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Elizabeth Shaw fonds

  • 2011-031 and 2022-018
  • Fonds
  • n.d.

Walling's map of Frontenac Lennox & Addington 1860, wall map on roller 5' sq
-- “General Election Instructions for Returning Officers” 342 pages dated Jan 1, 1956, includes an office consolidation of the Canada Elections Act; “Canada Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act” proposal 1981
-- List and description of all Polling Stations in Electoral District of Leeds 1957
-- material from the 1957 Social Credit election campaign in which Charles William (Bill) Shaw ran for Leeds, Fred Mardock was the Riding Assoc President
-- Typescript of “The Douglas System of Social Credit” 1934
-- Article from Brockville Recorder 14 June 1928 entitled “Old Charleston” by Harry Douglas Blanchard (encapsulated in map cabinet)
-- Adhesive-backed crest of Township of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne as used to identify township vehicles (encapsulated in map cabinet;
-- newspaper "The Athens Reporter" 17 June 1971 (encapsulated in Map Cabinet;
-- Maps, fact sheets, planning reports and newspaper clippings about James Auld Provincial Waterway Park
-- Rideau Canal Policy Public Consultation 1980s
-- Gananoque Watershed Management Study draft of final report 1984
-- Gananoque River Management Committee appointments of members Nov 1969
-- letter appointing Elizabeth Shaw as a member of the G.R. Management Committee 1971
-- Large file of newspaper clippings re activities of the GRWA.
-- Large file of newspaper clippings re the activities of the Gananoque Power Company.
-- “Operating Procedures for the Delta, Lyndhurst, Marble Rock and Outlet Dams on the Gananoque River” 14 Feb 1969
-- “Delta & Lyndhurst Dam Operation Study” MNR 1989
-- Data re elevations and drainage areas for Lyndhurst and Delta dams
-- Court documents and handwritten notes on historic conflicts re water levels on the Gananoque River
-- photocopy of “Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act”
-- 1975 letter by Russell Kidd to Dennis Timbrell, Min of Energy, complaining about Gananoque Power Co.
-- large quantity of water level charts plus scribbled notes and observation by Eliz. Shaw 1971-81 + 2 copies of GRWA newsletter "Shorelines";
-- proceedings of the Gananoque River Management Committee 1971-79;
-- ditto 1980-82
-- ditto 1983-86;
-- various bulletins from Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, Gananoque River Water Management Study, & Min of Natural Resources;
-- Gananoque River Flood Risk Maps No 1, 2, & 3; map of Red Horse Lake, MNR 1971;
-- “The Past – The Future and Charleston Lake” article about Charleston Lake park by Craig Witzke;
-- “Small Watershed Management in Eastern Ontario” regarding the Gananoque River by Robert Irvine;
-- “Objectives for Water Quality Control in Ontario” by the Ontario Water Resources Commission;
-- “Hydrological Report on the Gananoque River Watershed”, and "Hydrological Report on the Gananoque River Watershed - Figures” by J D Lee & Co. Consulting Engineers 1967;
-- Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Zoning By-Law Nov 1982;
-- book “A History of St John’s Anglican Church, Parish of Leeds Rear 1850” D R Bugler 1979;
-- booklet "Reforestation" by Dept. of Lands & Forests 1947;
-- booklet "Care and Planting of Forest Trees" by Dept of Lands & Forests 1947;
-- booklet "Simplified Way to Grow Your Own Fruit" by Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co, Missouri, USA 1947;
-- clipping “Brant and the Bribes” re Joseph Brant and Tyendinaga, clippings about Wallace Havelock Robb;
-- book TY-EN-DIN-AGA by Amy Huggard 1964;
-- books by Wallace Havelock Robb “Canticle of Consecration” 1949, “A Far Bell Calling” 1956, “That’s the Law” aka “The Ballad of the High Stepping Bays” 1956, “An Abbey Dawn Poem” 1944, 2 copies, “Kay-on-a-kon-te Daughter of the Gods” 1961, “Hail Canada” 1967, 2 copies “The Tyrian Quill” 1969, 2 copies, “Thunderbird” 1949, “Tecumtha” 1958, “So Like the Silence After His Bell” 1975;

Tar Island motion pictures by William Gilbert

  • Collection
  • 1928-

Reels contain episodes depicting various events and activities such as luncheon at the Grenadier Island Golf Club, a barbeque, the playing of golf, a circumnavigation of Tar Island, the line of automobiles awaiting the Rockport ferry.

