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Historical Markers in Parry Sound District, Ontario

 
Founding of Parry Sound Marker image, Touch for more information
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Founding of Parry Sound Marker
1Ontario, Parry Sound District, Parry Sound — Founding of Parry Sound
About 1857 James and William Gibson erected a sawmill at the mouth of the Seguin River. William Beatty, with his sons James and William, acquired the mill in 1863, and the following year were granted a licence of occupation for some 800 ha. In . . . Map (db m195985) HM
2Ontario, Parry Sound District, Parry Sound — Parry Sound District Court House
The court house for the Territorial District of Parry Sound, established in 1870, was the first of a series of early northern court houses built under the direction of Ontario's Department of Public Works and its chief architect, Kivas Tully. . . . Map (db m195983) HM
3Ontario, Parry Sound District, Parry Sound — Trestle at Parry Sound, 1914
Tom Thomson paddled into the mouth of the Seguin River one evening in mid-July, 1914. He had come from Go Home Bay, stopping to stay in the South Channel for a few days. Seeing the new CPR trestle, the longest bridge east of the Rockies, and the . . . Map (db m195979) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Mar. 23, 2023