Innisfil Historical Society
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First Fire Department ,Lefroy
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First Fire Department crew at Lefroy
(l to r )Rodney Bell, Max Hofland, Bill Bell, Doug. Hofland, Garnet Gould, Russel Browning, Walter Browning, Don Atkinson, Doug Cundall, Doug. Robbins, Paul Corner, John Atkinson, Ken Ferguson, Ted Corner, Alf. Corner,
Front: Jack Baxter, George Ypung, Ron Crone, Ken Baxter, IHS2468
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First Form Continuation School
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Back Row: Jean Row, Ina Edney, Ruth Robertson, Mr. Floyd Hartley, Mr. Harold Pearson, Jean Webb, Dorothy Baker, Pat Hopper.
Middle Row: Marguerite McFadyen, Lilliam McMaster, Beatrice Reed, Muriel Copeland, Madge Baker, Mary Taggart, Clara Harris.
Front Row: Johnny Campbell, Bill Robinson, Russell Reed.
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First House On Burnside Farm
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Photo of the first house on Burnside farm, which was eventually torn down. It was a raised brick home with a large wraparound verandah and numerous windows. The photo was taken during the winter and there is snow in the yard and on the steps. Mr. Walter Allan bought this farm from his brother Gavin C. Allan, and at one time Gavin lived in this house too. When Mr. Walter Allan moved there he moved a second house on the property, and Miss. Kay Allan and Mrs. Eva Allan (Reid) and family lived in the second house. Their uncle, Gavin C. Allan, was a contractor. He built their house at 308 Killarney Beach Rd. in Lefory and his own home. He also helped build St. James Church in Stroud., IHS800
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First Police Cruiser 1955
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First Police Cruiser 1955, Dodge - 4 door, 6 cylinder for Innisfil Township.
Purchased at Monkman's Dodge Dealership, Cookstown, Innisfil's only car dealership. Purchase price $2,000.00. Equipped with a Bell Mobile phone., IHS4329
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First World War Soldiers
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Photograph of three soldiers from the Innisfil area in uniform in the first World War. Pictured includes from left to right William James Davies of Painswick (later married Manetta Jago), Sapper Cecil Gordon Morris of Thornton (Essa Township), and Private Edward Milton Hubbert of Holly (NH lot 5, Conc.11). All of the men enlisted into the 177th Battalion. Cecil Morris served in the 177th Battalion, 3rd Reserved Battalion, 123rd Battalion, and Sapper for 8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers. Edward Hubbert served in the 177th Battalion, and 4th Battalion., IHS1107
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Fisher Family In 1986
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Colour photo of the Fisher Family on the occasion of Betty Fisher receiving the 1986 Citizen of the Year Award. Standing from left to right are Brent, Sandra, Betty, Stewart, Brian, Cathy, and Mark., IHS4293
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Five Allan Sisters
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"Five Allan Sisters" taken day of Dorothy's wedding to Jack Constable.
Left: Dorothy (Allan) Constable, Kathleen Allan, Ruth (Allan) Stewart, Bertha (Allan) Fraser, Eva (Allan) Reid. At Walter Allan's farm. Walter Allan was their father., IHS1362
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Flooded Sidewalk At Mrs. Mather'S
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Photo showing a sidewalk curving between trees that is flooded. Most of the ground is still covered with chunks of snow and a wrought iron fence is visible in the background. The photo is captioned "Flooded sidewalk at Mrs. Mather's, Spring of 1950." It can also be found on page 55 of the Stroud-Tweedsmuir History, Vol. 11., IHS3382-58C
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Florence And Gavin C. Allan
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Gavin C. Allan and Florence Campbell of Port Arthur and Fennell's Corner married in 1901. Their children were Agnes (m. Matt Bell), Margaret (m. R.J. New), Bessie (m. Geoff Robinson), and Jack. Gavin was a Councillor, a Clerk and served several terms as a Reeve before retiring. They also had 2 other daughters who died young, Jean and Edith., IHS1481
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Florence Beatty
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Florence Beatty, married Alex McCullough, they had one son Jack McCullough. Butter churn., IHS3261
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Florence Beatty Mccullough
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Photograph of Miss Florence Beatty, the daughter of John Beatty and Sarah Donnelly. She married Alex McCullough and together they had one son, John. The photo shows Miss Beatty standing outdoors beside a picket fence and wearing a long dress and coat with a large hat., IHS3358
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Football Team 1885
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Original is a Bogart photograph (Newmarket and Big Bay Point). A football team?
