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Amy Cosh
History Meg Barton History Meg Barton

Amy Cosh

Amy Cosh was born in 1902. Her parents were both from local families. Her mother, Jane Junkin, was the eldest daughter of Bobcaygeon merchant Irvine Junkin, while her father Hedley Vicars “Vic” Cosh was descended from a family of masons and farmers.

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Austin Sawmill
History Meg Barton History Meg Barton

Austin Sawmill

Kinmount grew as a focal point in the forest industries after the Bobcaygeon Road (similar to present day 49, 121 and 35 from Bobcaygeon to Dwight) reached the village in 1858.

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Boyd Office – Boyd Heritage Museum
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Boyd Office – Boyd Heritage Museum

Mossom Boyd emigrated as an orphan in 1834 to visit friend John Darcus who had settled west of Bobcaygeon on the north shore of Sturgeon Lake. Darcus persuaded him to stay, and Boyd took up a farm nearby.

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