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Fenelon Falls Post Office – CIBC
History, Fenelon Falls Meg Barton History, Fenelon Falls Meg Barton

Fenelon Falls Post Office – CIBC

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries public buildings were important symbols in Ontario. Generations of immigrants had moved to the region to chop farms from the forests or help establish new services in towns. Many worked their whole lives just to afford and build a home they could give to their children.

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Lindsay Library
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Lindsay Library

In the nineteenth century—before the advent of motion pictures or radio—let alone the internet, print media was basically the only media that could reach an international audience. Having access to books opened exciting possibilities for those who could read—literacy was far from universal.

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Beaverton Harbour
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Beaverton Harbour

Beaverton developed as a crossroads village at the mouth of the Beaver River on Lake Simcoe. From this community’s earliest days, there was steamboat service on the lake, beginning with the Sir John Colborne, which was launched in 1832 at the lower landing on the Holland River, on Yonge Street.

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