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A Walking Tour of Historic Lakefield Christ Church Community Museum presents A Walking Tour of Historic Lakefield See the original buildings that formed the downtown business core. Trace the owners’ steps to their homes on quiet streets. Find where they worshipped. Find the railway station, the steamship dock, the post offices, the sites of the first newspaper shop and the canoe companies. Just follow the map. The homes listed here are all private residences and are not open to the public. Christ Church Community Museum (1) Railway Station (9) Built in 1853-54, this old stone church and its cemetery, on the Built in 1881 and enlarged in 1902, this is the third and only banks of the Otonabee river, filled the need for a place to station to remain standing. At the peak of the era there were as worship. Samuel Strickland was instrumental in raising the funds many as four trains a day arriving and leaving, carrying mail, to build it. A stroll through the cemetery reveals the names of freight and passengers. many of the early settlers, including Strickland. Today, Christ Church is still an active church, as well as seasonal museum; it Pavilion in Isobel Morris Park (10) houses an impressive display of materials relating to the writings This heritage building was once the depot of passengers and of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, Margaret freight passing between the railway and the steamboats during Laurence, and Isabella Valancy Crawford. the busy summer tourist season. It was originally located beside the current marina. St. John the Baptist Church (2) Built in 1865-66, its architect was Samuel Strickland’s son, Lakefield College School (11) Walter. It was built to replace Christ Church which, in 12 years, Founded in 1879 by an Englishman named Sparham Sheldrake, had become too small for the congregation. It was completed just this private school has played an important economic and three months before Samuel died, and his was the first funeral cultural role in our community. It has had an impressive line of service. Later, in his memory, the bell tower was added. headmasters, and students from all over the world, including Prince Andrew who continues to be a trustee and has returned to Home of Margaret Laurence (3) the school often. From 1975 to 1987 this famous author lived at 8 Regent St. In an upstairs room Margaret Laurence penned her last memoirs. In Hillside Cemetery (12) her earlier work, The Diviners, she demonstrated her close Just north of the village, on Casement Lane, lies the Hillside affiliation with Lakefield and its history when she wrote of Morag Cemetery. Opened in 1886, it was originally intended to replace Gunn’s imaginary conversation with Catharine Parr Traill. the small cemetery at Christ Church, but eventually it became the community burial ground. Catharine Parr Traill was buried here Homes of Isabella Valancy Crawford (4) in her 98th year. It is also the final resting place of four of the Isabella and her family lived at 35 Regent St. from 1862 to 1865, headmasters of Lakefield College School. then moved to 15 Charlotte St. After a short time she moved to Peterborough, and finally to Toronto where she died in 1887. 58 Queen St. (13a) Some of her most beautiful poems were inspired by the legends of This building was built in 1886 and was the first to have a plate- the Ojibwa people who lived in the Lakefield area. glass window. The original structure was three stories high and had a mansard roof. For over 60 years it was used as a general store managed by three generations of the same family. Lakefield Canoe Companies The production of wooden canoes and boats began in 1858 at the 56 Queen St. (13b) Thomas Gordon Canoe Company and ended in 1970 at Rilco This building was built in 1851 and is the oldest still standing in Industries. Prominent names such as Gordon, Strickland, and the village. Over the years this little shop has housed many Brown were among the ten different wooden boat manufacturers businesses. At one time the owner was the clerk and treasurer for through those years. Some of their canoes were presented to the village and part of the building was used as his office. In the royalty and many were shipped all over the world. Walter Walker, 1870’s the “Lakefield News” was printed here, and 100 years later one of the last great canoe builders, presented a canoe to Prince the “Lakefield Leader” had an office here. Andrew in 1977. 