Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1932

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M016B

Physical Description

linen - ink

Size: 30 x 59

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Scope and Content

Detail of shoreline on Chats Lake, with Camplin's Creek, Deep Bay, Ross' Point, CNR at top

Notes

subset of map #016A, similar to C Title Supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Bristol

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Date

1932

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M016C

Physical Description

heavy paper - pencil

Size: 42 x 62

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Scope and Content

Detail of shoreline on Chats Lake, with Camplin's Creek, Deep Bay, Ross' Point, CNR at top. Details property of Roy, marsh area, Laderoute, road from Knox's Landing.

Notes

subset of map #016A, similar to B Title Supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Bristol

Less detail

Date

1931

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M018

Physical Description

photocopy

Size: 43 x 36

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 400 ft.

Scope and Content

Part of Chats Falls Plan showing area to be flooded on lots 8, 9 ,10, range 1 of Clarendon Twp. Shows Gillies Bros Lease, including 3 islands.

Notes

this plan may accompany M016

see letter Dec 9, 1958 regarding this map. Letter from A.M.Pederson, Ontario Hydro to Caldwell, Gillies Bros re: flooded lands with Chats Falls Devpt - in folder in map cabinet. Title Supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Clarendon

Less detail

Format

textual records

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

File

Fonds No.

0021

Series

1

Subseries

CHA2

Scope and Content

1. Photocopy of a 15-page typewritten article by R.M. Thomson, “A Brief History of the Chats Lake Yacht Club". Original with R.M. Thomson. Other key word: Sandy Beach Boat Club.

2. Two-page sheet entitled “The Chats Lake Navigator, December 2000. Reference to the above article. Update is planned. Names of commodores and vice-commodores include Bob Rupert, Jeff Howat, Dr. Mark Robson, Bob Bouchard, et al.

3. Clipping of article in Chronicle, August 28, 2002: “A brief history of the Chats Lake Yacht Club”, by Stephanie Scobie. Photos.

Accession No.

1994 0021

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Date

c1971

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Chats Lake Yacht Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : full colour ; 15.5 cm x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Owen Bird sailing the Enterprise, a boat he built, on Chats Lake.

Accession No.

2014-0336

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Date

c. 1924

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Rev. H. Lloyd Morrison fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 5 cm

History / Biography

Rev. H. Lloyd Morrison moved to Arnprior from Aylmer, Quebec, in 1923. He was the reverend at the Grace St. Andrews United Church from 1923-1925.

Custodial History

The album pages were donated by the Reverend's granddaughter, Heather Morrison.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the family during a picnic at Chats Lake.

Accession No.

2017-0367

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Date

1909c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Gillies Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 5 P0566

Scope and Content

View of two unidentified men and a boy repairing timber slide bottom.

Accession No.

1995-0060

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Date

1904c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Gillies Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 5B P0567

Scope and Content

View from above slide shows three women walking beside slide with Fitzroy Harbour buildings in background.

Accession No.

1995-0060

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Date

1905c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Gillies Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 5B P0568

Scope and Content

Shot of men sitting on crib with boom in background.

Accession No.

1995-0060

Less detail

Date

1910c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Gillies Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 5B P0572

Scope and Content

Photograph of slide from above with Fitzroy Harbour village in distance.

Accession No.

1995-0060

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Date

July 1901

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

139

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-139

Scope and Content

Log raft at the head of the Chats

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail

Date

1945

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

McNab/Braeside Township Historical Records

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M022

Publication

Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario Hydraulic Dept.

Physical Description

paper - ink coloured

Size: 43 x 28

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 1/2 mile

Scope and Content

Numbered plan 75-b-2. Shows roads around Stewartville Power Development, as well as a typical cross section of roads. Gravel areas also noted.

Accession No.

1993-0004

Subject Access

Maps - Road Plan

Geographic Access

McNab

Less detail

Date

1986

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds No.

0021

Series

3

Reference No.

M017

Publication

by Canadian Hydrographic Service

Physical Description

paper - coloured

Size: 148 x 39

Material Details

Scale: 1:25,000

Scope and Content

Shows water depths, lighthouses & buoys. Insets of Sand Point Wharf, Arnprior Wharf, the Madawaska Marina, mouth of Madawaska, Norway Bay wharf, the lowest part of the Madawaska and Mississippi Rivers, etc.. No longer an island behind church on Albert St.

Notes

Other names: Stewarts Bay, Rhoddys Bay, Rhoddys Point, Stories Bay, Sandy Hook, Sandy Beach, Rafting Point, Boomcamp Hill, Goodwyns Bay, Pocket Bay, Marshall Bay, Indian Point, Snake Island, Marsh Island, Lighthouse island, Chats Haven, Vydon Acres

Graph showing mean water level below Chenaux Dam.See 2006-0202-001 for 1969 version of map.

Accession No.

1994-0021

Subject Access

Maps - Hydrographic

Geographic Access

Ottawa Valley

Less detail

Date

1969

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Barclay Craig Fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M001

Publication

Canadian Hydrographic Service

Physical Description

paper - coloured

Size: 148 x 39

Material Details

Scale: 1:25,000

Physical Condition

some mold - non-active

Scope and Content

Shows water depths, lighthouses & buoys. Insets of Sand Point Wharf, Arnprior Wharf, Baker & Kennedy Marina, mouth of Madawaska, Norway Bay wharf, the lowest part of the Madawaska and Mississippi Rivers, etc. Shows the island behind the Catholic Church on Albert St.

