- LVMC-MR-1-005
- Item
- 1880-01
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P.N. Tait Store - Mille Roches – late-1800s. P.N. Tait in photo
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P.N. Tait Store - Mille Roches – late-1800s. P.N. Tait in photo
The Love/McAndrews/McLaren Home
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This began as the beautiful brick home of the Love family, then became the Frank and Georgia McAndrews family home at Woodlands - c. 1900. At the time of the Hydro and Seaway projects, it was the home of Lorne & Connie McLaren and their children Donald, Neil and Susan, as well as Lena McLaren. This house was moved to 42 Pine Street in Ingleside on July 22, 1957
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Mille Roches Powerhouse- built by St. Lawrence Power Co., founded by M.P. Davis and incorporated May 23 1901.
Generated 3,000 horsepower. Construction on the Powerhouse began in the fall of 1900 and opened on October 24, 1901. It operated until 1955.
Dynamo inside Mille Roches Powerhouse
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Dynamo inside Mille Roches Powerhouse, operated by St. Lawrence Power Co., opened on October 24, 1901
S.S. #4 Mille Roches Public School Group photo
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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
Curve in downtown Mille Roches
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C. 1908 photo of the curve in downtown Mille Roches. The large white building is the Albion Hotel before becoming Percy and Estella Johnston's home, store, gasoline pumps and Eat Well Inn
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An early 1900's photo of the Kezar home at Mille Roches. This home was at the heart of the village, with a commanding view of Bergin Lake, St. Lawrence River, and Sheek Island from the verandah or belvedere/cupola. Later belonged to Lera Fyckes.
stereoscopic slide of downtown Mille Roches
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C. 1908 stereoscopic slide of downtown Mille Roches at the curve. The old Albion Hotel, then Percy and Estella Johnston's Eat Well Inn at Centre left
First skating rink at Mille Roches
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First skating rink at Mille Roches behind the Gregor Bennett home on Highway #2, Main Street - c. 1910
The G.F. Harvey, Manufacturing Chemists building (1/2)
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The G.F. Harvey, Manufacturing Chemists building in downtown Mille Roches in early 1900s. The Kezar home to the left. The building was on the road extending north to the Grand Trunk Railroad, and eventually became the Bennett and Messecar Laboratory, known as "The Lab".
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The Moccasin passing by the Mille Roches Grand Trunk Railway Station in early 1900s
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Top left - Mille Roches GTR Railway Station in early 1900s
Top right - The Hugh Warner (L) and Alex Nichols (R) homes at Mille Roches with Cornwall Canal in foreground
Bottom left - Claude "Spin" Gowsell's car and home at Mille Roches, following a snowstorm
Bottom right - L-R: Robert (Bob) Germain, Jessie McMillan "Nanny"; Roy Dionne - Jessie McMillan home at left and the Bennett & Messecar "Lab" on right - c. late 1940s
The G.F. Harvey, Manufacturing Chemists building (2/2)
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The G.F. Harvey, Manufacturing Chemists building in downtown Mille Roches
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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
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Harold Buchner - Mille Roches - c. 1916
Sawyer-Harris Grader in Downtown Mille Roches (1/3)
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C. 1920 Sawyer-Harris Grader in downtown Mille Roches. Gower's Store and post office in
background, operated by Arthur and Florence Gower
Sawyer-Harris Grader in Downtown Mille Roches (2/3)
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Sawyer-Massey Grader, c.1920, Mille Roches. Gower's Store and post office in background
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Mille Roches from Cornwall Canal - c. 1920s
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Hugh Warner on ladder, painting the balcony at his Mille Roches home on Highway #2 in the 1920s
Building railing on Hugh and Alice Warner home
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Building the balcony railing on the Hugh and Alice Warner home at Mille Roches in the 1920s
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R.A. Murdock's General Store, Mille Roches - c. 1920-1930s. This store was then taken over by Percy F. Johnston, becoming his first business at Mille Roches.
Canadian Girls in Training (C.G.I.T), c. 1926 at Aultsville
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Canadian Girls in Training (C.G.I.T), c. 1926 at Aultsville
Back Row, L-R - Mae Hollister, Thelma Rupert, Edna Hanes
Front: Grace Jarvis
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT), c. 1926.
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Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT), c. 1926.
Front Row, L-R: Thelma Rupert, Ruth or Grace Alexander
Second Row, L-R: Edna Hanes, Muriel Stewart, Grace Jarvis, ?
Back Row, L-R: Myra Ault, Mae Hollister
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Aultsville post office in the home of Mr. & Mrs. John Morgan, with Mrs. Morgan the post mistress. Rita Loucks, daughter of William Loucks who delivered the rural mail, in front, c. 1926.
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) Camp
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Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) Camp on Sheek Island. Patient is Grace Jarvis; Doctor, probably Thelma Rupert; others include Edna Hanes and Muriel Stewart. Photo taken in 1926