Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1875

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M059

Physical Description

photocopy

Size: 36 x 25

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Physical Condition

encapsulated

Scope and Content

Shows J.H. McLachlin's dwelling and outhouses, blacksmith, shops, stableman's house, blacksmith's house, stables, boat house, storehouses, and sheds.

Notes

similar to 2004-0168 M022 Title Supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Building Locations

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

c1905

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

R. Neil Stewart fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 37.5 cm x 30 cm

Scope and Content

Water Mills 1 & 2, slides, Planing Mill and Pump House located half-way across the bridge, as well as the office of McLachlin Bros. appear in this photograph. The photograph is mounted and sepia toned.

Notes

Photographer was likely Charles Macnamara, an employee of McLachlin Bros.

Accession No.

2008-0235

Less detail

Date

1900-1910

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

13

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-13

Scope and Content

View looking north from South Yard of McLachlin Bros., Arnprior Ontario. Canadian Atlantic Rail car with horses tethered to it is in centre.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail

Date

1978c

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Town of Arnprior Records

Description Level

Item

Series

5

Reference No.

M004

Physical Description

blueprint

Size: 92.5 x 200

Material Details

Scale: 1 in = 300 feet

Physical Condition

folds are tearing

Acquisition Source

Obtained from Ted Strike in 2008

Scope and Content

Map of Arnprior showing flood locations for June 18, 1978 (red circle) and July 8, 1978 (green triangle). Streets are named and lots are numbered. Railways and waterways are shown.

Excellent chart listing all the plans for Arnprior up to 1967, giving lot, concession, section, surveyor, date of registration, and remarks. Copy of the chart is with the Renfrew County Land Records.

Accession No.

1997-0083

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1937?

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arthur McLean fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M035

Physical Description

linen

Size: 50 x 57

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 1 mile

Scope and Content

McLachlin Bros Black River Limit. Shows waggon road and land between Coulonge and Black rivers. Named lakes are Bryson, Traverse, Antoine, Lynch, Foran, Crooked, and Island. Corner says ""Williams 1937""

Landmark

Black River Depot, Lake Travers

Accession No.

1996-0067

Subject Access

Maps - Timber Limits

Geographic Access

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

c1905

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Peter Wilson fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

Glass plate negative : b&w ; 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows train bridge and pump house.

Access Restriction

These glass plates have been scanned. Do not handle original plates.

Accession No.

2013-0307

Less detail

Date

1945c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Handford Studio collection

Description Level

Item

Series

9.2

Creator

A.L. Handford

Physical Description

positive of scanned negative

Scope and Content

Madawaska River. Very unsure of date but may have been taken at the same time as the Burnstown Bridge.

Accession No.

2008-0233

Less detail

Format

textual records

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

File

Fonds No.

0021

Series

1

Subseries

MAD

Scope and Content

The file consists of:

1. Event recorded: Arnprior Chronicle April 11, 1930, page 6: dam completed at Bell’s Rapids on the Madawaska River.

2. Photocopy of a page from an unknown publication (marked Janet), with a paragraph on the Madawaska River. Largest drainage system tributary to the Ottawa in Ontario (3,300 square miles). From Source Lake in Algonquin Park to Arnprior: over 200 miles. Opeongo Lake, York River, Waba Creek.

3. Colour photo by Peter Hessel of rocky shore near Madawaska Bridge, Arnprior, at low water level (about 1988).

4. Clipping from unknown newspaper of article “Madawaska Abounding With Red Pine”, mostly about logging. The river (180 miles long) descends 1200 feet from Source Lake to Arnprior. In comparison, the Ottawa drops only about 100 feet over its 700-mile course. Quotes advertisement in the Bytown Gazette of July 21, 1836 about the Madawaska and its lumbering potential.

5. Photocopy of short article “The Madawaska River” by Peter Hessel for the Chronicle-Guide’s Weekender Supplement, June 20, 1998. Champlain, spelling, meaning.

6. Colour postcard “View from the Bridge, Arnprior”.

7. Photocopy of article by Alan Rayburn in Canadian Geographic, July/Aug. 1993: “Who’s to blame for mistaken names?” Section on the Madawaska. Cartographic information, spelling, etc.

8. Photocopies of pages 134-135, McNab — The Township by Peter Hessel, re Madawaska River.

9. Clipping of article in Ottawa Citizen, “Conspiracy of Chance”, by Lee Greenberg and Gary Dimmock, dated Sep. 28, 2002. regarding the drowning of two people at High Falls (in a dammed channel of the Madawaska River near Calabogie, on June 23, 2002.

Notes

Regarding the meaning of the name, see File “Geographical Names”, a folder personally prepared by Alan Rayburn for the Arnprior and District Historical Society in 1992, “The Geographical Names of the Arnprior Area”.

Accession No.

1994-0021

Less detail

Date

1928

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds No.

0021

Series

3

Reference No.

M038

Publication

Published by Canadian Tire Corporation.