William Gilbert

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

Frances Bryan fonds Part 2

  • 2013-031
  • Fonds
  • n.d.

File consists of:
-a diary by Frances Bryan for 1960,

  • photo of Black Rapids Bridge circa 1910,
    -undated Christmas card from T Ashmore Kidd of Orange Lodge,
    Minutes and agendas from Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne LACAC 1984-2000 and Leeds & 1000 Islands Municipal Heritage Committee 2000 - 2005
  • a quantity of bills of sale from various merchants and cheese factories in the Lyndhurst Area,
  • photocopies of a list of initial shareholders in Lansdowne Rural Telephone Company,
  • Family charts of the McCready family,
  • a history of Elgin by Neil Patterson,
  • memorial to George Bryan, verteran of the Boer War,
  • typed list of churches in Leeds County with dates of building,
  • Seeley's Bay Pastoral Charge rosters for 1993 and +/- 1980,
    • Files on histories of the following families: Thomas Tye, Henry Cross, Jenkin Williams, Jacob Bryan, Williamson, McCready, & misc. families including Quinn, Ferguson, Plunkett, Thelma Bean and comminities of Lansdowne, Dulcemain and Long Point,
      a file of tax bills from Dorman family in Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne 1915-1928,
  • A note about Arthur Bryan and the building of his log cabin in 1858,
  • a file on Leeds and Lansdowne Association of Historians and Collectors,
  • election scrutineer's kit, circulars and callendars from local businesses including Shawmere, Newell's garage, What-a-Pizza, Lyndhurst Feed Mill, Cliff Redman, Crystal Ridge Nature Studio, Gordanier's grocery, H T Webster, Travellers Health Association; Rideau District High School Commencement Exercises 1967 & 1969 + Centennial Review (1967) and clippings,
    1906 Geography text book of Hilliard Bryan from Long Point School,
  • 1867-1967 Centennial napkins,
  • auction sale notice for estate of Audrey Yoeman,
  • Olivet Church UCW booklet 1973,
  • memorial for Dr Stanley Webb,
  • 1995 Remembrance day program for Seeley's Bay Legion,
  • invitation to weeding of William Mattice and Laurie Hawkins,
  • recommendation to Seeley's Bay Pastoral Chargeto hire Rev. Caroline Turner, 1982
  • subpoena to witness in trial of Dwayne Weeks, Stephen Weeks & Robert Moore,
  • Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne tax bills 1962 & 1965,
  • 1952 program for the memorial service to King George VI in Kingston,
    -- 1 photo of Michael Bryan of London England, grandfather of Betty Shaw
    – Photo from 1964 of Lyndhurst “Commets” Public School hockey team: back row unknown, David Garreau, Mr Gerald Johnson, Robert Morton, Dwight Perrin, Mr. Searle, Lyn Searle; 2nd row Bob Jefferies, David (Joyboy)Smith, Dennis Holder, Jim Roe, Ronnie Roantree, Front row Miles Johnson, Andy Holliday (goalie), David Galaway, Jim Sweet. – colour snap shot of One-Armed Johnny Bryan’s log house on Ellisville Rd – Gordon leadbeater farmhouse on Elliville Rd (belonged to Walter Yoeman).
    – Undated photo of Lyndhurst Continuation School.
    – 2 registration cards from Agricultural Stabilization Board for 1964 and 1970 naming Ed & Elmer Bryan.
    – Ontario Health Services Insurance Plan identification card for Edward Bryan.
    • "The New Canadian Hymnal" 1932, "Presented to Olivet United Church Sunday School by Mrs. F. W. A .Meyer Brockville".
    • Silver plated spoon with crest of United Church of Canada and dates 1925-1975

