Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1949

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Sandy McLean fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds No.

0172

Physical Description

textual record; 2 x B&W photographs

Acquisition Source

These items were donated to the Arnprior & District Archives by Mr. Sandy McLean in April 2004.

Scope and Content

Fonds contains two black & white photographs and the Ottawa Journal of June 16, 1949 which pertain to the federal election of 1949. The photographs were taken by Jack Moulton, a commercial photographer from Renfrew, Ontario. They feature an external shot of the Central Liberal Committee headquarters at the corner of Harrington and Madawaska and Louis St.-Laurent waving to the crowd from the backseat of a convertible on Madawaska Street in Arnprior.

Accession No.

2004-0172

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Format

textual records

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

File

Fonds No.

0021

Series

1

Subseries

MAR2

History / Biography

Marshall’s Bay is the area where the Mississippi River enters the Ottawa (Chats Lake), Fitzroy Township. The area was first settled in 1825 by John Marshall (born 1793 in New England). Came to Canada in 1815. In 1884, R. G. Moles bought two acres of land and built the first cottage. Since then, the area has been a summer resort. There was an archeological site (Algonkin / Algonquin) in the area.

Scope and Content

This file consists of a spiral-bound 113-page illustrated book called “Marshall’s Bay to 1991”, outlining the history of Marshall’s Bay. Anecdotal stories and memories of the area were compiled by Nancy Ellis in 1994, who gave the book to Peter Hessel, who in turn donated it to the Archives. Goodwin’s Bay, Burma Road, Pocket Bay, Lower Bay ... Map on page following 51. Historical notes by Ross Elliott (page 6).

On page 3: reference to “Indian encampments including a stone skinning knife found when the Finnie cabin was built, a skull with a bullet hole found near Moles’s windmill, now in the Royal Ontario Museum, and pottery artifacts recently unearthed on the Morris property when Angus was digging ... dated by the ROM as of the Middle Woodland period (500 BC to 500 AD).”

Notes

Moved from 94-0026 [Marshall’s Bay Collection].

Accession No.

1994-0021

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Date

October 1896

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.1

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph ; b&w ; 12.5 x 16.25 cm

Scope and Content

Marshall's Bay

Notes

Book 5

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

October 1894

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.1

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of a forest and beach at Marshall's Bay.

Access Restriction

Closed - Please use scanned photo.

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2002-0154

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Date

October 1895

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.1

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photographs :

Scope and Content

Photograph of a forest and beach at Marshall's Bay.

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2002-0154

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City

Braeside

Province

Ontario

County

Renfrew County

Township

McNab/Braeside

Description

“Red Pine Bay” was used by Gillies Bros. c 1870 – c 1992. Red pine saw logs were separated from the white pine in the booms at Braeside. They were gathered here in “Red Pine Bay” before being sent to Gillies Bros. saw mills. Water was drawn from here for use by the lumber firm in their steam mill and stables.

Time Period

1870 - c 1992

Geographic Feature Type

Bay

Location

View Current Location in Google Maps

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Date

1922 July 12

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Scope and Content

Scan from the original cellulose negative

Notes

There are also scans from the print.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1926

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

3.1

Reference No.

M016

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

paper, ink

Size: 48 x 69

Material Details

Scale: not marked

Scope and Content

Hand drawn survey by Oswald Finnie showing Armstrong, Finnie, Richard Macnamara, Charles Macnamara and Morris properties and cottages, roads and wharf on the Ottawa River.

Notes

Property of J. G. Cunningham

Accession No.

2002-0154

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Marshall's Bay

Fitzroy

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Date

1907

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

16

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-16

Scope and Content

Logs in Goodwin's Bay near Arnprior.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1900 - 1938

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

102

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-102

Scope and Content

Goodwin's Bay path.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Format

textual records

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

File

Fonds No.

0021

Series

1

Subseries

RED

Scope and Content

This file consists of an Archeological Report by the Save Ontario Shipwrecks, Ottawa Chapter, December 1999, entitled “Red Pine Bay Wreck”. The report documents the submerged lumbering tugboat and five surrounding cribs that lie at the bottom of Chats Lake near Braeside, just west of the Tembec Inc. (formerly Gillies) site. Many photographs, drawings, etc.

Accession No.

1994-0021

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Date

c1970

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Chats Lake Yacht Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; digital only

Scope and Content

Photograph shows CLYC members relaxing on the grass at Black Bay.

Accession No.

2014-0336

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Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Chats Lake Yacht Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; digital only

Scope and Content

Photograph shows CLYC members relaxing on the grass at Black Bay.

Accession No.

2014-0336

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Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.3

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : cyanotype

Scope and Content

Marshall’s Bay YMCA Camp – The Burwash Camp;

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.3

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Logs in Chenaux boom - Chat's Lake. Caption with photograph reads "In Goodwin's Bay + down the Marshall's Bay shoreline" and "Logs ready for mills seen in background".

Notes

Scrap Book of Photographs #4, Black Binder

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

November 1942

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

7

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Cellulose negative of the View of Marshall's Bay and Charles Macnamara's cabin.

Notes

Landscapes and Places 1901 - July 1942

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

C 120-2-0-0-137

Physical Description

Black and white negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-2

Scope and Content

Children's play structure in the shape of a wigwam at Marshall's Bay

Accession No.

2002-0154

Name Access

Shelters

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Date

Sept 1907

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

16

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-16

Scope and Content

Logs in Goodwin's Bay near Arnprior, Ontario.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1907

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

17

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-17

Scope and Content

Logs in Goodwin's Bay near Arnprior.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

August 1894

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.1

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group standing in front of a cabin in a forest. From left to right are Jim Cranston, Duncan Macnamara, Marian M., Nessie Lett, Dodie Cranston, Bella C.

Access Restriction

Closed - please use scanned photo.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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