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PID: ourstories:50042
Title: Friday Harbour Marina Completion
Date: 2015
Subjects: Recreation--engineering--construction--business
Description: Photo of the completion of the human made marina for Friday Harbour Resorts. Friday Harbour is an all-seasons lakefront

PID: ourstories:31339
Title: Remembering Cecil Taggart
Date: 2015
Subjects: WWI--soldier--world war one
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31335
Title: Remembering Private Eston Henry Lowrie
Date: 2015
Subjects: WWI--soldier--world war one
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31338
Title: Remembering Alfred Edward Swan
Date: 2015
Subjects: world war one--soldier--WWI
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31337
Title: Remembering Charles Frederick Gibson
Date: 2015
Subjects: world war two--soldier--WWII
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further, 2015-AlconaGlen_006

PID: ourstories:31334
Title: Remembering Louis Corm
Date: 2015
Subjects: soldier--world war one--WWI
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31336
Title: Remembering Milton Emerson Galloway
Date: 2015
Subjects: world war two--WWII--soldier
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31333
Title: Remembering Ronald Robert McFadden (2)
Date: 2015
Subjects: world war two--soldier--WWII
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31340
Title: Remembering Milton Emerson Galloway (2)
Date: 2015
Subjects: WWII--soldier--world war two
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31331
Title: Remembering Harold Ward Bassingthwaite
Date: 2015
Subjects: soldier--world war one--WWI
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: ourstories:31332
Title: Remembering Ronald Robert McFadden
Date: 2015
Subjects: soldier--WWII--world war two
Description: In the fall of 2015 the Grade 8 class at Alcona Glen Public school embarked on an inquiry project designed to further

PID: islandora:428
Title: Monument to Jane Gibbins (Young)
Date: 2015
Subjects: grave--burial--death--woman--tragedy, grave--burial--death--woman--tragedy
Description: Photo of the stone monument erected to Jane Gibbins (née Young) near Priscillas Place, off Lockhart Road. The story is

PID: ourstories:31326
Title: Ted Dallimore - Schooling and Childhood in Innisfil
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: entertainment--school--education--children--class, entertainment--school--education--children--class
Description: Ted Dallimore discusses some of his memories from growing up and going to school in Innisfil, as well as some of his

PID: ourstories:31232
Title: Launch of the Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: boat--Emily May--Lake Simcoe--transportation--event--special occasion--public
Description: Photo taken during the official unveiling of the Emily May model. Pictured in the photo are Bill Hester, historical, IHS 4500

PID: ourstories:31158
Title: Peter Dickey - Hives and Honey Bees
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: local--business--product, local--business--product
Description: Peter Dickey, of Dickey Bee Honey in Innisfil, discusses the role of honey bees and hives when harvesting honey.

PID: ourstories:31328
Title: Ted Dallimore - The CNE
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: recreation--travel--city--entertainment, recreation--travel--city--entertainment
Description: Ted Dallimore describes some of his childhood memories of travelling to the Canadian National Exhibition (known as the

PID: ourstories:31161
Title: Peter Dickey - Equipment for Producing Honey
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: local--product--business, local--product--business
Description: Peter Dickey discusses the implements and equipment that has traditionally been used to produce honey over the years.

PID: islandora:435
Title: Ross Wallace - Changing Methods of Teaching
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: school--education--student--pupil, school--education--student--pupil
Description: Ross Wallace discusses his memories of teaching, and the ways that teaching methods have changed and evolved over the

PID: islandora:462
Title: Ross Wallace - Starting School
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: education--schooling--student--pupil--oral history--interview, education--schooling--student--pupil--oral history--interview
Description: Longtime resident of Innisfil Ross Wallace describes his experiences starting school as a child in the 1930s.

PID: islandora:466
Title: Ross Wallace - Threshing and Life on a Farm
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: agriculture--community--neighbour--oral history--interview--machinery--tools, agriculture--community--neighbour--oral history--interview--machinery--tools
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Ross Wallace describes his memories of growing up on a farm and the traditions associated

PID: ourstories:31313
Title: Ted Dallimore - Changes in Innisfil
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects
Description: Lifelong Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore discusses how Innisfil has changed over the years and some of his fond memories

PID: islandora:448
Title: Ross Wallace - School in the 1880s
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: pupil--education--schooling--student, pupil--education--schooling--student
Description: Local historian Ross Wallace describes the school experience of his father and others in the Innisfil area in the 1880s.