Notes

Other names: Campbell's island, Stewarts Bay, Rhoddys Bay, Rhoddys Point, Stories Bay, Sandy Hook, Sandy Beach, Rafting Point, Boomcamp Hill, Goodwyns Bay, Pocket Bay, Marshall Bay, Indian Point, Snake Island, Marsh Island, Chats Haven.

Graph showing mean water level below Chenaux Dam. See 94-0021-017 for 1986 version of map.

Accession No.

2006-0202

Subject Access

Maps - Hydrographic

Geographic Access

Ottawa Valley

Less detail

Date

Nov 1909

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

79

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-79

Scope and Content

Launching of the Opeongo, trial trip on Chats Lake.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail

Date

Nov 1909

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

80

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, Former item number C 120-3-0-0-80

Scope and Content

Launching of the Opeongo, trial trip on Chats Lake.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Less detail

Date

1902

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

McLachlin Bros. fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M016

Publication

by Arthur Bruce?

Physical Description

linen - ink

Size: 250 x 79

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 50 ft.

Physical Condition

torn and wrinkled at one end

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

Water depths on grid system for what is to be dredged on Chats Lake downstream from McLachlin wharf. Shows location of mills along shoreline.

Accession No.

2004-0168

Subject Access

Maps - Dredging Plan

Geographic Access

Arnprior

Less detail

Date

1932

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M016A

Physical Description

tracing paper - ink

Size: 58 x 47

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 1320 ft.

Scope and Content

Shows CNR rail, bush roads, and Chats Lake shore line

Notes

main map, with #016B to F as subsets

Text relating to map series in a file folder with maps Title Supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1993-0005

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Bristol

Less detail

Date

1985

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Chats Lake Yacht Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : full colour ; 12.5 cm x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Aubrey Bird in his sailboat while Owen Bird provides advice from the dock.

Accession No.

2014-0336

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Date

1972-2014

Format

photographic

textual records

sound recordings

Collection/Fonds

Chats Lake Yacht Club fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Physical Description

textual records, CD's and one photograph album

History / Biography

The Chats Lake Yacht Club followed an earlier club known as the Sandy Beach Yacht Club which operated in the mid 1940's. In 1962, Colonel Les Smith contacted the Canadian Boat Feberation and formed the Chats Lake Boat Club with the purpose of promoting water safety and boatmanship for younger members, personal recreation and proper charts of the Ottawa River. From 1962 to 1987 and again between 1992-2000, the club provided power boat cruises for Senior Citizen groups up and down the Ottawa River with Pontiac Beach as a destination point for picnics. In 1968, the first sail boats were introduced to the club and sail boat races were held shortly after. The power and sail enthusiasts joined together to form one club as the Chats Lake Yacht Club.

In 1971 the Town of Arnprior leased the present site in Bell Park for "the quiet enjoyment of the people of Arnprior".The first Boat Club executive consisted of Gerald Stokes, Bud Gillespie, John McGonigal, Ed Forrest, Taylor Fitzpatrick, Claude Gougeon.

By December of 1972 the Constitution was written outlining the purposes and objects of the club "to establish, maintain and conduct a club for the accommodation and convenience of its members and to promote, foster and encourage boating for recreation and educational purposes". The constitution was updated in 2007.

Custodial History

Records obtained from various members of the Chats Lake Yacht Club including the Bird, Stokes and Symington families.

Scope and Content

Donation consists of Constitution, Minutes, Agendas, Treasurer's Reports, Financial Records, Membership, Correspondence, News Clippings, Calendar of Events, Newsletters, Posters & Photographs

File 1 - Lease Agreement of May 1971, Constitution 1972 and 2007, Executive Responsibilities of CLYC (undated), Copy of Indenture dated August 1 1961 between James Morris and the Town of Arnprior for Bell Park subject to the provision that the land is used in perpetuity as a Park known as "Bell Park" by the grandchildren of James and Kathleen Bell (Morris family), "for the benefit of the youth of Arnprior in grateful memory of the happy summers spent with their grandparents in Arnprior and at Marshall's Bay".

File 2 - Minutes and Agendas 1997-2014 with gaps

File 3 - Treasurer's Reports and Financial Records 1997-2007

File 4 - Membership Lists and information (CLOSED until 2050)

File 5 - Correspondence 1996-1998, 2008

File 6 - Newsclippings including article about the building of the club house in 2002

File 7 - Calendar of Events, Newsletters and Posters 1994-2006 with major gaps

File 8 - CLYC History and miscellaneous records such as charts and Commodore's reports (unsorted)

Photograph Album - personal album compiled by Owen and Helen Bird; contains 14 b&w and approx 60 colour photos of members and events as well as some posters, newsletters and news clippings about the CLYC.

CD #1 containing 20 images from Chats Lake Yacht Club members photograph album and 23 images taken by L. Dougherty of the CLYC club house and area around it at Bell Park. Albums were returned to Yacht Club and various families in 2015.

CD #2 and 15 images from Bird family (images scanned from album described above).

CD #3 containing 15 images from Stokes family, 8 images from Symington family

CD #4 containing Oral History recording of Owen and Helen Bird about the history of the club conducted by Laurie Dougherty 22 October 2014.

Accession No.

2014-0336

2014-0325

2014-0323

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