day with fare ticket!‖ service was clearly more reliable! heavy equipment to free the plow. When The woman replied ―Well maybe he is, but Hand cars were also extensively used. In they returned next day, the snow plow he wasn‘t when he left Baptiste Lake. He‘s a the early days, these were hand powered, was gone! Evidently the IB&O owner, growing lad and yours is a slow train.‖ but later gas engine models appeared. Charles J Pusey had heard about the It was often stated the IB&O ran by calendar Since the IB&O track was only used every ―abandoned‖ snow plow and sent a crew instead of schedule. It was notoriously slow, other day, the track was open for (public?) to liberate it. (Evidently the laws of sal- often averaging about 20 miles per hour. use. Locals frequently ―acquired‖ a hand vage were applied along the IB&O!) Like Unscheduled stops were frequent (see previ- car to travel on their own pleasure. Gor- the pirates of old, the IB&O crew used the ous story about farmer on the tracks) and the don Barr of Gooderham tells the story of snow plow for several months until ru- IB&O was often late meeting the GTR train one winter‘s night the locals decided to mours reached Lindsay on the wherea- at Howland. Pusey advertised his passenger attend a dance in Tory Hill. A group of bouts of the missing machinery. The GTR service in 1906 under the tag line: ―Leave teenagers commandeered a hand car and sent a crew to Irondale to reclaim their Bancroft at 11:00 am, be in Toronto by 9:00 set off up the line. Along the way, his property. To make a point, the Lindsay pm‖ (same day!) To meet this schedule was younger sister fell off the car. They office of the GTR sent a bill to Pusey for a challenge. The GTR was constantly argu- stopped, picked her out of the snow bank, ―rental‖ of the plow. To make his point, ing with the IB&O over late trains. Some- and continued on. Presumably, they Pusey sent a bill to the GTR for rescuing times the problem was based on run-down or returned by the same method. Try that the plow from the drifts in the first place. broken equipment. After one frustrating today! Touche! stretch of missed trains, a correspondent Children rode the railway for half-fare. from Highland Grove commented ―Engine One day at Howland Junction, a woman number 2 is still out for repairs, but all is and a ―rather large child‖ disembarked to not lost. John Train of Kinmount is still on meet the Lindsay train. On inspection, the the Road!‖ John Train owned a veli- boy had a child‘s half-fare ticket. The ciopede: a 3 wheel bicycle-style contrap- Sides Roads of Kinmount: Howland Junction Howland Junction itself started off as a flag crossing the Burnt River, the line followed completed the section to Irondale by 1883 stop on the Victoria Railway in 1877. The the south bank of the river. It was said and switched his mining operations north original name was Kendrick‘s flag stop, Myles tramway did not use steel rails, but to the renamed village. Over the next 2 Kendrick being a local settler. In 1876 Wil- ran on hardwood rails! After 2 years, decades the IB&O was gradually extended liam Myles entered the race to develop the Myles ran out of money. The records are to Bancroft by 1911, actually it reached iron ore mines at Furnace Falls. His plan very obscure: Myles tramway may have York Station north of Bancroft where it was to build a tram line (or railway?) from been built illegally! It is doubtful if he linked with the Central Ontario Railway Furnace Falls to the closest part of the new shipped any iron ore out via the tramway. (COR). Victoria Railway at Kendrick‘s. The name He then sold his operations to the famous Howland Junction became the southern of the junction was changed to Myles Junc- Irondale Magnate, Charles J Pusey. He terminus of the great IB&O. Three times a tion. It was only 2 miles from Kinmount renamed the site Howland Junction after week a mixed train came from Bancroft Station, which didn‘t justify a flag station, his partner and son-in-law J.B. Howland. down the line to meet a special train from so it was apparent at the time that big plans The new railway was originally named the Lindsay. The IB&O train met the special were afoot to build a branch railway east to Toronto & Nipissing Eastern Extension train from Lindsay and then ascended the Furnace Falls. Myles borrowed $60,000 Railway. After a lot of inactivity, the line back north. A typical schedule for and began to build a tram way from the tramway was upgraded and renamed the 1923 had the IB&O train leaving Bancroft junction to Furnace Falls; a distance of 6.7 Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway, at 11:00 am. It was 54 miles from Ban- miles. The line had to bridge the Burnt Riv- affectionately nicknamed the IB&O. croft to Howland Junction with an esti- er, but it was still the easiest way to access Myles Junction was renamed Kinmount mated time of arrival at 1:45 pm. (Good the Victoria Railway. Junction and then Howland Junction. The luck with that!) Along the way, the train The new line was named the Myles Branch charter called for the line to run from stopped at Baptiste, Highland Grove, Wil- Tramway. It was never registered as a rail- Howland Junction to Irondale, and then berforce, Tory Hill, Gooderham and Iron- way, so it must have been a Tram way. A northeast to Bancroft and hence on to Ot- dale. It could also stop at any number of tramway was not a true railway; and often tawa, likely meaning a spot on the Ottawa flag stations along the route if there were consisted of trams or carts being hauled by River. It was a very, very optimistic plan. customers there. At the other end of the horse power or steam tractor along a line. The Howland to Furnace Falls section was route, the Grand Trunk Railway dis- Myles had problems with several farmers quickly realized to bring out the iron ore patched a special train to Howland Junc- over right of way through their lots. After being smelted at Furnace Falls. Pusey then tion from Lindsay @ 11:35 am. This train Continued p. 13 Page 44 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development The Life of a Lumberman, Part 1 Kinmount was a lumber town. In The census listed the occupations of