Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1959

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

paper, coloured

Size: 57 x 74

Material Details

Scale: 1:50,000

Acquisition Source

Received as accrual from John McEwan in April 2014.

Scope and Content

Shows portions of Torbolon, March, Carleton, Huntley Townships and a small section of Lanark showing Blakeney and Snedden's Station.

Notes

Fourth Edition. Published in 1959. Surveyed between 1926-1929 by the Army Survey Establishment.

Accession No.

2014-0321

Subject Access

Maps - Topographical

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Lanark

Carleton

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1959

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

paper, coloured

Size: 57 x 74

Material Details

Scale: 1:50,000

Acquisition Source

Received as accrual from John McEwan in April 2014.

Scope and Content

Shows portions of Arnprior, McNab, Fitzroy, Pakenham Townships, and part of Pontiac County, QC

Notes

Fourth Edition. Published in 1959. Surveyed between 1926-1929 by the Army Survey Establishment.

Accession No.

2014-0321

Subject Access

Maps - Topographical

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Lanark

Carleton

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1951

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Reference Material

Description Level

Item

Series

2

Reference No.

M025

Physical Description

paper, coloured

Size: 57 x 74

Material Details

Scale: 1:50,000

Scope and Content

Shows portions of Arnprior, McNab, Fitzroy, Pakenham Townships, and part of Pontiac County, QC

Notes

Third Edition. Published in 1951. Surveyed between 1926-1929 by the Army Survey Establishment, updated with 1950 air photos.

Accession No.

9999-9999

Subject Access

Maps - Topographical

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Lanark

Carleton

Pontiac

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

1850-2006

Format

photographic

textual records

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

Series

Fonds No.

0021

Series

1

Creator

Peter Hessel

Physical Description

3.6 metres of textual material and photographs

History / Biography

Peter Hessel is an author, journalist and translator by profession. He was instrumental in establishing the Arnprior & District Archives in 1993.

Acquisition Source

While conducting research for his book "McNab - The Township", Peter Hessel created many files which he donated to the ADA in 1994 along with other historical information about the Arnprior area. This formed the basis of the Peter Hessel collection. The collection expanded over time and continued to be added to on a regular basis as an "open" collection based on subject rather than provenance until Hessel's death in 2020.

Scope and Content

This series consists of many original documents and photographs as well as photocopied material and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Arnprior, McNab and Braeside. Files are organized by subject. Each file contains various items which are listed in the Scope and Content note for that particular file. See individual file level descriptions.

Accruals

Further accruals are not expected

Related Material

See also: Stewart Famco fonds, Accession #1999-0107

Accession No.

1994-0021

Geographic Access

Arnprior

McNab/Braeside

Pontiac

Sand Point

White Lake

Scotland

Ottawa Valley

Less detail

Date

1973

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds No.

0021

Series

3

Reference No.

M035

Publication

Energy, Mines & Resources

Physical Description

paper - coloured

Size: 79 x 56

Material Details

Scale: 1:50,000

Scope and Content

Shows the Madawaska River and Griffith in the north, Wickware Lake in the south, Little Mississippi River in the west, Black Donald Hills in the east. Centennial Lake.

Accession No.

1994-0021

Subject Access

Maps - Topographical

Geographic Access

Lennox & Addington

Renfrew

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1941

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Peter Hessel collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds No.

0021

Series

3

Subseries

HES1

Reference No.

M067

Physical Description

photocopy

Size: 22 x 28

Material Details

Scale: see map

Scope and Content

Yellow coloured townships are showing predominantly German origin in 1941 census. Beside Renfrew County, other counties are Pontiac, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington

Related Material

see Peter Hessel book "Destination: Ottawa Valley"

Accession No.

1994-0021

Subject Access

Maps - Population

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Frontenac

Lennox & Addington

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

unknown

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arthur McLean fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M049

Physical Description

linen - ink

Size: 60 x 25

Material Details

Scale: unknown

Scope and Content

Shows lot numbers and some property owners along Norway Bay in Pontiac County, Quebec. Silver Creek shown. Names are Finlin, McKillop, Knox, Morrison, Stewart, Anderson, Church McLean & McAllistor, Stafford, Kilroy, Kehoe, Davis, & Hughs

Notes

Title supplied by Archivist

Accession No.

1996-0067

Subject Access

Maps - Lot Plan

Geographic Access

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1961

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Sloan C. Watters fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M022

Physical Description

blueprint

Size: 74 X 122

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 2 miles

Scope and Content

Shows limits of Gillies Bros. and Co. Ltd. Shows limit lines and identifying letters. Also shows roads, places, waterways, lakes, falls, rapids and portages. In red crayon shows depots and some lakes.

Landmark

Black River Depot, Lake Travers

Accession No.

2001-0131

Subject Access

Maps - Timber Limits

Geographic Access

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1897

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M001

Physical Description

linen - ink

Size: 48 x 51

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 40 chains

Scope and Content

Shows names of lumber company holdings for Hawkesbury Lumber Co. (HLC), Rideau Lumbering Co, and W.C. Edwards around White Pine Lake, Fils-du-Grand Lake, White Pine River, Island Lake, and Fils du Grand Waters Caribean River.

Notes

Probably McLachlin's Limits; Probable location determined by Sloan Watters showing White Pine Lake on his map. It is west of Dumoine River and south of Dumoine Lake

Shows portage route and indication of direction of river drive.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Subject Access

Maps - Timber Limits

Geographic Access

Pontiac

Less detail

Date

1956

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Arnold Muirhead fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M003

Physical Description

blueprint

Size: 65 x 54

Material Details

Scale: 1 in. = 2 miles

Scope and Content

Shows townships around Chalk River, corners of Algonquin Park and Petawawa Military Reserve, lakes and rivers, towns, and lots and concessions.trails, fire towers, and CPR.

Notes

Top indicates Gillies Bros & Co Ltd, Braeside, Ont.

surveyed and compiled by topographical survey from air photographs taken by the Royal Canadian Air Force Issued 1942. Drawn by J. Scardino Jan 1956

Accession No.

1995-0047

Subject Access

Maps - Topographical

Geographic Access

Renfrew

Nipissing

Pontiac

Temiskaming

Less detail

Date

1941

Format

map

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

M010

Physical Description

Size: 43 cm x 59 cm

Material Details

Scale: on map 1" : 1 mile

Scope and Content

Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and Geology Branch map showing geographic features of parts of the Township of Pontiac County as well as Lots and Concessions within this township. Map shows numerous lakes, rivers, rapids and creeks such as Schyan Lake, Lynch Lake, Forans Lake, and Raymond Lake. The Black River transects the lower half of the map. McLachlins Depot on Lake Travers where Macnamara spent time in 1902 appears near Lynch Lake. A legend appears in lower right corner.

Landmark

Black River Depot, Lake Travers

Notes

Longitude and Latitude Grids shown. Elevations are not shown.

Accession No.

2002-0154

Subject Access

Maps - Geographical

Geographic Access

Pontiac

Less detail