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Wes Moore Homestead

  • 2022-002
  • File
  • [1910]

A – 001 photo, b&w, copy, 9.5 X 15 cm- on verso: Wes Moore Homestead / Approx 1910 / 993 County Rd #2 [Leeds and 1000 Islands] / view from SW:
A- 002 6 partial pages (115-120) printed from Ontario Land Registry Abstracts Lansdowne Conc 2, Lot 21
Showing original grant 1824, Wesley Moore grantee 1903

Washburn School

  • 2022-016
  • Item
  • nd

Framed school picture of Washburn School. Inscribed on frame "Old Washburn School"- Dad (W.J. Hamblin may be the one 2nd from left in back row. Looks like four trustees on extreme right.

Rockport Area

  • 2022-20
  • Item
  • 1975 - 2016

Collection of newspaper articles and photographs, some loose, pertaining to Rockport area topics such as politics, St. Lawrence skiff, local personalities, TIARA (Thousand Islands Area Residents' Association) . Some materials appear to have been added after Dr. Kort's death in December 2004.

Dr. Kees Kort

Heaslip Family File

  • FOE
  • File
  • n.d.

File consists of a photograph of the Heslip store and residence before it burned down, a photo of the Robert S. Heaslip store and residence abut 1910 and a photo of the Heaslip family including Robert S., Margaret (Storey), Charles, Frances and Thomas.

Escott Twp. scanned & discarded material

  • Collection
  • 1931 - 1996

2019-029 Material related to former Twp of Escott, discarded by LTI after scanning in 2017.

2019-029-A
A-001 A bill to divide the Township of Front of Yonge and Escott into Front of Yonge Twp and Front of Escott Twp, 1905.
A-002 “NOTICE TO ELECTORS” Official Dominion Elections Act form with attached 5-page manuscript list of voters in Escott, 1925 (oversize, encapsulated).
A-003 Financial Statement for Front of Escott 1929.
A-004 Financial Statement for Front of Escott 1938.
A-005 Leeds & Grenville Minutes, Reports By-Laws Etc. 1936 1st meeting
A-006 As above 1936 3rd meeting.
A-007 As above 1937 2nd meeting.
A-008 As above 1937 3rd meeting.
A-009 As above 1938 2nd meeting.
A-010 As above 1938 3rd meeting.
A-011 As above 1939 1st meeting.
A-012 As above 1939 2nd meeting.
A-013 As above 1941 2nd meeting
A-014 & A-015 Survey Plans of Rockport Village dated 1961, showing property lots, with superimposed scheme for layout of street lights, by Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

2019-029-B Proceeding of the Escott Public Library Board 1999-2000

  • Budget journal printout Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000
  • Correspondence concerning the Robert Spencer Trickey Family donation of $10,000 and its disposal.
  • Correspondence concerning the transfer of the last $1,436 of the Trickey donation to the MHC Reserve fund.
  • Minutes of Library Board meetings for 2000.
  • Escott Public Library budget request for 2000.
  • Manuscript letter dated 3/15/00 from Kevin Trickey, Delta, OH. USA, thanking Librarian Lisa Marston and encouraging Council to preserve old records for historical research and have volunteers catalogue them.

2019-029-C Correspondence concerning the exchange of lands between Twp. Front of Escott and St Brendan’s Church to increase church parking capacity 1997-99

2019-029-D Correspondence and background information re purchase of Rockport Customs Wharf.
D-001 Copies of documents between April 24 and June 6, 1995 regarding proposal to purchase the Government Wharf in Rockport, including private citizen input. (5 pages)
D-002 Minutes of a special public meeting June 20, 1995, including list of attendees. (6 pages)
D-003 Correspondence between FoE and Public Works & Gov. Services between July 6 and Aug 10, 1995 regarding the Rockport Wharf, including a copy of a motion in Council Aug 8, 1995 to request a meeting with the Dept. of Public Works. (4 pages)
D-004 Continued correspondence between FoE and Federal Agencies, including a formal offer by FoE to purchase the wharf for $1. (6 pages)
D-005 Continued correspondence Nov 16 to Dec 19, 1995 following a meeting on Oct 20, with Gov. officials, including a proposal by Canada Coast Guard to make a seasonal base at Rockport Wharf. (8 pages)
D-006 Photocopy of typescript history of cost for the Government Wharf in Rockport from 1931 to 1967. (4 pages)
D-007 Photocopy of an undated news clipping (estimate late 1920s) recording the request by FoE Council that the Government establish a Canada Customs office in Rockport.
D-008 Report by Restoration Engineering (John Silburn) April 22, 1995, on the physical condition of the wharf, quoting a previous report by GeoCor Engineering Inc. (2 pages)
D-009 Correspondence between Mar 29 and May 9 1996 ending in a press release stating the Township has decided not to buy the property. (5 pages)

Digital copy of the Rockport Customs Ledger, September 1866 - 1883

  • Item
  • September 1866

Consists of 141 digital images of the ledger, each showing two pages of the Ledger, plus 7 additional digital images of loose pages inserted into the ledger. The Ledger lists all items imported and exported through the Port of Rockport, including a description of the goods, the importer, the conveyance used, the original port.

Government of Canada

Map of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

  • Item
  • 1861

This item is a map of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Canada West, as of 1861. It was based on surveys under the direction of H.F. Walling, and includes the townships of Leeds, Lansdowne, and Escott. This map includes some pictures, individual lot and concession numbers for each township, and the names of landowners (by township) in the year the map was produced.
There are insets for towns in the region, including Gananoque, Lyndhurst, Charleston and Escott. The map also includes business directories for the larger towns inset and population statistics by county for 1861.

H.F. Walling