fact, most villages and towns in our Kinmount and area residents. The area were lumber towns. Farming area contained 204 workers was a precarious calling all over (excluding farmers). Of these work- the Ottawa-Huron Tract, but the ers, 127 earned a living in the lum- communities could always count ber industry. The breakdown was as on lumbering to provide some eco- follows: nomic lift. The lumber industry had Shantymen or workers at the lumber several strands. It provided direct camps – 67 employment via jobs in sawmills or Sawmill workers – 42 jobs in the bush camps. The two River Drivers – 14 were related; the sawmills operat- Mill owners and managers – 6 ing almost exclusively during the The different occupations were summer and fall seasons. The lum- clearly separated on the census. Kin- ber camps operated only during the mount was a lumber town! fall and winter seasons. A separate The lumber industry in our area of career in the lumber industry was Ontario (Ottawa-Huron Tract) had river driving, which occupied a several distinct eras. The first era short season in the spring. Workers lasted from about 1850 to 1880. often only participated in one or the Before 1850, the lumber industry other of these activities. The lum- was concentrated in Southern Ontar- ber industry was not a 12 month io. There was lots of fine timber affair for most of its workers. easily accessible south of the Ka- The lumber industry also gave local wartha Lakes. The Ottawa-Huron farmers the opportunity to sell Tract was left undisturbed because wood products off their properties its resources were not needed (yet) to lumbermen big and small. Other and it was inaccessible. Logs could settlers added to their income by be floated south on our many water- cadging supplies with their horse ways easily enough, but to operate teams. And any surplus produce for successfully, the big lumber opera- man or beast found a ready market tions needed roads. To supply an among the lumbermen. average shanty for one season, be- Kinmount as a lumber town, had a tween 100 and 200 wagon/sleigh large ―labouring‖ segment. Most of loads of supplies were needed. The- the workers were mill workers who se supplies ranged from food for worked in the several mills in and man and beast to hardwares of many around the town. They would be sorts. And they all had to be employed for between 6 and 9 ―cadged‖ in by road or trail. Cadg- months and laid off during the ing required at least superficial trails height of the winter season. They from the supply centres such as could find employment cutting Bobcaygeon or Fenelon Falls, that timber in the woods, but the jobs were accessible by boat, to the shan- often overlapped. Most of the tys that were always set deep in the ―shantymen‖ or lumberjacks who bush. Shantys were located as close went to the camps were young, as possible to the trees, not the single men, often from farms. The cadge roads. mill workers usually had families The Bobcaygeon Road was a perfect and homes and didn‘t want to dis- arterial road, running from Bob- appear for 4 months in the winter. caygeon deep into Haliburton The river drivers were a subset all County. The Road reached Kin- Thursday Feb. 12 their own; mostly shantymen who mount in 1858 and Minden one year took their log drive all the way to later. All along its route, side or Bus leaves Legion the mill. Not all shantymen accom- secondary roads branched off both 9 am panied the log drives; it took skill east and west to new settlements or Return 4 pm to drive logs. depot farms. From the end of these The census of 1911 provides an roads, the true cadge road led to the Cost $5 Includes Lunch interesting glimpse of Kinmount actual lumber shanty, deep in the employment in the lumber industry. woods. 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The Life of a Lumberman, cont. from p. 5 primitive, often only a cleared trail But in the early pioneer period, food through the bush. Since the shanty surpluses were rare and hay was only lasted 2 or 3 years, the cadge even harder to acquire. The local roads were quickly abandoned. The farmers needed most of what they perfect time for cadging was late could produce to feed their own fall; when the mud was frozen, but families and livestock. But such the snow not too deep. Sleighs supplies were readily available in could be used, but wagons were southern Victoria County and thus preferred. the cadge teams rolled on. It was a The lumber companies used prodi- 18 mile trip to Kinmount from Bob- gious numbers of horses, wagons caygeon, and cadge teams were not and teamsters in the cadging busi- known for their speed. Add in bad ness, let along during the actual roads often mired in mud and the logging. Some of the cadge teams trip from Bobcaygeon north lasted were company owned, but most at least 2 days and often 5-6 days! were hired contractors. Local farm- Accommodation for man and beast ers and livery stables earned extra was needed and thus a hotel or inn cash by cadging shanty supplies. It was placed every 5 or so miles was said the Bobcaygeon Road was along the Bobcaygeon Road. That‘s alive with cadgers from October to why Kinmount had so many hotels! January. The lumber companies All the shanty boys also had to be tried to buy supplies as close to trucked north up the Road. Most their shanty as possible to cut costs, walked or (if lucky) could hitch a so the local settlers found ready ride with a teamster. Due to the hor- buyers for any surplus they could rid condition of the Road, it was produce. There is no doubt the likely easier to walk. Since most of lumber companies had buyers sta- the shanty boys were ―short on tioned in Kinmount to purchase cash‖, the famous Boyd Company For that Special Valentine such staples as pork, potatoes, beef, of Bobcaygeon actually had a depot flour, oats, hay and root vegetables in Kinmount. The northward bound Homemade Treats! for their shantys. These buyers shantyman was expected to walk to were often the local storekeepers Kinmount from Bobcaygeon in one who would barter with local pio- day, and free board was provided neer farmers and wholesale to the for the night. The shantyman could lumbermen. Continued p. 14

