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The hotel was a two-story wooden structure with extensive verandahs. During the early years, Victoria House was a fishing camp without electricity or telephones. In the 1920s, Charles Nickerson, Nathan's son, sold Victoria House to the Grisé brothers; they had operated The Royal Hotel (a four storey building with a dock c. 1903 and closed mid ...
The other story dates further back to when the Voyageurs travelled down Georgian Bay from the French River and met the Indigenous peoples that lived along the shore of Georgian Bay at the mouth of the Go Home River (Go Home Bay). The Indigenous peoples would pack up each fall and move inland to the area of Go Home Lake which was more protected ...
The Thirty Thousand Islands are the world's largest freshwater archipelago, and are located mainly along the east side of Georgian Bay, part of the Great Lakes, in Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] Biosphere map of Georgian Bay. UNESCO designated the area in 2004 as the Georgian Bay Littoral (also called the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve). It is an ...
It is located near the south-West shore of Georgian Bay, about 8 miles north of Honey Harbour. There is no road access to Franceville, nor has there ever been, although it is within a few miles of a major highway. The France Family emigrated from Yorkshire, England in 1887 to gain employment at a resort hotel on Lake Ontario. Wilfred France ...
The Trent–Severn Waterway is a 386-kilometre-long (240 mi) canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.Its major natural waterways include the Trent River, Otonabee River, Kawartha Lakes, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching and Severn River.
It enjoys the reputation of being an exclusive summer resort for affluent citizens of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Another Lambert Island is located on Georgian Bay of Lake Huron ( 44°55′13″N 79°52′16″W / 44.92028°N 79.87111°W / 44.92028; -79.87111 ) and was previously owned by the aviation pioneer Orville Wright ...
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario.. Located at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport (Midland/Huronia Airport).