Back Row: Edward Guest, ____, William Irwin, John Guest, George Webb, William Tribble, Alex Cowan.
Front Row: ___,___,Evelyn Guest, Dick Tribble?, IHS3352
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Forced Landing
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Photo of a biplane on a training flight from Camp Borden that made a forced landing on a farm field in the north half of Lot 19, Concession 7. The landing drew the attention of neighbours who came to see it. This information was provided by Ken Robinson from page 194 of the book "Skunks and Scholars." The photo shows several men alongside the plane, possibly pushing it for take-off.
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Ford Model T
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Pictured from left to right are: Edward H. Sloan, Ethel Hammond, and Mrs. H. C. Willson standing in front of a 1914 Ford Model T car with side curtains. Mr. Sloan is wearing a dark coat and fedora, Ms. Hammond in a coat, hat, and fox fur stole, and Mrs. Wilson in a fur trimmed coat, white gloves, and hat., IHS526
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Ford Model T Truck
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Photo of the Ford Model T truck that became the first motorized vehicle to haul grain to the Craigvale elevator in 1918. The truck was owned by Bert Marquis who lived on NH Lot 14, Conc. 6. It is a relatively small vehicle with a short flatbed and is being driven by a man in a white shirt and suspenders wearing a flat cap. There also appears to be a young woman sitting beside him., IHS1095
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Ford, Nancy
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Nancy Ford on her first day of school at Painswick
Background: Sherbrooke Farms which her father managed
Ford, Nancy, IHS4081
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Former Bank And Post Office, Lefroy
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Photo of the square red brick building on Killarney Beach Road that was originally built as a bank and later functioned as a post office. It was built in either 1913 or 1916 by Ross Sheldon of Lefroy. Sheldon built several similar banks, including one in Kirkland Lake and one in King. The photo appears to have been taken out of a car window as a side mirror is visible at the bottom., IHS499
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Former Churchill Hotel Building
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Photo of a house with white siding and decorative shutters that formerly served as the Churchill Hotel. The photo was taken after the building had been converted into a private residence., IHS640
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Former Kell Farm
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Former Kell Farm owned in 1986 and previously by Ruth and Bill Draper. Snapshot taken in 1986.
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Former Lefroy Public School 1965
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Photograph of the former Lefroy Public School sometime after it had been converted into a private dwelling. Beginning in the mid-1800s, the building had once served as a school for children from the Lefroy and Bell Ewart communities on Killarney Beach Road. This building is still standing on the north side of Killarney Beach Rd. in Lefroy, just west of the train tracks., IHS500
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Former Reeves Of Innisfil
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Six former Reeves of Innisfil at the cairn in Innisfil Beach Park.
Left to right: Charles W. Henry, Frank Beatty, Alfred L. Webb, Clifford Lockhart, Dalton Banting, Thomas Cook.
From Page 74 of the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Volume 11., IHS3382-79B
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Former Site Of The Haughton Mill Dam
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Members of the Innisfil Historical Society visit the former site of the Haughton Mill dam, used by the sawmill and shingle mill of the 1870s, which provided many jobs. Mill hands lived in 8 or 9 cottages nearby. There was also a Post Office nearby for 9 years and it was known as the "Lennox" Post Office., IHS2015
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Former Telephone Office
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This snapsot taken in 1977 of what was the former telephone office.
Tenants and owners recently: quilt shop, Wicker shop, Parkers Medium Rare (art shop), Rodjoy Antiques. For sale Spring of 1989.
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Forster Children
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Madeline Forster, age 13-14 years, Dorothy Forster, age 16 with the oars, Connie Forster, age 10.
The one in the stern is Madeline, age 13, about five years before she won the lst Gold Medal for speed swimming.
Our cottage was behind the trees., IHS3831
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