49 Queen St. (14) 98 Queen St. (5) Built in 1875, it has had many commercial uses, including a Part of this building was the original Thomas Gordon Canoe furniture and funeral business. It was also the site of the first Company established in 1858. The back portion of the building public library. was built in 1893 by the Strickland Canoe Company and used as a paint shop and showroom. 46 Queen St. (15) Built in 1860 as a private home, this building has been a hotel 1 Stanley St. (6) with livery stables, and a barber shop and pool hall. It was the Now restored, this building was the original Brown Canoe last old-fashion family-style grocery store in the village. Company, est. 1887. 26-28 Queen St. (16) Other canoe companies were located at: Built in 1877, number 26 Queen St. housed the first telephone 106 Queen St. (7) exchange, and number 28 was originally a harness shop. A room One of the Strickland Canoe Company sites and on the upper floor was once used by Dr. Alex Fraser as a hospital room for minor surgeries. For many years it was a clothing store and is now part of Kawartha Home Hardware. See also (30) 1 Strickland St. (8) The site of the Lakefield Boat Factory 21 Queen St. (17) 1 Grant Ave. (23) Built in 1875, the upper floor was once used as the council John Nelson wiled the land on which this house was built to his chamber. The main floor has had many commercial uses, but for son Samuel, who built the house in 1877. He named it Victoria many years it was a hardware store. This building and 49 Queen Lodge. For many years it was the Lakefield Private Hospital. Now St. are often called the “bookend buildings”. once again it is a private residence. 17 Queen St. (18) 23 Nelson St. (24) Built in the late 1850s, this building has been used as a private This home was built in 1862 for Margaret Nelson, referred to as residence, and has had many commercial uses. In 1861 it was Lakefield’s first lady, she lived here until her death 1884. advertised as a “new grocery store” with a “well assorted stock of groceries and liquors”. Casement Ln. (25) John and Margaret Nelson’s daughter, Sarah, married Thomas Memorial Hall and Cenotaph Park (19) Casement. They lived near Hillside Cemetery. The road leading to The Memorial Hall, built as a memorial to the veterans of World the cemetery was named Casement Lane. War 1, was officially opened in 1921. In June 1930 the cenotaph was unveiled; its Celtic cross bears the names of those from the 39 Queen St. (26) village and the surrounding area who died in that war. In the This is the site of the former Commercial Hotel, which burned park there is a historical plaque commemorating Susanna down in 2002. The original part of that structure was built in Moodie’s contribution to Lakefield. There is also a unique sundial 1855 and owned by Margaret Nelson. It is now the site of the erected in memory of a local citizen, Roberta Copeland, and avid Village Inn. horticulturist. 52 Queen St. (27) Peterborough-Lakefield Police Station (20) The Royal Bank is on the site of the first post office and general This building was constructed in 1912 as a post office, with store. Robert Casement was the first Postmaster. His nephew, William Casement as Postmaster. The first post office was located William Henry Casement, continued as Postmaster for 63 years, at 52 Queen St. See also (27). The site of the current post office the longest serving Postmaster in the Dominion of Canada. (21), at the corner of Queen and Reid, was once a hotel, a service station, and then the Lakefield Dairy. The Sherin Family Henry and Elizabeth Sherin immigrated to Canada from Ireland 195 Concession St.: SGS Lakefield Research in 1822 and settled on a land grant near Omemee. Their son, (22) John Christopher (J.C), moved to Lakefield in 1855, and was This is the site of the Lakefield Portland Cement Company, which joined later by his brother, Samuel. A short walk around the was founded in 1900. From 1909 to 1932 it operated as a member block will show the impact this family had on the development of of the Canada Cement Company. In 1905 Lakefield replaced its the village. wooden sidewalks with cement at a cost of 12 cents per sq. ft. In 1934 the highway from Lakefield to Peterborough was paved with 18 Queen St. (28a) the last of the cement stored in the 16 silos. The silos were This is the location of the first general store established by J.C removed in 2010, but the “smokestack” which was built in 1932 Sherin in 1855. as part of a dust control system remains as a prominent landmark. During the war years it was used as a landmark for 14 Queen St. (28b) flight training out of the Trenton Air Base.
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