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Honey Harbour has a small grocery store ("Towne Centre" and Picnic Island Resort, which features its own general store and gas bar), a post office, a liquor store, a bakery, a Catholic church and school, a public elementary school, several small craft stores, a large resort (the "Delawana Resort"), and several marinas. In addition to cottages ...
Opened in 1903 by the Grisé brothers (Frederick), [1] the grand white siding three storey hotel sat along the channel across from Honey Harbour of the island serviced by Steamboats like SS Midland City that were used in the Muskoka area. The hotel had a Veranda on the first and second floor, serviced by a dock along the channel side of the island.
Nickerson and his wife Anne, had operated a store in Midland for twelve years, a sawmill, Nickerson Brothers' Mills in Hogg's Bay, (Victoria Harbour) and with his sons Albert and Charles, established the hotel known as the Victoria House on the present site of The Delawana Inn & Resort.
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]
The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) is a UK trade association for the development of coastal and inland boating facilities and for the improvement of boating and yachting. The most important document that is produced by TYHA is the Code of Practice, which contain a list of recommendations covering every aspect of marina construction and operation.
Honey Harbour Nav. Co. Ltd. Midland, Ontario 22 July 1941 27 May 1942 79th Flotilla – Gaspé Force (SO) Originally designated and painted up as CML 032 Sold 1947 as Esso Taparita, burnt 1948 ML 082 Q 082 Honey Harbour Nav. Co. Ltd. Midland ON 22 July 1941 27 May 1942 Quebec City, Quebec No flotilla Originally designated and painted up as CML 033
The Paragon Park Carousel is located in southern Hull, on a parcel bounded by Nantasket Avenue, George Washington Boulevard, and Wharf Avenue. Across Nantasket Avenue is Nantasket Beach, a recreation area that has been a well-known summer getaway destination since the 19th century. The carousel is in a stucco-walled single-story twelve-sided ...
Among the amusement rides in operation during Paragon Park's history was a traditional-style Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel (PTC #85) built in 1928 with hand-crafted horses, a bumper cars ride known as "Auto Scooters", a Ferris wheel, a horror-themed dark ride called "Kooky Kastle", and a wooden roller coaster known as The Giant Coaster.