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Councillor’s Corner by Gord Miller Happy February everyone! We had Blooms Committee in their worth- WANTED a great turnout for Mayor Letham‘s while cause. Thanks to the Acade- Levee in Bobcaygeon in early Janu- my Theatre and other sponsors who ary - it was wonderful to see many donated prizes for the auction. of you there who wanted to discuss I have to say I am encouraged and your views and suggestions for how excited with how well the current FAMILY we can make our community a bet- Council is embracing teamwork ter place to live, work and play. It and working towards getting things was also great to see so many other done effectively and efficient- City Councillors make it out on a ly. We have some real talent and DOCTORS very wintery morning in order to experience in this group that in- show their commitment to team- cludes equal numbers of returning work and supporting other wards and newly elected members, mak- within the City of Kawartha Lakes. ing for a good mix. I am proud to KINMOUNT As of this writing, I am fine-tuning be a part of this team. and preparing my special Chilli reci- pe for the Annual Chilli Cook-off in Until next month, Burnt River on January 31st, when stay warm and former Councillor Hodgson and I enjoy winter! 705-488-2646 will be adding a little more Chilli ―Heat‖ to assist warming up those of you who may be shivering from the winter cold, while supporting the

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Page 7 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development The Uranium Mines of Cardiff The Bancroft area of north Hastings County won a contract from Eldorado Mining for the Faraday Mine had shipped $54 million has a long history of mining ventures. Moth- $35,000,000 worth of uranium and the Car- dollars worth of uranium. The sudden de- er Nature endowed the region with a bonan- diff Rush was on! A large mine with crush- mise of all 4 mines shocked the community za of minerals, many of them very rare or ing mill was built at the Bicroft site. To of Bancroft and led to worries about the obscure. Within a 50 mile radius of Ban- house the workers, the village of Cardiff was area becoming a ghost town. Cardiff village croft, there are 1,600 identified minerals! built nearby. A second site called the Dyno in particular was worried about the loss of Despite this bounty of Nature, Bancroft is Mines was opened further west along the old its raison d‘etre. Numerous attempts were not a mining centre. Most of the minerals are Burleigh Road. Two other large mines, made to save the industry, but the world obscure, minor or of no commercial value. Greyhawk and Faraday were started closer markets had spoken and the mines were But this was not always the case. A lot of to Bancroft. abandoned. mining booms (and busts) litter the history Uranium mining was a dangerous profes- The Faraday Mine was reopened in the of the area. One of these stories relates to the sion. In the five years of the uranium boom, 1970s. The rest of the mines were rehabili- great uranium book of the 1950s. 10 miners were killed in the mines. Most tated or cleaned up to stop dangerous radia- It all started in the late 1800s with the dis- died from falls or rock collapses, but at least tion. Today three sites are accessible for covery of the element radium. Its practical two died from carbon monoxide poisoning. rock hounds. use was it glowed in the dark, but it was The Cardiff uranium was primarily shipped believed to help fight cancer. It was a very to the USA where is was used for nuclear rare element, and it took 750 tons of rock to weapons. By the 1950s more uranium was Top: Bicroft Mine remnants are the venting get 1 gram of radium! By World War I it being used for electrical generation in CAN- shafts; was fetching $170,000 per gram! To encour- DU reactors. age prospecting for radium, the Ontario The boom didn‘t last very long. Greyhawk Bottom: The Faraday Mine in its hayday Government offered a reward of $25,000 for Mine was the first to close after only 2 years any discovery of radium in the province. of operation. The Dyno Mine followed in This reward was huge in 1914 and led to lots 1959, followed by Bicroft in 1963 and Fara- of prospectors combing the hills of the Ban- day in 1964. The market had col- croft area. Small strikes were made all over lapsed and the prices with it. New the area, and especially in Cardiff Township. mines in other parts of Canada and The Richardson Mine was opened along the the world were producing larger IB&O Railway in Cardiff and samples were quantities at cheaper prices, flooding taken on and off throughout the 1920s. The the market and driving down prices most successful product was ―radium wa- to the point the Bancroft mines ter‖, a natural spring water that was sup- couldn‘t compete. The good concen- posed to be very healthful. It was actually trations of uranium were gone after a bottled and sold in Toronto! few years and it became uneconomi- But the big impetus occurred during World cal to keep the mines going. War II. Scientists had been experimenting It had been a good run while it last- with splitting atoms to release huge amounts ed. The Dyno Mine had extended of energy and the number one element for 1,710 feet underground. The Bicroft this procedure was uranium. Since uranium Mine had 28 miles of side drifts. And and radium were found together, interest in the Bancroft deposits was revived. Prospec- tors combed the entire area with their Geiger counters to find radioactive minerals for the war effort. The big mine at Crystal Lake was started in the hope the elusive mother lode of uranium lay under the lake. But the most promising spots were in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. El Dorado Nucle- ar at Port Hope processed much of the uranium that was used for the Manhattan Project that led to the first nuclear weapons. After the war, uranium was still in demand. Amateur prospectors including G.W. Burns began to nose about some rumours of a mine near Centre Lake in Cardiff Township. In 1955 a company called Bicroft Uranium Mines was formed to exploit this strike. It

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New Year! Nice Nice Kids’ Corner Everyone! Eating lots of food Extra great Some of the Kinmount Wishes! Willing to help somebody Wonderful Sparks, Brownies, Guides & Yummy! Yummy Yay Community Hours Helpers Exciting! Exciting Extra awesome wrote acrostic poems about Awesomeness! All Right Awesome New Year‘s along with wish- Really fun! Resolutions Rad es/dreams they have for For 2015 I would like to be a better For 2015 I would like to go skat- For 2015 I would like to play 2015. Here‘s what they had friend, be more awesome than being more, go swimming more the guitar better, be a better to say: fore and spend more time with my and have a good birthday. dancer and be cooler. family. Lllie Fendley Cameryn Shaw Nice Carlee Dettman Everyone happy New Year‘s Eve New Will be up late In 2015 I would like to go camp- Exciting Exciting You look pretty ing, go swimming more and go to Wild Will be exciting Everyone hanging out school. Yummy treats Year And sad Eden Shaw Eat Ever lasting Red sweater Always fun Awesome For 2015 I wish to be cool, In 2015 I would like to grow my Rock around the clock Remember be nice and to sing better. hair, be cooler and dance better. For 2015 I would like to get For 215 I would like to sleep Hailey Hubbel Brooke Trevena more candy, go to McDonalds good, be better at riding and be more and wash dishes. better at math. Nice Nice Olivia Shaw Julianna Austin Exciting Exciting Will be great Wishes Not boring New Year Year Every day fun Eat candy Everyone being happy Everlasting Will be fun Wow Amazing Awesome Yes please Year Really Awesome Really Great Eat lots Exciting For 2015 I would like to get For 2015 I would like to be awe- A fun time Awesome better at math, be a better some, be a star and a better dancer. Really great Rocks cheerleader and to stay with Olivia Lee In 2015 I would like to get lots For 2015 I wish there were my family more. of money, be cool and be awe- candy clouds, that it rained Kelly Lin some. candy and there were candy Gracie Lee leaves. Kaylynn Shaw

Kinmount Sparks, Brownies & Guides made hand crafted Valen- tine’s to send to Veterans. Valentines for Vets began in 1989 when newspaper columnist Ann Landers encouraged readers to send Valentine’s to veterans in care facilities. Veterans Affairs Canada became involved in the program and now distributes these Valentines for Vets across the country each year. They encour- age Canadians young and old to honour veterans by participating Fun, Friendship & Adventure! in the program. Sparks, Brownies & Guides Send Valentine’s for Vets to: Valentines for Vets Veterans Affairs Canada Commemoration Mondays 6:30 pm Kinmount Community Ctr. P.O. Box 7700 Call 705.488.2919 for more info Charlottetown, PE C1A 8M9 Page 9 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development

