Memoirs from the Lake

This section provides personal accounts of past events and memories of times at Lake of Bays. Published with permission of the authors, the articles cover important parts of our history that will not be lost thanks to the writers and your support for this website.

Memoirs of the 1920s by Dean Matthews
Remembering the Steamship Iroquois by Harriet Muirhead 
Billy Langmaid's Supply Boat
A History of the White House Hotel
A Unique Decade - Baysville in the 1940s
Granny Ellis' House, Baysville 
My fond memories of Lake of Bays
by Catherine Nystrom
Uncle Cameron and the Buildings of Baysville Marina
What's in a Name
The Hotel on White House Bay
  

Our Results

  • One mile of natural shoreline and 47-acres of forest at Port Cunnington preserved.
  • Encouraged the Township to create a Heritage sub-committee of Council.
  • 100-acre parcel of land acquired near Dwight on the Lower Oxtongue River with 5.5 KM of shoreline.
  • More than two dozen buildings recognized for heritage value.

News & Events

01.01.12
Campaign Success!
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08.17.11
LBHF Collecting Memoirs of the Lake
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04.02.11
2011 Land Conservation Fund Appeal
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10.26.10
Karl Jaffary Receives Heritage Award
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Contact Us

Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation
P.O. Box 81
Baysville, Ontario
P0B 1A0

416.944.0631
info@lakeofbaysheritage.ca

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