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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 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 .
When asked where they were going by the Voyageurs, they would reply "Kewa", which meant "Go Home" in their native language, hence the name for both the Bay on Georgian Bay, the river and the Lake. Go Home Lake is approximately 5 miles (8 km) long and ranges from 1/2 to 3/4 miles (800 - 1,200 m) wide.
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]
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 Township of Georgian Bay is an area municipality of the District Municipality of Muskoka, in south-central Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Severn River, where it empties into the eponymous Georgian Bay. The municipal offices are at Port Severn. This township is the administrative centre of the Moose Deer Point Ojibway First Nation ...
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The Beaver Valley is a valley in southern Ontario, Canada, at the southern tip of Georgian Bay. The Beaver River flows north through the valley, emptying into Georgian Bay in the town of Thornbury. It is a productive agricultural area, producing a significant portion of Canada's apple crop. It also contains one of Ontario's best-preserved ...