RAZZAMATAZ The Hot Stove Leak by Lynne Kilby KID SHOWS Watch out! The Mask Messenger Who doesn‘t like to be appreciat- THE MAKING OF arrives at 2 pm Sunday Feb. 22 at history. Let me tell you, ed? On behalf of my grand- THE CANADA FLAG the Northern Lights Pavilion in I don't think of myself as the daughter Cameryn Shaw who This month the Canada Flag Haliburton! The Mask Messenger Betsy Ross type. reliably home delivers Kawartha turns 50! Back in 1964 on a Fri- is a tour de force solo perfor- And sewing the flag was not Lakes This Week around town, day afternoon in the late autumn, mance that utilizes theatre, physi- easy. I was no professional - I thank you to all her customers an urgent request came from cal comedy, quick change artistry had just sewed some of my who showed their appreciation Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and masked transformations in a clothes before this. My sewing for her hard work through all to the desk of Ken Donovan. Mr. series of vignettes that range machine wasn't made for such kinds of weather by giving her a Donovan was then an assistant from comic to ender to bizarre. heavy material. But eventual- Christmas gift or Christmas tip. purchasing director with the Ca- Half masked characters speak; ly, the flag came together. You put a smile on her face! nadian Government Exhibition full masked characters remain At the time, it wasn't the best Your Christmas spirit is so Commission, which later became silent while speaking volumes way I could think of to spend a touching and means so much. a part of the Department of Sup- with convincing body language Friday night. In fact, my father ply and Services. and a dancer‘s grace. This show was more excited than I was If you live in town and would The Prime Minister wanted pro- brims with wisdom & insight, about the whole thing - he was like to start home delivery of totypes of the proposals for the even though at times audiences the one who got to deliver the Kawartha Lakes This Week, new flag to take to his new resi- are laughing too hard to notice. prototypes to Mr. Pearson's Cameryn would be happy to dence at Harrington Lake the Tickets $8 Adults, $6 Children & house. serve you. Just give me a call. next morning. The three pro- kids under 2 free. ickets may be Even though I may not have The voluntary payment is $4 per posals on the table included the purchased in advance at razzama- realized the importance of month. Delivery is Thursday single maple leaf design. taz.ca or on performance day. what I had been asked to do evenings. The only design samples in exist- then, I felt good about sewing ence were drawings on paper. So the prototypes for the flag. It On the same note, as a school Mr. Donovan and his team of was certainly not a request bus driver I too receive many designers managed to do the im- people got every day." Christmas gifts from families I possible. The flag prototypes serve. Thank you so much for were assembled in just a few sharing your Christmas spirit by hours. Graphic artists and silk showing your appreciation for screeners Jean Desrosiers and the job I do. You make me smile! John Williams were called in to work on the Friday evening. And here‘s another reason to Since no seamstress could be ICE CAR RACES smile - Kinmount Winterfest! found, the flags were stitched Looking for something different For the most part I am a big fan together by the young Joan to do? How about some free fam- of hibernating in winter as much O'Malley, daughter of Ken Do- ily fun? Race car enthusiasts will as I can but something that al- novan. enjoy the Ice Car Racing events ways brings me out with a smile During a ceremony celebrating every Saturday & Sunday at Min- is Kinmount Winterfest. It feels the 30th anniversary of the flag, den Fairgrounds. Lots of hills for so good to enjoy a little fresh air Joan O'Malley recounted her sledding too! and family fun and kiss February experience: goodbye with a grand hurrah! "I really didn't realize what I was See you there Sunday Feb. 22 at getting into when I got that Kinmount Arena & Fairgrounds. phone call from my father in Joan O’Malley, seamstress Don‘t forget to kick start your 1964. I was just doing my father of the first Canada flag! day with a Pancake Breakfast at a favour; not participating in Kinmount Community Centre. BCH Tax Preparation Accounting/Bookkeeping Keep smiling and please 3235 County Road 121 Government Remittances remember to contact me R.R. #2 Burnt River ON Payroll at 705-488-2919 or K0M 1C0 email: [email protected] Personal Tax Returns Barry Heaton to leak your information in the P.O.S. System Set-up Hot Stove. Happy Groundhog Phone 705-488-2228 Small Business Set-up Day! Happy Valentine‘s Day! Mobile 705-340-3942 Happy Family Day! Happy Win- Fax 705-488-3160 terfest! [email protected] All at REASONABLE RATES

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impossible. The flag prototypes a favour; not participating in The Hot Stove Leak cont. from p. 10 were assembled in just a few history. Let me tell you, I don't Who doesn‘t like to be appreci- and kiss February goodbye with think of myself as the Betsy Ross ated? On behalf of my grand- a grand hurrah! See you there type. daughter Cameryn Shaw who Sunday Feb. 22 at Kinmount And sewing the flag was not reliably home delivers Ka- Arena & Fairgrounds. Don‘t easy. I was no professional - I wartha Lakes This Week forget to kick start your day with had just sewed some of my around town, thank you to all a Pancake Breakfast at Kin- clothes before this. My sewing her customers who showed mount Community Centre. machine wasn't made for such their appreciation for her hard heavy material. But eventually, work through all kinds of Keep smiling and please the flag came together. weather by giving her a Christ- remember to contact me at 705- hours. Graphic artists and silk At the time, it wasn't the best mas gift or Christmas tip. You 488-2919 or email: screeners Jean Desrosiers and way I could think of to spend a put a smile on her face! Your [email protected] to John Williams were called in to Friday night. In fact, my father Christmas spirit is so touching leak your information in the Hot work on the Friday evening. was more excited than I was and means so much. Stove. Happy Groundhog Day! Since no seamstress could be about the whole thing - he was Happy Valentine‘s Day! Happy found, the flags were stitched the one who got to deliver the If you live in town and would Family Day! Happy Winterfest! together by the young Joan prototypes to Mr. Pearson's like to start home delivery of THE MAKING OF THE O'Malley, daughter of Ken Do- house. Kawartha Lakes This Week, CANADA FLAG novan. Even though I may not have Cameryn would be happy to This month the Canada Flag During a ceremony celebrating realized the importance of what serve you. Just give me a call. turns 50! Back in 1964 on a the 30th anniversary of the flag, I had been asked to do then, I The voluntary payment is $4 Friday afternoon in the late au- Joan O'Malley recounted her felt good about sewing the proper month. Delivery is Thurs- tumn, an urgent request came experience: totypes for the flag. It was cer- day evenings. from Prime Minister "I really didn't realize what I was tainly not a request people got Lester B. Pearson to getting into when I got that every day." On the same note, as a school the desk of Ken Do- phone call from my father in RAZZAMATAZ bus driver I too receive many novan. Mr. Donovan was then an 1964. I was just doing my father KID SHOWS Christmas gifts from families I assistant purchasing director serve. Thank you so much for with the Canadian Government sharing your Christmas spirit Exhibition Commission, which by showing your appreciation later became a part of the De- for the job I do. You make me partment of Supply and Services. smile! The Prime Minister wanted prototypes of the proposals for the And here‘s another reason to new flag to take to his new resi- smile - Kinmount Winterfest! dence at Harrington Lake the For the most part I am a big fan next morning. The three pro- of hibernating in winter as posals on the table included the much as I can but something single maple leaf design. that always brings me out with The only design samples in ex- a smile is Kinmount Winter- istence were drawings on paper. fest. It feels so good to enjoy a So Mr. Donovan and his team of The Haliburton County Red Wolves Special Olympics win at curl- little fresh air and family fun designers managed to do the ing in Midland in 2013. From the left, local Kinmount residents Brent Leffering & Trevor Brauer with teammates.

