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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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Martha Whetung
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Martha Whetung

To the end of the nineteenth century, the lakes of South Central Ontario were typically just called the Trent Valley, which was assured a place in the Canadian English-language public, because of the never-ending political lobbying to get the Trent Canal built.

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Call for Submissions
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Call for Submissions

The Fenelon Arts Committee (FAC), a part of the Kawartha Works Community Co-op (KWCC), in partnership with the City of Kawartha Lakes, is bringing The Downtown Sculpture Exhibition back to Fenelon Falls for a third season. The exhibition of six sculptures will be on display from May to October 2026.

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Myrtle Washburn
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Myrtle Washburn

By the 1890s, Fenelon Falls was becoming a prosperous village, as younger generations enjoyed luxuries that their pioneer parents or grandparents might not have even dreamed about. Progress was an ideal in the Victorian era and it was important to many people to show their prosperity.

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Cabin Fever? Not in Fenelon Falls
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Cabin Fever? Not in Fenelon Falls

Winter in Fenelon Falls is anything but quiet — it’s a season made for getting out, staying connected, and enjoying everything our community has to offer, whether you’re an outdoor adventurer or more of an “indoors and cozy” kind of person.


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Bobcaygeon’s South School
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Bobcaygeon’s South School

In the 1840s, schooling in the new colonial settlements was typically voluntary, conducted in either homes or churches. John Taylor, a carpenter (his projects included the Langton’s home Blythe) was instrumental in setting up the first school in the township in a log cabin on the largest of Bobcaygeon’s islands, which was operational by 1846.

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