Kinmount Gazette KINMOUNT GAZETTE COM MITTEE A S U B - COMMITTEE OF T HE KINMOUNT COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT June 2011 Volume 3: Issue 8 Signs of Summer Inside this issue: FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS 2 THE HISTORY OF ST. JOHNS’S CHURCH 6 KINMOUNT KIDS 9 HISTORY OF FATHER’S DAY 10 THE HOT STOVE 11 MYTH BUSTERS 18 EDITORIAL 19 Historical Irondale Church for Sale St John‘s Anglican Church in the Irondale Historical Socie- tea on Saturday June 11, 12 Irondale has been officially ty, has been formed to pre- pm and 3 pm at the Highland put up for sale by the Angli- serve the Church as one part Trail Lodge on Salerno (or can Diocese of Toronto. The of Irondale‘s amazing Histo- Devil‘s) Lake. historic building has been ry. The Historical Society also closed for a year, and has The Municipality of Minden has placed a number of arti- been declared ―surplus prop- Hills has declared St John‘s cles on Irondale History at erty‖ to be disposed of by Church a heritage building. www.irondalehs.ca. The Ga- Diocese. But what is But if the Church is to be ―surplus‖ to one group is still saved, funds are necessary zette is proud to include the treasured by another group: for its purchase & repair. The History of St John‘s Church. the concerned citizens of Irondale Historical Society Irondale. An ad hoc group, will be holding a fund raising See History of Church, p. 6 Kinmount Gazette Friends and Neighbours: Lakehurst shore of Sandy Lake. The a mainstay of the Lake- Post Office was later hurst economy, and 3 moved up the road from such operations were lo- the Lakeshore to its pre- cated in the Lakehurst sent time on the hill. A area. They converted the small hamlet grew up surplus milk from the around the post office extensive local farming including a general store, community into a sellable cheese factory, church, commodity. The growth school and community in the agricultural sector centre/township hall. In led to the formation of the the early days, the Town- Lakehurst (Harvey Town- ship of Harvey considered ship) Agricultural & Lakehurst to be the ―seat Stock Society in 1894. of government‖ or promi- The first order of business The Township of Harvey was industry was in full bloom nent hamlet in the township. was to hold a fair based surveyed & opened for settle- during the mid-1800s. Many Hall‘s Bridge (later Buckhorn) on the town hall in Lake- ment as early as the 1820s. It of the earliest settlers pur- only became the largest ham- hurst. The fair was held was easily accessible as it lay chased ―cut-over‖ lands from let after 1900, thanks in part each year until 1909 when on the north shore of Buck- lumber companies. As the to its bridge over the Trent it was discontinued for horn & Pigeon Lakes. But it lumbermen spread north- Canal and the Buckhorn Road financial reasons. But the was not the best agricultural wards, the main cadge road heading north. Society continued, reborn land, most of the township ran through Lakehurst and Cheese factories seemed to be as a livestock cooperative. lying in the rough granite of north into Caven- Over the years, the Stock the Canadian Shield or in the dish. The open- Society dabbled in Short- transitional zone between the ing of the Buck- horn bull, draught horse Shield & the better farmlands horn (or Govern- stallions and finally of the Great Lakes-St Law- ment) Road in swine. The Society would rence Lowlands. The best the late 1860s purchase superior animals farm lots lay in the southwest effectively can- (mostly males) and make of the township; roughly in celled this early the animals available to the triangle between pigeon, route, and Lake- its members for breeding Upper Buckhorn & Bald hurst settled into purposes. In 1970, the Lakes. This area was serviced a farm communi- Lakehurst Society finally by the hamlet of Lakehurst. ty. disbanded & sur- The first land grants in Har- The rendered its charter. vey were made about 1830 to first Gradually the econ- retired British Army officers Post omy of South Har- who were given large tracts in Of- vey shifted away the Lakehurst area. These fice from agriculture ―gentlemen‖ were not particu- was and towards tour- larly suited for pioneer agri- ism. The lakeshore culture, and soon abandoned became dotted with or sold their holdings. Only cottages & resorts. after 1850 did true pioneer The central hub for settlers enter South Harvey in South Harvey shift- search of farmland. The Lake- opened in 1869. ed to Buckhorn, and hurst area contained the best The name Lake- Lakehurst became