Just one of the many PAUL SILVER 25+ years serving the area handcrafted items available for purchase at Kinmount Artisans Market- place. This clock by NOW BOOKING artisan Fred Prine features Kinmount INTERIOR WORK PROJECTS Railway Station on CARPENTRY - BUILDING - RENOVATIONS the face. The Mar- ketplace is open Fri- P.O. Box 286 Kinmount, On (705) 488-2919 days, Saturdays & e-mail: [email protected] Sundays 10am - 4pm. K0M 2A0

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The Hot Stove Leak cont. UPCOMING EVENTS ONGOING ACTIVITIES SHAUN CHAPMAN MEMORIAL Feb. 1 - Super Bowl Party 6:00 p.m. at the Tai Chi Mondays & Thursdays, 10am - noon SKATEBOARD PARK FUNDS Legion. at Galway Hall. UPDATE Feb. 7 - Kinmount Educational Bursary Ontario Early Years 3rd Monday monthly More than10 years ago over $20,000 was Dinner Auction 5 pm Galway Hall. Tickets DISCONTINUED Kinmount Community raised to create a skateboard park in $15 available at Kinmount Pharmacy or call Ctr. memory of Shaun Chapman a young 705-488-3053. Seniors Cards Potluck Lunch, 12:30 p.m. Kinmount teen who lost his life in a trag- February 12 - Casino Rama Trip $5 includes Mondays Bid Euchre at 1 pm at Kinmount ic car accident. Unfortunately the project lunch. Call 705-488-2669 to reserve. Legion. did not become a reality. The funds are Feb, 14 - Chili Luncheon 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 Sparks, Brownies, Guides & Pathfinders on deposit at Kawartha Credit Union in p.m.$6 Kinmount Community Centre. Mondays 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Kinmount Kinmount. At a public meeting it was Feb. 14 - Valentine Fun with Country Music Community Ctr. Call 705-488-2919 for info. decided to purchase a Memorial Trophy 4:30 p.m. at the Legion. Messy Church 3rd Tuesday monthly St. for Shaun‘s Hockey Association— Feb. 18 - Big Buck Bid Euchre 11:00 a.m. at James Anglican Church. Stories, crafts, food. Haliburton Highland Storm to be award- Kinmount Legion Kinmount Public Library Hours: ed yearly to the Most Improved Team. Feb. 21 - Friends of the Library Book Sale, Tues. & Thurs 11am - 7 pm, Sat. 9 am - 1 pm Pictured below is the trophy. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Library. Sea Cadets Tuesdays 6:15 pm - 9:30 pm It was also decid- Feb. 21- Family Snowflake Ball 6:30 to 8:30 Coboconk Legion. ed to donate $200 pm at Kinmount Community Centre Kinmount Playschool Wednesdays or annually to Fe- Feb. 21 - Special Olympics Dinner & Dance Thursdays 10 am - noon at Kinmount Com- nelon Falls Sec- $25 5:30 p.m. Haliburton Legion munity Centre. Call 705-488-3044 to confirm ondary School for Feb. 22 - Kinmount Winterfest Pancake day. an award to a Breakfast 8:30 am to 11 am at Kinmount Cards Wednesdays 7 p.m. Irondale Commu- Grade 12 Gradu- Community Centre. Family fun Kinmount nity Centre. Donation $2 appreciated. Potluck ate for Best All Arena & Fairgrounds 11 am to 4 pm. snacks. Round Citizen March 7 - Victoria Pony Club Dinner/ Knitting Club Thursdays 1 p.m. No experi- from the Kin- Auction 5 pm at Galway Hall. ence needed. St James Anglican Church. mount area. More March 8 - Kinmount Artisans Annual Gen- Yoga Thursdays, 5:30 pm - 7 pm at Kin- options to use the eral Meeting 2:00 p.m. Kinmount Communi- mount Community Centre. $9.00 per session. remaining funds ty Centre. Friday Night Bingo 6:45 p.m. Royal to benefit area March Break - Crafts for Kids at Kinmount Canadian Legion., $300.00 Must Go Jackpot. Shaun Chapman youth are under Community Centre, Sponsored by Kinmount Kids Zone Sundays, 11am Kinmount Baptist Memorial Trophy investigation. Artisans. Date TBA. Church.

Page 12 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development A Valentine’s Day Legend On February 14 around the year tinued to perform marriages for 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest young lovers in secret. When Val- in Rome in the days of Emperor entine's actions were discovered, Claudius II, was executed. Under Claudius ordered that he be put to the rule of Claudius the Cruel, death. Valentine was arrested and Rome was involved in many un- dragged before the Prefect of popular and bloody campaigns. The Rome, who condemned him to be emperor had to maintain a strong beaten to death with clubs and to army, but was having difficulty have his head cut off. The sentence getting soldiers to join his military was carried out on February 14, on leagues. Claudius believed Roman or about the year 270. Legend also men were unwilling to join the ar- has it that while in jail, St. Valen- my because of their attachment to tine left a farewell note for the their wives and families. To get rid jailer's daughter, who had become of the problem, Claudius banned all his friend, and signed it "From marriages and engagements in Your Valentine." For his great Rome. Valentine, realizing the in- service, Valentine was named a justice, defied the decree and con- saint after his death. HEALTH CARE TEAM From top left: Dr. Elena Mihu, Sides Roads of Kinmount Con\t from p. 4 Dr. Zsuzanna Kaszas, Physiotherapist Sandra Butler, was expected back in Lindsay by 9:40 am and leaving Lindsay for Receptionists Nellie Gluck & 6:15 pm. From Lindsay, there Haliburton at 2:40 pm. The two Lisa Russell were still 7 trains leaving after trains obviously passed along the 6:30pm for various parts of the way sometime in the afternoon. province including Toronto and This also meant Kinmount had 4 James Sandford Peterborough that travellers could trains per day! Registered make connections ; thus Pusey‘s The typical Lindsay-Howland spe- Massage Therapist boast of leaving Bancroft at 11:00 cial train drew 13 cars. There was am and being in Toronto by 9:30 much coupling and loading along pm. The Victoria Rail Line was the line. Some railway cars were 705 488 1384 also used by regular GTR trains, whole loads (such as wood prod- which left Haliburton early in the ucts). Others like baggage cars For multiple health issues or just relaxation! morning to arrive in Lindsay by needed parcels shunted off or on. Home visits available after FREE consultation. Continued p. 15 Get the most of your benefits, receipts issued.