Thousand Islands Area Residents' Association Fonds

  • 2011-024 & 2011-024A & 2011-024B
  • Fonds
  • since 1977

Fonds contains 2 sets of TIARA maps titled Plan of the Canadian Islands in the River St. Lawrence (3 maps, 6 total located in Cabinet 3 Drawer 1), 2 sets of index cards used to create the maps (1 alphabetical, 1 by lot #), 1 copy of Report to the People, 1 copy of 4 old photographs of fishermen, ca. 800 slides related to TIARA research, 8 audio cassettes regarding the creation of TIARA by Warren Almand, Mike Sykes, Wilson Goff, St Lawrence Islands National Park, and reports. A copy of the Nominating Document for the St Lawrence River to be included in the Canadian Heritage Rivers System prepared by Tiara.

2011-024A accrual received Aug 2015: Accrual consists of: 6 large scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about TIARA activities from Oct 1975 to June 1977 – 2 large scrapbooks of cartoons and letters to the editor by or about TIARA from Oct 1975 to December 1976. – 2 steel 5x8” card files containing survey data on punch cards. – A homemade drilling guide to record data on the punch cards. – 6 file folders of input forms to surveys by TIARA from local residents -- old (or reproduction) map of Westminster Park on Wellsley Island (encapsulated) -- original cartoon by Gene Day showing “Porks Canada” gobbling up the 1000 Islands. (encapsulated) – W. E. Saunders Natural History Award presented by Federation of Ontario Naturalists to TIARA, 1990. – 23 Bristolboard panels telling a retrospective of Tiara activities to 2010. – 6 copies of the first TIARA newsletter of 1975. – a bumper sticker with the logo “Don’t Park on People” – book “Citizen Wetland Initiatives” edited by Wilfred Cwikiel, Michigan, 1995. – books “A Report to the People” vol. #1 to 5 by Tiara, Jan 1977. -- 2 maps of Grenadier Island traced from 1874 survey, one showing historic uses, one showing Parks Canada property (encapsulated, in Map Cabinet).

2011-024B Accrual received Sept 27, 2018
Accrual consists of : typescript history of the birth of TIARA on Nov 21, 1975. -- photo of the audience at the meeting at Rockport Recreation hall Nov 21, 1975 indicating the 7 people who first met to oppose the expansion of the National park, i.e. Gordon Spaffoerd, Don MacRae, Chris Smith, Kathie Shine, Val Mody, Jan David. -- photo of an early TIARA study group including Kathy Nathan, Fred ?, Joan MacRae, Kathie Shine, Bo Collins, & Lawrence Mallory. -- "View Album of Thousand Islands" consisting of 16 pages with 2 photos per page of scenes in the 1000 Islands. -- Post card of an Island with cottage in the river. -- photocopy of the original doantion form for 2011-024, Nov 1, 2011.

Thousand Islands Area Residents' Association

Hubert Sly Fonds

  • 2013-032
  • Fonds
  • n.d.