a land, and was soon echoing to hurst was adopted backwater. The the sound of pioneer axmen after the old- cheese factories & clearing their land. South Har- Saxon word stores all closed, vey contained some valuable ―hurst‖ (meaning although the Post white pine, and thanks to its wood or grove of Office & community access to the lakes, the lumber trees) on the west hall still remain. Page 2 Kinmount Gazette The Links at Monck’s Landing Golf Club The village of Norland usually The Canadian golf media con- doesn‘t spring to mind when curs, with Monck‘s Landing people in the Kawarthas are being called ―engaging‖ and asked to name a golfing hotbed ―sporty‖, as well as ―one of in the region, but owner Scott the better golf values in On- Kuschnereit is trying to change tario‖ in recent publications. that with his new course, The ―I think that we‘ve been able Links at Monck‘s Landing Golf to create a pretty fair approxi- Club. Monck‘s Landing is a mation of golf in Scotland or Scottish-style links layout that Ireland….and the experts opened for play in August 2008. seem to agree. Robert ―We‘re trying to do something Thompson went so far as to The Quilters Inn Barb Leffering different over here‖, compare us to Tarandowah, Kuschnereit says. ―The closest which is high praise indeed Longarm Machine Quilting Quilting Retreats links course to us is probably since it‘s also an inland links Classes Notions Muskoka Highlands over in course, and was named Best Fabric—over 1200 bolts, wide backing, children’s fabric, panels, blenders & more Open Saturday, Sunday and most afternoons Bracebridge, so we‘ve certainly New Course in Ontario in Please call to confirm weekly hours got a product that is one-of-a- 2008. The editor of a major kind for this area.‖ Canadian golf digest told me 6 Hunter Street, PO Box 256 Studio 705-887-8499 Kinmount, On, K0M 2A0 Residence 705-488-1312 www.quiltersinn.net When designing the course, after he‘d played a round that E-mail: nd Kuschnereit was sure to include our 2 reminded him of a [email protected] details like railway-tie pot bun- hole he had played at Royal kers, dry-fit stone walls and the Portrush…..so I guess we got like…..features normally seen something right!‖ only on your higher-end public Monck‘s Landing has recent- and private clubs. ly been awarded a nomination ―I like to think that we‘ve creat- as ―Best New Golf Course in ed something a cut above your Ontario‖ by Fairways Maga- standard-issue cottage country 9 zine. -holer. I‘ve played a lot of 9- ―Come over here and pay us a holers in my day, and what I‘ve visit. We think you‘ll be noticed is that they all seem the pleasantly surprised. It‘s well same, even the holes seem to worth the drive to Norland.‖ blur together, every par five is The Links at Monck‘s Land- 470 yards. Here at Monck‘s ing Golf Club Landing we‘ve got everything 155 Hilton‘s Point Road from a 92 yarder to a 586 yard Norland, Ontario beast. It‘s the proverbial every (705) 454-0591 club in the bag experience.‖ www.monckslanding.com Heritage in the Village July 13—16 Watch for the 2011 Ghost Tour! Page 3 Kinmount Gazette Lumber Kings of the Kawarthas Continued The Boyd Lumber Company the waterfall was to warp Hereford freaks from all over cattle, the Boyd family got continued to operate from its them in booms. The earliest North America and produced into the crossbreeding of buf- Bobcaygeon headquarters. method was horses on a raft the first herd of polled Here- falo & cattle. They called Logs still floated down the turning a capstan and winch- fords anywhere. To promote their new breed ―cattalo‖. The Burnt River to Bobcaygeon ing the boom of logs. Ex- these ―freaks‖, the Boyd herd story of buffalo at Bob- and lumber scows still plied pense, slow and even painful travelled the fair circuit, win- caygeon harkens back into the the waters of Sturgeon Lake describes this method. The ning prizes and impressing 1880s and the virtual extinc- to Lindsay. The Boyds even better solution was steam- the farm community. Soon tion of the prairie buffalo utilized the railway to ship boats or tugs which literally everyone was clamouring for herds. An American buffalo goods to their Haliburton towed the boom of logs. And polled cattle and a trend was hunter shot a buffalo and ap- camps. But the writing was on thus the Boyd company got started that continues to this proaching the body noticed a the wall. Railways equalled into the steamboat business. very day. And it all began at distraught calf beside the prosperity & profit and Bob- If railways were the Cadillac Bobcaygeon.