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transport to market. The Kinmount The Life of a Lumberman, continued from p. 6 sawmills could cut the timber them- also purchase some luxuries, such as tobacco, to cadge lumber south by horse and wagon. selves: Craig and Austin always had a at the B & B in town on credit; due at the end This all changed with the advent of the rail- shanty somewhere in the bush to supply of the season. The editor has seen bills from way. By the 1870s, it was no longer neces- raw logs for their mill. Or the wood this Kinmount depot in the Boyd Papers, but sary to have water power for a sawmill. It could be purchased from local farmers. its location still remains unidentified. The was now possible to run the mill by steam Many a settler earned extra income by next stage after Kinmount was Minden or power. Of the 6 or so mills in the village, selling cedar blocks for shingles, or maybe Haliburton or numerous sites beyond only the Austin & Craig mill used water fence posts or any logs to the local mills. deep in the bush. Mossom Boyd purchased power. The others used steam engines. Tan bark was another wood product with timber ―limits‖ or cutting rights in Snowdon, The big lumber companies still drove their value. It was the bark of the hemlock Glamorgan, Monmouth, Somerville Town- logs south along the rivers because it was too tree that was used in the tanning of ships plus the entire 9 townships of Dysart et expensive to build new mills closer to the hides. Hemlock swamps were plentiful Al in Haliburton County. Most of the timber timber. So the river drives continued for a in the Kinmount area; all the farmer had cut from these limits was floated down the while. But the best timber was long gone, to do was peel off the bark and cadge it Burnt River system through Kinmount. The and the big companies gradually disappeared to Kinmount where it was shipped out rest was brought down the Gull River. Al- to be replaced by a myriad of smaller compa- by rail. In later years, cord wood or fire- most all the supplies for these camps was nies situated much closer to the action. The wood also had value. It was shipped by cadged up the Bobcaygeon Road before 1976 types of forest products also changed. The rail to heat the growing cities. But before and then was switched to rail after the rails early days of lumbering harvested only the trucks, railway transport was the only reached Haliburton. No wonder the Kin- finest pine, primarily white pine. These kings practical way of getting firewood to mount blacksmiths were kept busy! of the forest produced the finest saw logs (for market. This system worked well until the mid 1870s lumber) and squared timbers for shipment to The earliest lumber shantys in the Kin- when the Victoria Railway arrived in the Europe and even spars and masts for sailing mount area dated from the 1850s. The area. Now the supplies and shantymen could ships. But the best timber was becoming ex- census of 1861 listed 7 shantys in Som- arrive by railway much closer to their desti- hausted by 1880, and lesser trees came into erville Township alone. As the lumber- nation. The railway certainly cut costs, espe- demand. men moved further north in search for cially in the cadging field. But it also led to a Hardwood had no value before the railroads. the white pine, the shantys moved north drop in the price of foodstuffs sold by locals. It did not float, so it could not be driven as well. The earliest shantys were very Supplies could be easily shipped in from down the rivers. But with a saw mill in every primitive. down south and prices plummeted in Kin- small town, it was now practical to mount. The supplies still had to be cadged cadge the hardwood to the nearest into the shantys, but fewer cadgers now plied mill, saw it and ship out the product the Bobcaygeon Road. In fact, the inns south by rail. Likewise cedar fence posts, of Kinmount went out of business as the rail- railway ties, cedar shingles and other way displaced commerce and travel. Silver sawn wood products could now be Lake, bypassed by the railway became a milled and shipped by rail. Wooden ghost town, while Burnt River, founded as a barrel staves were also a profitable rail stop, flourished. venture for the local mills. Kinmount The 1870s also witnessed a change in the had a huge stave factory that pro- sawmill industry. Before the railway, all tim- duced at least 1 railway car of ber was sent south to Bobaygeon or Fenelon (disassembled ) barrel staves parts Falls or Coboconk via the rivers to be sawn. every week. Thanks to the railway From these ―ports‖, the timber could be access, these products could be pro- shipped via boat to outside markets. A lot of duced at any of the local mills and timber actually went further down the Ka- loaded directly onto rail cars for easy wartha Lakes to Peterborough and Trenton! When the ribbon of steel reached closer to the sources of timber, the sawmills could follow. Villages with both rail access and water access now prospered as sawmill centres. Kinmount fit this bill perfectly. It was smack-dab on the Burnt River and had easy railway access. The village had contained a sawmill since its founding (1859), but the mill catered only to local markets: it was too expensive Page 14 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Dorothy’s Delights Side Roads, cont. from p. 13 by Dorothy Heath The passenger cars unloaded themselves. feet high and much wider and dispersed Hummus is great for watching TV as a dip or To do all the loading and unloading, a than the big falls. with veggies. A lot less calories than dip. crew of 3-5 was usual. In the engine were Lemon Dill Hummus an engineer to run the engine and a fire- 1- 19 oz can chick peas, drained and rinsed man to keep the fuel coming. The back 1/4 cup lemon juice staff needed a conductor and as many as 2 3 tbsp. water brakeman who did the physical loading. 2 cloves garlic, minced The conductor handled the accounts and 2 tbsp. olive oil received the fares from passengers. At the 1/4 cup packed chopped fresh dill above stations, there were permanent sta- Puree ingredients in food processor adding tion agents who sold tickets and collected more water 1 tbsp. at a time if necessary until baggage fees. But at the flag stops, the of a spreadable soft consistency. Transfer to a conductor handled this job. serving bowl and sprinkle with chopped pars- At Howland Junction, a turntable was ley. Serve with pita chips, veggies or chips. built to turn around the engine. The cars Top: were left on a siding as the operation pro- Original Instead of the usual chocolates try these ceeded. The turntable was so well con- station at homemade treats. structed the crew could turn the engine Howland around by hand in just a few minutes! Junction; Pecan Pralines After the IB&O engine was turned laying rails 1 1/2 cups sugar around, it was the GTR engine‘s turn. on Big 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar A large two storey station house was built Trestle 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. (or more) canned evapo- to service the customers. One half of the rated milk bottom floor was a ticket office and wait- The Three Brothers is obviously named for 1/4 cup butter ing room. The station master lived in the the 3 falls. But it also features a local na- 1 tsp vanilla rest of the building. About 1910 the struc- tive legend about lost love. The story con- 1 1/2 cups pecan halves toasted. ture was destroyed by fire. The replace- cerns an Indian maiden whose father de- Mix both sugars with 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. ment was much more modest: a simple nied her permission to marry the love of evaporated milk in heavy saucepan over med shed-like structure that acted as a waiting her life. Disenchanted with her father‘s heat until sugar dissolves. Continue cooking room: not a good sign for it meant the decision, the maiden paddled her canoe over med heat stirring constantly but slowly IB&O was downsizing. It is still standing over the falls and disappeared into the until 240 degrees on candy thermometer today, although it is much dilapidated. swirling waters below the falls never to be (about 5 min). Add butter and vanilla. Stir The station master built a large farmhouse seen again. Anyone familiar with the Falls until returns to 240 degrees. Remove from (still standing) between the two lines. knows there is a huge plunge of water and heat and add nuts. Stir until creamy (about 1 This house is also still standing. a dangerous undertow. Logs going over the min). Drop mixture on wax paper by rounded The Victoria Line went north over a huge Falls are often sucked out of sight only to tbsp. If mixture sets in pan add 2 tbsp. evapo- trestle that crossed Kendrick‘s Creek. The emerge seconds later and far away. Behind rated milk and stir over med heat until sof- IB&O used a proper bridge that crossed the Falls, the swirling water has gouged out tened. Let set about 30 min. Peel off waxed the Burnt River east of the turntable. The a large cavern under the Falls. This cavern paper. Store in airtight container for up to 2 Big Trestle is still in use. The IB&O is large enough to hold entire logs and has weeks at room temperature. bridge was removed in 1960 and only the an air space. Could our fair maiden have stone abutments remain. hidden in this cavern until rescued by her Just a mile or so upstream from the Junc- beau? Or does her ghost still haunt its tion was the Three Brothers Falls on the swirling eddy? Who can say? Burnt River. Just above the Three Broth- The Three Brother‘s Falls did present a ers was the point where the 3 branches of hazard to the river drivers of past years. the Burnt River joined together. The south Since it is the union of the 3 branches of or east branch was now called the Iron- the River, it must have passed a lot of saw dale River. The middle branch was called logs in the spring freshette. It was also a the Burnt River or central branch and the perfect set up for log jams. These jams Howland north branch was called the Drag River. were removed or ―cracked‖ by the River Junction The last two branches had actually Drivers, often at great risk. Each water fall Station in its merged before the falls. This major wa- along the route has its own lost cemetery current state terfall contained 3 smaller falls. The first where the unfortunate were laid to rest. In and below as falls was the major one, falling at least 10 the 1800s, there was no opportunity to it was origi- feet over a major ridge of granite. The send drowning victims home for burial. nally other 2 falls were smaller; roughly 5-8 They were buried where they fell. One of Continued p. 18 Page 15 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 441

