SDG and Cornwall Newspaper and Photo Digitization Project

Long Sault Rapids and Cornwall Canal

LVMC-MG-1-057
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Long Sault Rapids and Cornwall Canal - photo pre-1956

A game of shinny on Cornwall Canal

LVMC-MR-1-055
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

A game of shinny on the frozen Cornwall Canal behind the Lakeview Cheese Factory - March 1955. Dark sided house with white door was the William (Bill) MacDonald family home. The white house backing on the canal is that of the Ernie Robertson family.

Downside view of the Mille Roches Powerhouse

LVMC-MR-2-025
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Downside view of the Mille Roches Powerhouse

Powerhouse from the west

LVMC-MR-2-026
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

View of the Mille Roches Powerhouse from the west side or front of the building

Long Sault Rapids from Sheek Island

LVMC-SI-1-001
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Long Sault Rapids from "The Head" of Sheek Island, the western point of the Island at Ault Park - pre-1956

Sheek Island Public School

LVMC-SI-1-004
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Sheek Island Public School. After school closed in 1950, the deed for the land went to Roy Raymond, and the school was burned at the time of the Hydro and Seaway projects of the mid-1950s

Home of Ruby and Wilfred Raymond (1/2)

LVMC-SI-1-014
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Home of Ruby and Wilfred Raymond. This home was built with cut field stone and it had 13 rooms - c. 1955

Clump of cedar trees at "The Head" of Sheek Island

LVMC-SI-1-002
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Clump of cedar trees at "The Head" of Sheek Island in Ault Park - pre-1956

S.S.# 6, Cornwall Township, Sheek Island Schoolhouse

LVMC-SI-1-003
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

S.S.# 6, Cornwall Township, Sheek Island Schoolhouse. Built in 1900 for $600.00 and closed in 1950. Land for the schoolhouse was donated by Alonzo Raymond

Cities Service station (2/2)

LVMC-MG-1-025
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Cities Service station with Milton & Golda Matheson's home on right. This was the first house relocated to Long Sault – photo pre-1956

Tug "Stormont" entering Lock 19

LVMC-MG-1-040
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Tug "Stormont" entering Lock 19 of Cornwall Canal at newly constructed "Bailey Bridge". Note the lack of safety fencing along the limestone block canal site – c. 1955

Back view of George and Keitha Raymond's home

LVMC-SI-1-012
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Back view of George and Keitha Raymond's home, Sheek Island. Sheek was a United Empire Loyalist from Pennsylvania. The island was owned by French and Wright, who purchased it from Department of Indian Affairs, to harvest large stands of pine. Wright and French sold the west half to the Raymond families, while the east half was sold to Peter Eamer - c. 1955

Home of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond (2/2)

LVMC-SI-1-020
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Home of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond, Sheek Island - c. 1955

Farmhouse of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond

LVMC-SI-1-021
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Farmhouse of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond Sheek Island - c. 1955

Construction of Diversion Canal and Dyke

LVMC-MG-1-031
Item
1955-03

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Construction of Diversion Canal and Dyke opening structure at Maple Grove – photo c. 1956

Farm of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond (1/2)

LVMC-SI-1-017
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Farm of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond on Sheek Island, 180 acres with modern farming facilities and equipment - c 1955

100 foot tower at the St. Lawrence Power Sub-Station

LVMC-MG-1-007
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

100 foot tower at the St. Lawrence Power Sub-Station at Maple Grove – c. 1955

Powerhouse at Mille Roches

LVMC-MR-1-050
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Mille Roches Powerhouse with nearby dyke, operated by St. Lawrence Power Co.

Ice jam at the Mille Roches Powerhouse

LVMC-MR-1-051
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Ice jam at the Mille Roches Powerhouse

Farm of Wilfred and Ruby Raymond (2/2)

LVMC-SI-1-018
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

View of the Wilfred and Ruby Raymond farm, Sheek Island - c. 1955

Maple Grove Transmission Tower

LVMC-MG-1-003
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

30 ton transmission tower taken down and cut up for scrap, after being 3 miles west of Cornwall for 30 years. They were removed to make way for the Diversion Canal – c. 1955

Mille Roches Beach

LVMC-MR-1-028
Item
1955-01

Part of Lost Villages Museum Collection

Photo taken pre-1956, showing the site of Mille Roches Beach on the Long Sault Parkway. The wooded area shown above the centre of this photo is Long Sault Island