Kinmount Gazette KINMOUNT GAZETTE THE KINMOUNT COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT January 2020 Volume 12: Issue 3 Inside this issue: FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS: CACHE LAKE 2 Kinmount Pharmacy Opens Walk in Clinic CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE: A PHOTO ESSAY 3 Full Story Page 13 HOCKEY MEMOIRS PART IV 4 GAME WARDENS PART II 5 GHOST RAILWAYS 6 A Message from the Kinmount Bursary Committee SPOT THE SHOT RECAPTURED 7 If you are a student currently receiving the Kinmount Bursary, please note that to qualify THE GALWEGIANS 8 for your next semester grant for 2020, your grades must be submitted to the Bursary KIDS CORNER 9 Committee by January 27th, 2020. If not received by that date, your next instalment will THE HOT STOVE LEAK 10 not be processed. Grades may be emailed to [email protected]. COUNCILLOR’S CORNER 12 For those currently in receipt of the bursary, please note we encourage you and/or your LETTER TO THE EDITOR 12 family to participate in the Bursary Dinner on Feb. 8, either by purchasing a ticket to attend, volunteering your time, or donating prizes. If you have connections for prizes for KINMOUNT PHARMACY WALK-IN CLINIC 13 this event, please contact Vic at 705 488 3053. In kind donations welcome! TOM THOMPSON 14 This popular event often sells out quickly. Advance tickets are available at the Kinmount BLACKSMITHS OF KINMOUNT 15 Pharmacy at the Medical Centre, or by calling 705 488 3053. FOOD FANATIC 15 If you live within a 15 km radius of Kinmount and will be in receipt of OSAP funding ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 441 16 then you may qualify for the annual Kinmount Bursary of $1,000 for your first two years IN THE LIONS DEN 16 of post secondary studies. Complete details for qualifying and applying for the Kin- mount Bursary are available online at kinmount.ca. THE LIBRARY LINK 16 And finally a message to the general public, please come out to support our local area BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING BCATP 17 students by having supper with us on Saturday, Feb. 8. A fun night with lots of prizes! THANK YOU TO OUR PATRONS 17 PICTURES OF THE BCATP 18 JANUARY HIGH FIVE CLUB 18 Kinmount and District SPOT THE SHOT 19 EDUCATIONAL BURSARY EDITORIAL 19 FUNDRAISER DINNER Get Results! ADVERTISE IN THE GAZETTE! Rates per issue: Business Card Size $20 2 x Business Card $40 1/4 Page $55 1/2 Page $100 Full Page $200 [email protected] 705 - 488 - 2919 The Gazette is a non profit monthly publica- SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 2020 tion produced by volunteers. The Gazette depends on advertising sales & donations GALWAY HALL to remain operating. We are grateful for Doors Open 5 pm - Dinner 6 pm your continued support. Do you enjoy the Gazette? Cash Bar - Silent Auction Send a donation! Loonie Auction - Country Auction Make cheques payable to Kinmount Gazette TICKETS $20 at Medical Centre Pharmacy PO Box 286, Kinmount. On K0M 2A0 or call Vic 705 488 3053 Your name will appear in our Thank You to Our Patrons Section Tax Receipts issued for Donations $25+ Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Friends and Neighbours: Cache Lake Algonquin Park became Ontario’s Lake. The railway station was are a few plaques and artifacts. first provincial park in 1893. The at a lower level between the Tourism moved to several large rapidly diminishing “wild lands” hotel and the lake. Further be- campgrounds located along the in southern Ontario led the gov- low, along the lakeshore was a Highway #60 corridor. ernment to establish this large huge boat house and the Park area in south-central Ontario as a headquarters compound. Sever- park. For the next few decades the al other satellite lodges were size of the park was increased as opened in the area and serviced more townships were added, in- from the Highland Inn. The Inn cluding 4 townships from Hali- contained 72 rooms, 11 which burton County. The purpose of had their own bathrooms. It this park was to conserve un- had all the luxuries of any hotel spoiled Nature for all Ontarians to of this era including running enjoy. No farmers were allowed water, daily train service, hik- in the Park, but lumbermen were ing, outdoor camping and every welcome. kind of boat you could think of. But despite its “open for tourism” When CNR bought out Grand policy, access was very difficult. Trunk in 1923, the Inn became In the age before motor cars, the heavily promoted as a CN Ho- only access to the Park was by tel. canoe or steam train. The J.R. The Great Depression severely Booth, lumber magnate from the curtailed tourism in the Park. Ottawa Valley, had begun to build The massive Highland Inn was a railway through the Park in the closed in 1932. It was re- 1890s to access his timber limits opened in 1937, but the glory and connect the Ottawa Valley days were over. Lumbering with Parry Sound on Lake Huron. declined dramatically and rail- The Ottawa-Arnprior and Parry way business with it. CN re- Sound Railway would provide fused to make repairs to the excellent access to the Park. Sev- railway and it was eventually eral stations were set up along the closed. In the 1930s, a new route including Canoe Lake to highway (now #60) was built allow access to the big Gilmour through the Park as a “make- Mill at Mowat. The next most work” relief project. By 1948 important station was built at the new road made the railway Cache Lake in the central part of redundant and it was torn up. the Park. While the railway passed by The railway station was called the the vicinity of Cache Lake, the Algonquin Park Station. The glory days were over. headquarters staff for the Park In 1954, the Ontario Govern- moved here from Canoe Lake as ment changed policy away this depot was more central in the from private business and land Park. After the OA&PS Railway ownership and began to return opened in 1897, the Government to public use only. In 1956 the changed policy and allowed pri- massive Highland Inn complex vate leases of land and the con- was bought by the government struction of hotels and resorts to and torn open up the Park for more people to use. Several resorts and a few down. Gone private cottages sprang up, mostly were the huge along the railway for ease of ac- hotel and the cess. The Grand Trunk Railway railway sta- bought out the OA&PS railway in tion. Some of 1905 and in 1908 built Highland the park build- Inn at Algonquin Park Station ings remained, overlooking Cache Lake. but the origi- The Highland Inn was an immedi- nal complex ate success. The simple hotel was became an immediately expanded several historical site. times to handle a growing volume All that re- of tourists. The large inn was situ- mains today ated on a hill overlooking Cache Page 2 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Christmas in the Village 2019 Special thanks to Santa for coming to Christmas in the Village and also to the Pearson family of Mash Hill Carriages for providing the ride! Much thanks to volunteer Julie Guy of JMG Images for taking many of the Christmas in the Village photos. See more pics in this issue and on the Kinmount Christmas in the Village Facebook page. Finally thanks to all the volunteers who made Christmas in the Village 2019 such a wonderful time! 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We I was nearly thirty when Hugh Fountain Swift Current was the first team we were thankful to be finally safely in the van! approached me about a team in Kinmount, played, and by mistake, someone told My early experiences with the Flyers were kind as a league was starting up including Min- them that goals-for counted. When the of disheartening. I was told I did not tie my den Kinsmen, Minden Hydro, Norland, counting was done, we were behind 21- skates right or tape my stick the proper way. Coboconk, Burnt River and some other 3. I scored to make it 21-4 and two After all, I was just a shinny player from the places. I remember the first game in Fe- players flattened me. Oh yes, this was ponds and small rinks of Kinmount. Did it nelon, it being 12 years since I last played. going to be fun! We did manage a win bother me? Of course! But do you have to be an I was tripped ans went into a slide that car- before leaving the tournament. We went experienced Junior level player to enjoy the ried me towards the boards. I could only across on the ferry to Victoria. Another game! I believe anyone can be a so-called imagine crashing into them, but my slide local team from Omemee was there.