Royal Canadian Legion by Cathy King John McGrath Ongoing Events: Bingo every Fri- our ―Valentines Meat Draw‖ From

Branch 441 day at 6:45 pm 4:30 pm Hal Turner and the Hell Kinmount, Ontario Wednesday Mixed Dart League eve- Fires will be entertaining us with 705-488-3462 ry Wednesday at 7:30 pm some great country blues music. No Big Buck Bid Euchre – 3rd Wednes- admission cost and home made soup day of each month. Next date is and sandwiches will be available. HALL RENTALS 705-488-3462 February 18th For more information on Legion If you want to beat the February news and events please call 705-488 blahs from this long winter, why not -3462 or check out our face book bring your sweetheart out to the Le- page. th gion on Saturday February 14 for

In the Lions Den by Dave Anderson

The Kinmount & District Lions Club If you are interested in joining our is deciding whether to put a team club, have a couple of free hours a together or make a donation to Big month and would like to make a Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids difference in our community, we are Sake. The theme for 2015 is ―60‘s‖. always looking for new ideas and Prizes for Best Dressed Team and helping hands. Please contact Trish Individual at each time slot. This at 705-400-9918. Happy Valentine‘s takes place Saturday, February 28 at Day to everyone. Bowlaway Lanes in Lindsay.

The Library Link by Mary Ann Dobsi

The New Year has started and the brary‘. The next book sale is Satur- st Main Street Kinmount library is bringing its‘ patrons some day, February 21 from 9 to 1. Kawartha Credit Union is a full-service financial new and interesting things. In Janu- Every Tuesday the children are institution with 25 branches ary we hosted Open Houses at many working through the alphabet, read- in North and East-Central Ontario of the branches bringing in Council- ing, exploring, crafting, and having from Trenton to Parry Sound lors to meet and greet the communi- fun. We have gone to outer space ATM available 24 hours ty. Councillor Gord Miller was here with astronauts, hibernated with 705-488-9963 and it was a great turnout. Continu- bears, ate like caterpillars, and were ing every month are the Computer brave like dragons. Workshops. Many people are taking The library‘s catalogue has a new advantage of this free training pro- look. Feel free to call, if you have vided by the library to help with any questions. JC’s Cuts & More personal computer needs. Also con- Happy Valentine‘s Day and a great tinuing monthly are the book sales February! WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME provided by the ‗Friends of the Li- City of Kawartha Lakes Public 4084 MAIN STREET Library, Kinmount Branch KINMOUNT KAWARTHA LAKES SNOWMOBILE CLUB FAMILY FUN RUN 2015 705-488-1148 Registration 8:30 to 10:30am COST $15.00 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES SLED though our Great Trails to checkpoints Fun Run Lunch Stop in Kinmount (check point) at Community Centre VALENTINE’S AT Lunch $6 ea KINMOUNT LEGION Finale at Burnt River Community Centre @ 3:00 pm Hal Turner and the Hell Fires Silent Auction & Grand Prizes SNACK BAR OPEN Hot Chocolate, Coffee, Pop, Chips, Chocolate Bars Singing you the Country Blues Feb. 14 - 4:30 p.m. Proceeds from Registrations to Free Admission THE BREAKFAST PROGAMS at Local Elementary Public Schools Page 16 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Winter Fun in Kinmount!

