Stewartville WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 5

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [ca. 1944]-[ca. 1970]

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Stewartville Women's Institute, Creator

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Stewartville WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 5 of 6

Stewartville, previously known as Balmer Island, is a hamlet situated in McNab Township in Renfrew County. It is on the shore of the Madawaska River and was part of the timber era.
Volumes 5 and 6 contain newspaper clippings, primarily from the 1960s and early 1970s, although there are a few clippings from the 1940s and 1950s. Although there are some wedding and anniversary announcements (volume 6), most clippings are on historical articles and community events.

Volume 5:
- Series of Newspaper articles on early history, including names of locations, Laird McNab (before and after coming to Canada), Arnprior, and McLachlin Mills.
- Stewartville Hydro dam and changes at various other dams in the 1960s
- Gillies Inn demolished at Braeside
- Scheel Windows of Arnprior
- Rebuilding Waba Cottage at White Lake
- Kennedy sawmill at Waba – before and after fire (1970)

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Tweedsmuir Curator: Jessie Smith

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Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO)

Dates

[ca. 1944]-[ca. 1970]

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Agriculture
Anniversaries
Barns
Bowling
Centennial celebrations
Churches
Dams
Festivals
Fire
Galleries & museums
Housing developments
Industry
Lumber industry
Pioneers
Public schools
Schools
Women's Institutes

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English

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Stewartville

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.41681 Longitude: -76.4994

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