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Creek beside the Jim Sheets' property

This photo was taken on July 16, 1956, looking west from the creek beside the Jim Sheets' property on Highway #2. This is the Matheson home being relocated from Maple Grove to Long Sault. Mille Roches Public School, S.S.#4, with its front yard WWI-WWII Cenotaph, is on the right.

Milton and Golda Matheson home

Top left- Demolition of the Provincial Paper Mill - Demolished water tower ready to be cut into scrap. Photo c. 1957
Top right - This was the first house relocated by Ontario Hydro into Long Sault and identified as SL 659. This was the Milton and Golda Matheson home at Maple Grove, one of the "Lost Hamlets". Maple Grove was situated in the vicinity of the power dam and dyke construction (today at the end of Second Street west in Cornwall), and this construction is clearly evident in the photograph. This home was vacant at the time of the relocation, as the Matheson's had sold the structure to Ontario Hydro. The house was lifted off its foundation and moved on July 16, 1956, the day that these photos were taken. The house was placed on its new foundation at Lot 359 on July 19, 1956. On October 1, 1956, the house was rented to Mr. A.P. Bertram. Many will remember the Fred Deppe family living here for many years. More recently, the home was owned by the Grant Winchester family, however it was recently sold in 2021.
Middle left and right and bottom - Classes from Mille Roches Public School - c 1940s

Milton & Golda Matheson's home

Milton & Golda Matheson's home being moved to 49 Bethune St., Long Sault, on July 16, 1956. This was the first house relocated by Ontario Hydro into Long Sault and identified as SL 659. This was the Milton and Golda Matheson home at Maple Grove, one of the "Lost Hamlets". Maple Grove was situated in the vicinity of the power dam and dyke construction (today at the end of Second Street west in Cornwall), and this construction is clearly evident in the photograph. This home was vacant at the time of the relocation, as the Matheson's had sold the structure to Ontario Hydro. The house was lifted off its foundation and moved on July 16, 1956, the day that these photos were taken. The house was placed on its new foundation at Lot 359 on July 19, 1956. On October 1, 1956, the house was rented to Mr. A.P. Bertram. Many will remember the Fred Deppe family living here for many years. More recently, the home was owned by the Grant Winchester family, however it was recently sold in 2021.

Isaac Fleming's home

This is the Isaac Fleming home from Mille Roches, but commonly associated with the Ezra Johnston family. Ezra Johnston's daughter, Ethel, and her husband, Cecil MacMillan, MacMillan resided in this home at the time of its relocation to Long Sault. The house was the 81st house moved to Long Sault and identified as SL 400. The MacMillan family left the house on October 10, 1956 and stayed with friends during the relocation. It was moved on October 18, 1956, and placed on its new foundation on October 23, 1956, when the MacMillan family returned to their home. Cecil and Ethel MacMillan vacated for their new home at 4 Gray Avenue, Long Sault, on May 8, 1957. The house was then rented to the Kenneth Barnhart family on July 29, 1957.

Mr. & Mrs. MacDonald at the home of Miss Alice Young

Top left - Mr. & Mrs. MacDonald at the home of Miss Alice Young, Mille Roches
Top right - This was the home of Miss Alice Young of Mille Roches and was the 23rd house moved to Long Sault. It was identified as SL 359 and had been purchased by Ontario Hydro prior to its move. Miss Young was building a new home in Long Sault, but did not move into it until October 1, 1956, so she rented from Hydro for a few months. The house was lifted off its original foundation and moved to Long Sault on August 14, 1956. The following day, the house was placed on its new foundation at Lot 354, 3 Frost Avenue. Miss Young left the house at Mille Roches on August 14, 1956 and stayed at Hydro stop-over house # 357 at 11 Frost Avenue. She returned to the house, at its new location on August 16, 1956, living there for only 45 days before moving to her new home.
Bottom left - View to the west of Mille Roches showing Bergin Lake and the remnants of tow-path from vicinity of Albert & Maude Alkerton's home, Mille Roches. - c. 1950
Bottom right - Winter view from the verandah of Hugh & Alice Warner's home at Mille Roches, with the Cornwall Canal and Old Mille Roches on Sheek Island in the background. - c. late-1940s

Optimist Club of Cornwall building at Ault Park

Top left- Bottom left - Optimist Club of Cornwall building at Ault Park, Sheek Island - December 1956
Top right - Climbing the hill from the beach on Sheek Island - early 1950s
Bottom right - Water rising at original dyke near Mille Roches Powerhouse - summer 1901

Alex Nichol's home

The white clapboard house, shown on the right in both photos, was moved from its picturesque location overlooking the Cornwall Canal at Mille Roches. In Mille Roches, it was identified as the Alex Nichol home and the 49th to be moved in the Ontario Hydro relocation project of the 1950s. The house was identified as SL 409, and Hydro had purchased it at some time before its move, as they intended to have it as a "Stop-over house", following its relocation to Long Sault. The house was lifted off its old foundation, moved, and then placed on its new foundation on Lot 398 on September 11, 1956. On June 7, 1957, Hydro rented the home to J. Alex and Evelyn (Fickes) Campbell. Bryan and Norma (Quinn) Barker and Ken and Doreen (Ward) Losey were long-time owners of this home, and the occupants in 2021 are Grant Wilson and Karly Girard. Hugh Warner is building his home, next door.

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"

Home of John Joseph and Evalina (Bruyere) Denny

This Seaway home was from Mille Roches and the home of John Joseph and Evalina (Bruyere) Denny. It was built by John Denny, a carpenter, in 1922. His family had lived on the 8th Concession of Cornwall Township before moving to Mille Roches. John found a job as a Carpenter at the quarries. John Denny was born on February 15, 1881 and Evelina was born on November 11, 1885. John died on Father's Day, June 30, 1948, and Evalina passed away on January 6, 1953. Their remains were moved from Dickinson's Landing to St. Lawrence Valley Union Cemetery. The house was in the Denny family from 1822 to 1953. This house was located on the northern fringe of the village, and, as the photo shows, was moved by Brian Ardel House Moving, a business that moved many homes at the time of the relocations of the 1950s. Today, this home is at 16574 County Road #36, and its rural site was once the home of Treasure Island Honey Farm, operated by Jim and Barbara McLellan and family. The McLella family bought the house in 1953 for $5000.00 and lived in it until 2005. Photo taken c. 1956-57

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