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Side Roads, continued from p. 15 the editor‘s ancestors was a river owners included George Laidlaw, a driver for Mossom Boyd and often famous railway magnate and James drove the Burnt System. The Three Mansfield a Kinmount businessman Brother‘s cemetery contained 3 in the lumber business. But no evi- lonely graves. (This was not a large dence exists to prove a sawmill was number: the Hawk River Chutes built at the Falls. The arrival of both had 13 graves!) No headstones of railways meant access was readily stone marked the graves of the available, there were easier sites in fallen, only wooden crosses that the area. Just above the Irondale Riv- soon rotted away. er was a series of gentle rapids or One day a few years ago rumour steps nicknamed Jacob‘s Ladder. spread through Kinmount that the There was some good farmland along spring floods had unearthed a skel- the Irondale River, but this land was eton in a bank along the river near accessed from the Monck Road to- the Three Brothers. The ;police wards Furnace Falls and not from were called, but it was determined Howland Junction. On the north side the body was at least 100 years old of the river, only lots 1 and 2 in the and was buried there with no foul 3rd concession were claimed by the play involved. The River Driver‘s Watson family and some land clear- cemetery, Three Brothers edition ing was done. But most of the lots had been found! The property own- north of the River were too rough for er declined to search for the other 2 farming and there were never any bodies. They are still there. homes or farms in the land between The Three Brothers Falls has at- the forks of the Burnt River. In 1949 tracted many artists over the years. this area was burnt over in the big The River has cut its path through forest fire, and it was recorded no the granite and the ledge has been buildings were harmed. That says it eroded over the years. The north all. The land at Howland Junction face in particular slopes gently was fairly flat but very sandy. Even- away from the River and offers tually the farm land played out and some spectacular scenery. The was replaced with plantation pines. IB&O Railway hugs the south The IB&O rails were torn up in 1960 bank of the Falls, so closely that and the rail bed sold off to neighbour- there is no room for trees between ing land owners. The right of way the rail line and the falls! The rail was thus closed and a beautiful public line is gone, and the old rail bed is corridor was closed. In 1980 the Vic- a private road, but the Burnt River toria Railway suffered the same fate, New Installations or Renovations is a canoe route and the portage but this time the municipalities were around the falls has public access. prepared to acquire the line and keep Mansfield Plumbing The Three Brothers Falls was a it open as a public recreation path. prime mill site to the early survey- The big trestle over Kendrick‘s Creek Commercial, Residential, Cottages ors. In fact, the 1858 survey of was saved and the line kept open for Snowdon Township reserved lots hikers, snowmobilers, atvs and other Rick Mansfield, Licensed Plumber 1,2,3 in the second concession as a public uses. There were no more Complete systems from in-coming water to out-going waste! mill reserve. This property train whistles splitting the air of the 16 Highland Gate Blvd. switched hands several times prior Junction, but the line is still used by Minden, Ontario K0M 2K0 to 1900. Was there ever a water- the public. After all, it wouldn‘t be a 705-286-1126 or 705-286-1340 powered sawmill on the site? The ―junction‖ unless people travelled by. evidence is inconclusive. Early

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Kinmount...Explore Our Heritage, Experience Our Charm! KINMOUNT GAZETTE COM MITTEE Guy Scott, Editor Spot the Shot Each edition we feature a photo from P.O. Box 249 the Kinmount Area. We challenge Kinmount, Ontario K0M 2A0 you to identify the spot.

Phone: 705-488-3182 Submissions of photos welcome. Please E-mail: [email protected] submit to the editor via email with a detailed description of the spot you have captured.

We’re on the Web Last month’s Spot the Shot: The re- cently reclaimed property formerly www.kinmount.ca known as “The Old Blue House”.

Gazette Committee: Lynne Kilby, Staff Writer/Advertising Yvette Brauer, Finance/Subscription Jane Austin, Publisher Submission Deadline For March Edition From the Editor’s Desk Friday February 20, 2015 Winter is in full swing. The arena All items are gratefully received. star‖ as the teachers say. The site is open for ice skating: Fridays Tickets are available from any club Groundhog Day. was known to old-timers as from 7:00 – 9:00 pm and Sun- member, at Austin Lumber or from The Gazette is pleased to ―Dettman‘s Store‖ and was built days from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. The the editor. And if you are announce we have added a by Frank Dettman in the 1940s. Winter Carnival will be held on ―knowledgeable‖ about local stuff, third paper box at the post It was later operated as a conven- Sunday February 22 at the fair- come out and have some fun, show office/ library in Burnt River ience store and gas bar by Walter grounds. Lots of outdoor/winter off, etc. (or ―downstream‖ as we say and Norma Hamilton and Dot events! For those counting down to the end in Kinmount.) This makes 3 and Don Reagan. When the first The annual Pony Club fundraiser of winter via the ―100 Days Of paper boxes, the previous LCBO outlet was opened next will be held on Saturday March 7 Winter‖ theory, February 1st will be sites being Watson‘s Siding door, it hosted the empty beer at the Galway Hall. This year we Day # 54. Sigh! For those who are and Minden. The Gazette bottle outlet. In later years, the will have a Trivia Night, Loonie unfamiliar with this theory, the old usually hits the ―news store fell on hard times, was Auction and Silent Auction. The pioneers maintained the snow stands‖ the first of each abandoned and allowed to fall Victoria Pony Club has 20 mem- stayed on the ground for 100 days, month, so watch for the latest down. A sad fate for a once bers this year; and is looking and then started to disappear. De- edition. proud building. forward to the end of winter so cember 9 was the Day 1 so March As most local residents al- The editor is searching for infor- they can mount the ponies and 18 should be the end of winter. ready know, the old store at mation about the Iron Mine start riding! If you have an item And speaking of winter count the dam, long an eyesore, is School. It is next on Side Roads you would like to donate for the downs, the pioneers used to say now gone (see spot the shot!) of Kinmount, and we have a auctions, please contact any ―Candlemas Day, Half your pork The ―work‖ done at the site dearth of information. Any tid- member of the club or the editor. and half you hay‖. Candlemas Day is certainly a benefit to the bits or photos would be greatly is February 2, now known as village and deserves a ―gold appreciated. GS Victoria Pony Club Annual Loonie Auction & Trivia Night Saturday March 7 at Galway Hall Doors open – 5:30 pm Pizza served 6:30 pm Loonie Auction, Country Raffle & Trivia Contest Admission $10.00 Tickets available from Pony Club Members or at Austin Lumber Loonie Auctioneer (and Kinmount’s current Citizen of the Year) Doug Shake off the Winter Blahs! Pearson in action. Join Doug for an evening of fun & laughter on Have some fun and support a good cause! Saturday March 7 at Galway Hall.

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