Physical Description

paper - coloured

Size: 60 x 36

Material Details

Scale: printed scale

Scope and Content

Shows southern Ontario, northern New York State, parts of Vermont and Michigan, but Quebec is left blank (except for the Montreal area). Does not show Northern Ontario beyond the line North Bay - Sudbury - Sault Ste. Marie. Many ads.

Notes

advertisements of back side and part of front side

Accession No.

1994-0021

Subject Access

Maps - Road

Geographic Access

Ontario

Less detail

Date

1967c

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Reference Material

Description Level

Item

Series

2

Reference No.

M016

Physical Description

blueprint, hand-coloured

Size: 90 x 203

Material Details

Scale: 1 in = 300 feet

Physical Condition

badly water stained in centre

edges torn - tape mended

Acquisition Source

Obtained from Art McLean

Scope and Content

Map of Arnprior showing most of the plan numbers by colour. Streets are named and lots are numbered. Railways and waterways are shown.

Excellent chart listing all the plans for Arnprior up to 1967, giving lot, concession, section, surveyor, date of registration, and remarks.

Notes

This was used as starting point to create M014

Accession No.

9999-9999

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1919

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Reference Material

Description Level

Item

Series

2

Reference No.

M017

Physical Description

photocopy

Size: 120 x 90

Material Details

Scale: 1 in = 200 feet

Physical Condition

patched together with tape, coming apart

Acquisition Source

Possibly obtained from Art McLean

Scope and Content

Map of Arnprior giving the names of plan owners (for example, McLachlin, McGonigal). Streets are named and lots are numbered. Size of lots given. Shows McNab Homestead (probably Duncan McNab) near Dochart Creek, size and survey location. Railways and waterways are shown.

Accession No.

9999-9999

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1979

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Robert A. Stewart fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M001

Physical Description

paper- B&W print

Size: 106 x 150

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Scope and Content

Aerial view showing Madawaska River system from Burnstown to Arnprior. Shows airport, Stewartville & Arnprior power dams. Other waterways highlighted.

Notes

print stamp date on reverse Nov.16, 1979 Title supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1999-0113

Subject Access

Maps - Aerial

Geographic Access

McNab

Less detail

Date

1964

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Reference Material

Description Level

Item

Series

2

Reference No.

M012

Publication

Dept of Highways, Ontario

Physical Description

paper - ink

Size: 74 x 80

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 2 miles

Scope and Content

Shows roads, lots, concessions and townships for Southeast Portion of Renfrew County. Map S-E 52.

Notes

Identical to 1993-0004 M010 - McNab/Braeside Township Historical Records

Accession No.

9999-9999

Subject Access

Maps - Geographical

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Less detail

Date

unknown

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M052

Publication

W.J. MacDonald, PLS

Physical Description

linen - ink coloured

Size: 120 x 46

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 2 chains

Physical Condition

encapsulated

Scope and Content

Shows locations and dimensions of piers at the mouth of Madawaska River and along Chats Lake, Ottawa River. Also shows location of McLachlin Steam Mill

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Piers Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1953

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Sloan C. Watters fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M012

Physical Description

blueprint

Size: 58 x 69

Material Details

Scale: 10 chains

Physical Condition

very poor condition

Scope and Content

Hartle & Eldridge Twps - Shows logs left in the bush (poor year that year). Along Maxam Lake, below Ross and Burwash Lakes. Summary of logs left in the bush, roads, and skidways. Crayon coloured. Many notes added in pencil.

Notes

back of map - Ackhurst map of roads west of Maxim Lake & none hauled skidways - 1954

Accession No.

2001-0131

Subject Access

Maps - Timber Limits

Geographic Access

Temagami

Less detail

Date

c1905

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Peter Wilson fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

Glass plate negative : b&w ; 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Madawaska River with piled lumber in background.

Access Restriction

These glass plates have been scanned. Do not handle original plates.

Accession No.

2013-0307

Less detail

Date

1892c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Clay Bank Women’s Institute fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 2A P0135

Scope and Content

Caption reads “This was taken in 1892 on the Madawaska River between Andrew Young’s and W. A. Young’s farms.” The original shows that the two figures diving off the boat have been coloured over in blue ink.

Accession No.

1993-0008

Less detail

Date

1908

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

44

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-44

Scope and Content

View looking north towards the mouth of the Madawaska River using telephoto lens taken in July 1908.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail

Date

1882

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

McLachlin Bros. fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M023

Physical Description

linen - ink

Size: 92 x 53

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Acquisition Source

Donated to the Archives by Arthur McLean in 2003. The maps were in the basement of his law firm's building on John Street. Mr. McLean's father Alan McLean took over the law firm from Arthur Burwash who was the lawyer for McLachlin Bros.

Scope and Content

Layout of electrical light distribution at McLachlin Bros on Madawaska Blvd. References various buildings (mills, etc)

Notes

27 lights proposed. Length of wire is 5393 ft, no allowance for sag, etc.

Accession No.

2004-0168

Subject Access

Maps - Electric Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1900-1938

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

101

Physical Description

Glass plate negative and print

Physical Condition

Glas plate negative is broken.

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-101

Scope and Content

Mclachlin Bros. Dredge and Alligator Tug "Madawaska"

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail