Today, many people would find it odd to go furniture shopping at the funeral home.

As the first immigrants arrived in the Kawarthas, communications with the broader world were tenuous.

By today’s standards, children grew up young, and were often at work as soon as they were able to help their parents.

In the nineteenth century, most families were farm families, so crops, livestock and handicrafts were of great practical interest to most people.

From the beginning of European migration to the Kawarthas, the region had abundant forest resources.

Fenelon Falls was founded long before the advent of the welfare state. At that time, the Church was an extremely important institution.