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Vince Ross' Barber Shop

Vince Ross' Barber Shop at right. Mary (McGillis) Ross in front of the grocery store and meat market, first owned by James MacGillivray, then James Hickman and Jean-Paul Touchette. Mille Roches United Church Hall at left. Photo c. early 1940s

United Church Hall

Mille Roches United Church Hall at left in the distance. Mary (McGillis) Ross in front of James MacGillivray's Store and Meatmarket. Lawrence (Lanny) Ross on tricycle in front of Vince Ross' Barber Shop, his uncle. Mary, Austin and Lanny Ross lived in the apartment over the barber shop. Photo c. early 1940s

Mille Roches Hockey Club

Mille Roches Hockey Club - c. late 1940s
Wallace (Wally) Barker - Time-keeper
Front L-R: Alfred Wilkins, Heber Robertson, Ralph Freeman, Carl Conway, Charlie Gallagher, Bob Germain, John Lafave, Graham Barkley, Harold Gallagher
Back, L-R: Bob McLellan, Charlie McMillan, Wallace Loucks, Arnold Loucks, Ernest Robertson, Maurice Conway, Hubert Contact

Business section of Mille Roches

Business section of Mille Roches c. 1950. Businesses from left to right: IGA Supermarket, operated by Hickman and Touchette; Vince Ross Barber Shop with residence at back and apartment upstairs; Garnet Derousie Hardware Store
Alexander (Alex) McLellan behind snowbank.

Mille Roches from Canal 1900s

Circa 1900 photo of downtown Mille Roches at the curve in Highway #2. Mille Roches is a French language term meaning "Thousand Rocks", thought to have originated with the rocks of the quarries of Mille Roches

Adam Dixson Avenue

Photo taken c. 1957 showing north side of Adam Dixson Avenue
The house at left is the home of Mark Whaley and Patti Adams of 3 Adam Dixson Avenue, Long Sault. It was moved to Townsite #2 from the village of Mille Roches, the home of Mr. & Mrs. Austin W. Abbott. This was the 10th house moved into Long Sault and identified as SL 375. The family left the house on July 26, 1956, and the house was lifted from its foundation and moved to Lot 393 on July 31, 1956. The house was placed on its new foundation on August 1, 1956, and the Abbott family moved into their relocated home on that same day. While the relocation was taking place, the family stayed in Stop-over house #158, just two properties east of the Abbott home on Adam Dixson Avenue. Subsequent owners of this relocated home included Dwight & Mary (Brownell) Lafave and Eric Sturgeon.
The house behind the car is the Douglas Forbes home from Mille Roches. Ontario-Hydro purchased the house from Mr. Forbes, although he relocated with it. It was the 9th house moved in the relocations, and identified as SL 94. The Forbes family vacated the house on July 25, 1956, and the stayed at Stop-over house SL 350 at Mille Roches. The house was moved on July 26, 1956, and placed on its new foundation on Lot 393 on the same day of the move. The Forbes family returned to their home on August 1, 1956. In 2021, this home at 5 Adam Dixson Avenue is owned by Myrna (Bedford) Alguire
The next "Seaway" house at 7 Adam Dixson Avenue was owned by Alois and Gladys Buchner of Mille Roches and the 22 house moved to Long Sault, on Lot 391. This house was identified as SL 158, and, after its move Ontario-Hydro used it as one of their "Stop-over " houses, where families affected by the relocation could stay, free of charge while their homes were being moved. The house was lifted off its foundation at Mille Roches by Hartshorne House Movers on August 13, 1956 and placed on its new foundation the following day. On November 15, 1957, the house was rented to the Robin Cross family, until the completion of the construction of their new home and business, - the Long Sault Marina. For years, the Hawkshaw family lived in this home on Adam Dixson, then Ted and Dorothy Barlow resided here for many years. In 2020, Brock McBride purchased and upgraded the house for a rental

St. Lawrence Power Operators' house

St. Lawrence Power Operators' house being moved through Mille Roches from Maple Grove. Mille Roches business section at left with burned out restaurant owned by Everett Bush. The Provincial Paper Mill water-tower is at left in the distance. Garnet Cook's Texaco Service Station on right.
This house was the second house moved into Long Sault, and it became Ontario-Hydro's relocation office at 35 Bethune Avenue. Its identity number was SL 701, and it was moved to Lot 366 in Townsite #2 on July 18, 1956, and placed on its new foundation the following day. A Benns family lived in this house shortly after being used as the Hydro office, then the Taplay family. David and Linda Synott and family lived here for many years. In 2021, Mario and Amy Kraemer Gibeault and family call this Seaway house their "Home"

Early fire truck

An early fire truck at Mille Roches, with fire chief Cyril Ray at the wheel of this post-WWII vintage vehicle. The Provincial Paper Mill provided the shelter for the vehicle at Mille Roches. Circa late-1940s

Maurice Conway and Ronnie Ray

Maurice Conway and Ronnie Ray at the Mille Roches Horticultural Society garden, east of Garnet Cook's Texaco Service Station at left. The Howard Manson Block is partially hidden by the sign, with the Manson Warner Block and Bush's Restaurant and Taxi Stand at right. The sign shown in this photo is displayed at the Moulinette Station at the Lost Villages Museum. Photo c. 1940s

S.S. #4 Mille Roches Public School Group photo

Mille Roches Public School - S.S. #4 - c. 1904 l. This school was replaced with a new brick school in 1914. This school was recycled into two homes at Mille Roches, Sneddon's and Dewar's. The homes were moved to Long Sault at the time of the Ontario-Hydro relocations, - Sneddon's at 16 St. Laurent Avenue and Dewar's at 39 St. Laurent Avenue

New Town #2 Long Sault

Photo taken from the Long Sault Water Tower looking west across the intersection of Frost and Saunders Avenues, - Frost at left and Saunders curving to the right. Photo taken on June 11, 1957

Cast of a play

Cast of a play presented by a group from. Mille Roches United Church - c. early 1950s
Standing at back, L-R: Blanche Buchner, Elsie Eamer, Mae Weir, Rita Manson, Dorothy Daye, Lawrence Daye, Bill MacLeod, Phyllis Weir, Diana Buchner
Seated, L-R: Edie Warner, Wilda Bender, Jean Lynch, Hazel Daye, ? MacDonald, ? Dewar,
Standing front, L-R: Alan Daye, Marilyn Eamer, Linda Daye

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