Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1911

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

30

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-30

Scope and Content

Side view of Alligator Tug "Madawaska"', on shore on blocks in winter.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1911

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

31

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of OntarioC 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-31

Scope and Content

Alligator tug "Madawaska" on shore on blocks in winter.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1906

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

27

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-27

Scope and Content

Bow view of Alligator tug 'Madawaska' drawn up on shore on blocks.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1907

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

33

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-33

Scope and Content

Side view of Alligator tug 'Bonnechere' on blocks.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1900-1905

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

28

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-28

Scope and Content

Side view of Alligator tug "Madawaska" drawn up on shore on blocks.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1907

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

34

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-34

Scope and Content

Side view of Alligator tug 'Bonnechere' on blocks.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1899

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.3

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of alligator tug 'Madawaska' drawn out on shore, sitting on blocks.

Notes

#27

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

29

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-29

Scope and Content

Alligator tug "Madawaska" on the Ottawa River.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

November 1906

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph ; b&w ; 12.75 x 17.75 cm

Scope and Content

The alligator tugboat 'Madawaska' drawn out on shore.

Notes

Black Binder #27

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

27

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-27

Scope and Content

Alligator tug "Madawaska" drawn up on shore on blocks, bow view.

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.

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

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Date

1902c

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Clay Bank Women’s Institute fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 2A P0136

Scope and Content

Caption reads, “This was taken in 1902 on the Madawaska River at the pier of the old bridge near John Young’s farm. It was the Spring Drive.” Photograph shows men standing on square timber log jam.

Accession No.

1993-0008

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Date

June 1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

5.2

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph showing McLachlin Bros. Mill No 4. Caption on the back reads "McLachlin Bros. Sideview of No. 4 Mill. Note du[?] cart."

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

November 1900

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Daniel McLachlin (Texas) fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Scope and Content

Photograph from "Life in the Lumbercamps of McLachlin Brothers Arnprior, Ontario" by Charles Macnamara. Photograph shows an alligator tug near Arnprior. Men aboard are George H. Johnson, Alex Dechene and Joe Dechene (maybe).

Notes

Photocopy of the original manuscript is available in the Reading Room.

Accession No.

1999-0117

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Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 mounted photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photo of McLachin Bros. alligator tugs from the manuscript that Macnamara wrote, "Life in the Lumbercamps of McLachlin Brothers Arnprior, Ontario." Caption reads, "One of the alligator tugs in the boom at Arnprior. Men are George H. Johnson, Alex Dechene and (I think) Joe Dechene." The tug is the Amable du Fond.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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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

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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

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Date

2003 - 2012

Format

textual records

electronic records

Collection/Fonds

Madawaska Highlander newspaper fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Physical Description

newspapers

Acquisition Source

Bill Graham, Editor of the Madawaska Highlander donated the CD and paper copies in May 2013. Additional paper copies added upon receipt.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 40 copies of the Madawaska Highlander from December 2003-June 2009 with gaps. The CD version includes all issues from December 2003 - December 2012. This free publication is published eight times per year and covers news items for the area of Black Donald, Calabogie, Burnstown, Dacre, Springtown, Griffith and Matawatchan. In the first edition, editor Bill Graham stated that the newspaper we be "addressing local issues and announcing local events". The content includes historical articles, Municipal news and environmental issues. The Madawaska Highlander has a greater circulation than the former "Highlander" newspaper which was published approximately five times per year.

Collection contains the following issues:

December 2003

March 2004

May 2004

June 2004

December 2004/January 2005

February/March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June/July 2005

July/Aug 2005

September/October 2005

November/December 2005

January/February 2006

March/April 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August/September 2006

October/November 2006

December 2006

January/February 2007

March/April 2007

May 2007

June 2007

July 2007

August/September 2007

May 2008

August/September 2008

October 2008

July/August 2008

March/April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July/August 2009

September 2009

October 2012

December 2012

May 2014

October-November 2014

May 2016

May/June 2018

Sept/Oct 2018

Accruals

expected in electronic form annually

Related Material

Madawaska Highlander website contains links to numerous audio recordings conducted by author Elmer Strong in the mid 1960's about the settlement and lumbering activities of the area. www.madawaskahighlander.ca/heritagerecordings

Accession No.

2012-0296

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Date

1941

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

6.8

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w glass plate ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Madawaska street at the corner of Daniel Street, looking towards the Post Office (now the museum).

Notes

Item number 10.002

Access Restriction

Permission to access needed from Archivist

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1938 - 1940

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Gillies Family fonds

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 5A P0512

Scope and Content

One of two photographs on page. Photograph on left shows front view of unidentified Alligator with men on board as it nears shore.

Accession No.

1995-0060

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