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Austin Sawmill
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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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Bill Dunbar
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Bill Dunbar

Originally from Bridgenorth, Bill Dunbar became a legend during his years working for Mossom Boyd as a shanty foreman. In the nineteenth century, many young men went north to work for lumber companies in the winter and lived larger than life.

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