PID: ourstories:2648666
Title: Keith Kell on Family and Schools
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: school--oral history--farms, school--oral history--farms
Description: Keith Kell shares stories of his family life on the Kell farm and of growing up and going to school in Innisfil.

PID: islandora:439
Title: Ross Wallace - Community Spirit
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: family--neighbourhood--agriculture--barn, family--neighbourhood--agriculture--barn
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Ross Wallace recounts his memories of the community spirit that helped neighbours to build

PID: ourstories:31162
Title: Peter Dickey - The Honey Making Process
Date: 2015-03-31
Subjects: local--business--product, local--business--product
Description: Peter Dickey of Dickey Bee Honey describes the modern process of collecting and producing honey.

PID: ourstories:50010
Title: Geoff Dawney - Cost of Living
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--interview--price--money--goods--car, oral history--interview--price--money--goods--car
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney describes the cost of staple items like bread and gasoline in Innisfil as well as

PID: ourstories:2648680
Title: Keith Kell and the Royal Winter Fair
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: recreation--agriculture, recreation--agriculture
Description: Keith Kell shares fond memories of showing cattle at the Royal Winter Fair with friends and family. He also recounts a

PID: ourstories:31319
Title: Ted Dallimore - His Children
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: career--family--son--daughter, career--family--son--daughter
Description: Ted Dallimore talks about his children, Scott and Christine, and their achievements.

PID: ourstories:31317
Title: Ted Dallimore - Families and Neighbours
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: neighbour--community, neighbour--community
Description: Ted Dallimore discusses the importance of having family members and neighbours, who often were like family, to rely on

PID: ourstories:31311
Title: Bill Kell and the One Armed Man
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects
Description: Bill Kell relates an anecdotal story from his family lore about a farming accident that left a man with only one arm.

PID: islandora:444
Title: Ross Wallace - Establishing the United Church in Innisfil
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: building--church--religion--organization, building--church--religion--organization
Description: Ross Wallace details how the United Church originated in the Innisfil area following decisions made in the broader

PID: ourstories:31314
Title: Ted Dallimore - Construction: Then and Now
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: foundation--building--architecture--home--house--fence--soil, foundation--building--architecture--home--house--fence--soil
Description: Innisfil resident Ted Dallimore recalls some of his father, Fred Dallimore's, construction projects throughout Innisfil

PID: ourstories:50014
Title: Geoff Dawney - His First Job
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: working--labour--employment--road--county--interview--oral history, working--labour--employment--road--county--interview--oral history
Description: Lifelong resident of Cookstown Geoff Dawney describes his first job and the wages he received for a day's work.

PID: ourstories:50016
Title: Geoff Dawney - On Meeting his Wife and his '59 Chevy
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--wedding--marriage--couple--family--vehicle--transportation--oral history, interview--wedding--marriage--couple--family--vehicle--transportation--oral history
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney tells the story of how he met his wife as well as his memories of one of his

PID: ourstories:31236
Title: Donna Wice Speaks of the Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: public--presentation--Lake Simcoe
Description: Photo of Donna Wice, president of the Innisfil Historical Society, giving a presentation during the unveiling of a model, IHS 4504

PID: islandora:458
Title: Ross Wallace - Origins of Innisfil's Settlers
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: oral history--interview--settlement--community, oral history--interview--settlement--community
Description: Local historian Ross Wallace describes the origins of Innisfil's early settlers.

PID: ourstories:31303
Title: Bill Kell on Life, Electricity, Radio and Hardships
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: electricity--communications--radio, electricity--communications--radio
Description: William M. Kell discusses the hardships of growing up on a farm in Innisfil, including the coming of electricity and

PID: ourstories:50011
Title: Geoff Dawney - Dump Truck Business
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--interview--local business--operator--owner--hauling--vehicle--equipment
Description: Lifelong Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recounts some memories of owning a dump truck and operating in the Cookstown

PID: islandora:470
Title: Ross Wallace and Jean Warrington - Bon Secours Beach and the Water of Lake Simcoe
Date: 2015-04-20
Subjects: family--location--oral history--interview--summer, family--location--oral history--interview--summer
Description: Longtime residents of Innisfil Jean Warrington and Ross Wallace discuss the background behind the name "Bon Secours

PID: ourstories:31323
Title: Ted Dallimore - Marrying his wife, Barb
Date: 2015-05-26
Subjects: career--spouse--husband--marriage--family, career--spouse--husband--marriage--family
Description: Ted Dallimore recalls the story of how he started dating, and eventually married his wife Barb, and began building their

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