Items consist of 4 shelf boxes of farm records of George Sly and Hubert Sly from the 1940's and 1950's, 1 shelf box containing as follows: photos from Frances Bryan, photos of Seeley's Bay C.G.I.T. 1947 (Canadian Girls In Training), Hartley's saw mill, SB fire dept, steam tug Maggie May, passenger steamer Buena Vista, photo of Sam Stafford, photo of a large crew on a timber raft, clippings of 1941 plane crash, fires at the saw mill 1947 and 1968, 25th anniversary history of SB Fire Dept., booklet "Garnet & Gold" re SB school reunion 1989, Seeley's Bay events, accounts of early history of Seeley's Bay and Lyndhurst, Olivet Church, Chapman gang, hand written obituaries of Mrs. Thomas Moore, Mrs John Niblock, history of Gray's store and Sweet's store and SB Boy Scout group, 1924 Thrift Card and Thrift Stamp, -- poetic announcement of a "Bakeless Bake Sale" by Order of the Eastern Star. -- 1940 Registration Certificate for Hubert Sly. -- bag tag from Brockville Co-Operative Association. -- 1945 Ration Book and Gasoline Licence & Ration coupon book, copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, an envelope of copies of documents from the Provincial Archives including sworn complaints of assaults (Caleb Seaman versus Oliver Church & ? How; Abigail Crippen vs David Lee, Thomas Hubbard, Jabez Carpenter, Ezekiel Middleton, Jesse Lamb, & John Struthers; John Hurd Covell vs Wallis Sunderlin, Peleg Sunderlin, Steven Washburn, William Stevens, William Patterson, Abel Stevens Jr & Adam Shook), Copies of letters regarding land matters involving Benjamin Slack, Joseph Wiltse, & Wallis Sunderlin, index of articles by Harry D Blanchard in the Brockville paper 1935-37, 8 Photos of members of the Sly family adhered to a glass plate, 1936 clipping describing the "Devil's Washbasin" or "Nature's Birdbath", one silver plated trophy cup 18 cm x 23 cm presented by T Eaton Co with the inscription "Won by Hubert Sly at Leeds and Lansdowne Rear Rural School Fair 1931", Also a shelf box containing 23 photos from the Roy Weeks Estate, and a another containing 2 ledger from Dr Young in Seeley's Bay; Seeley's Bay Pastoral Charge (United Church) annual statements 1961-69; -- 6 letters of congratulations to Hubert & Bessie Sly on their 60th wedding anniversary from Stephen Harper, Gord Brown, James Bartelman, Dalton McGuity, Prime Minister Paul Martin, & Bob Runciman, 2004.

2019-002 Accrual -- 5 more letters of congratulation for 50th and 60th anniversaries and 90th birthday from Bob Rae, Jean Chretien, Stephen Harper, Jim Jordon, Ray Hnatyshyn. -- 10` photos of Hubert Sly and members of the County Roads Committee at the opening of the Officers' Quarters Bridge in Jones Falls 1974. -- guest book from the funeral of George Sly, 1964, with tags from the funeral flowers. -- guest book from the funeral of Maud Sly, undated

Keith Sly papers

  • 2013-034
  • File
  • n.d.

File contains: -- 8x10 colour photo of 6 past reeves of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne including Hubert Sly, Roy Greenhorn, John McKinley, Johnson Plunkett, Harold Webster, and Douglas Moore. -- hand written receipt on letterhead of Albert J Sly for payment of principal and interest on mortgage between Albert Sly and W. G. Collinson, 7 July 1916. -- Class photo of Seeley's bay Continuation School 1931, Deed to Adelbert Sloan for Plot #55 in Trinity Church Burying ground Lansdowne, Letter from Adelbert Sloan 1913 instructing William Bryan to prevent his chickens from trespassing, bill from Lyndhurst telephone Co to Frank Chase 1924, bills to Hubert Sly from Don McGregor, R A Warner, Lorne Chapman, Emerson Baxter, and G L Normandin; Voters lists for Bastard & Burgess Twp 1917-18-19-20;

Joan Sands collection

  • 2012-023
  • Collection
  • n.d.

Collection consists of: a centennial history entitled "Lyndhurst 1794 - 1967" by Anna Harvey, -- a photo with names of girls at Lyndhurst Continuation School 1938, -- photo with names of the guests at the wedding of Bernice Tye, -- quantity of newspaper clippings filed in General Research files

Rockport photos & Navigation charts

  • 2014-016
  • Collection
  • 1906-07, 1917, 1963, and 1980

2 photos of Andress boat dock 1963, -- 1 photo of Rockport Motel 1980 -- 3 nautical charts of St Lawrence River by U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers dated 1906, 1907, & 1917 (Map Cabinet 2, Drawer 3) --

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