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Stores and Shops

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 31, 2017 Posted in Business Tagged with bake shop, Callaghan's Pharmacy, Edgar Getz, general store, grocery shop, hardware store, jeweler, Joanne Murray, Joe Murray, Kevin Hazelton, Killaloe, kuehl, Marcella Kuehl, Marcella's Coffee Shop, marcellas, Merville Kuehl, Otto Nass, palubiski, Shop, Store, The Star Cafe, Village Pharmacy, Willy Chung

The following photos feature some of Killaloe and area Stores and Shops!

Artifacts

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 31, 2017 Posted in Artifacts, History, Miscellaneous Tagged with Artifacts, Documents, Equipment, Exhibit, Farming, History, Killaloe, Museum, Things

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This story and linked photos is about the Mill in Old Killaloe. Shown is one time owner Ben Johnston. Betty Mullin Collection.

Gas ration coupon from WWII rations book. Pearl Murack Collection.

Inside cover of WWII rations book. Pearl Murack Collection.

Outside cover of WWII rations book. Pearl Murack Collection.

Jack Beach using the telegraph in the old train station. Betty Mullin Collection.

If a Killaloe resident's house was on fire in 1911 this would have been at the scene, as well as many neighbours with buckets. Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

The telegraph (shown below) was once Killaloe's main source for communication to and from the outside world. Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

Nancy Philp's Walk Down Memory Lane Display at the Killaloe Millennium Museum.

At the time, this "modern convenience" made laundry an easier task. Lynn Flokstra Collection.

Household Artifacts

Many early household artifacts were originally from Europe, brought over by the settlers.

Locally made household artifacts were created from wood, iron and tin.

Hand-operated tools and utensils were in use prior to 1947, when hydro arrived in the area.

Equipment

The larger, logging and agricultural artifacts were often hand-hewn or locally made, and of original design, characteristic of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the early pioneers.

Killaloe and District Building Architecture

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 31, 2017 Posted in Architecture, Business, History Tagged with Afelskie, Architecture, Boland House, Brennan's Creek, Building, Classic Log Home, cybulski, Cybulski Barbershop, Garage fire Queen Street, Hand Hewn square timber, History, Home, House, Killaloe, Masonry, Mill, Places, Queen Street, Schutt's Mill, Squatter Shack, The Old Grist Mill

[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] Masonry block buildings- common in Killaloe during two separate time periods, were constructed using locally manufactured materials.

The Hoch farmhouse at the junction of hwy 60 and hwy 512, and the building at 183 Queen Street (Grandma’s Pantry)- not pictured below- are two examples of a building style common in Killaloe in the early and mid 1900’s. The masonry veneer blocks were made in Killaloe by George Yourth who owned and operated a portable mold and mixer.

Later, in the 1960’s William (Bert) Keetch manufactured masonry cement blocks in a small block plant in Killaloe. These blocks were used extensively in construction throughout the village and surrounding areas for foundations and for commercial, industrial and residential structures.

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Home of Tom and Annie Boland. Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

A classic log home for this area. Private Collection.

This collection of stories and photos was printed in the 70's in Barry's Bay This Week newspaper. Part 1 of 10. Betty Mullin Collection.

This building which still stands on Lake Street has been home to many businesses including Strack's Harness Shop and Cybulski's Barbershop. Pearl Murack Collection.

Beautiful example of a masonry block home of the Killaloe area. Private Collection.

Photo of C.W. Boland house on Civic Street. Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

An excellent example of hand hewn square timber with dovetail ends. Many structures still stand from the mid and late 1800's. Photo by Tony Cowan. Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

This story and linked photos was written by Brenda Lee-Whiting and published in the Eganville Leader April 2nd, 1975. It is the story of the O'Grady family and Settlement about 9 miles south-west of Killaloe along the Opeongo Line. This is Photo 2, part 18 of 19

This story and photo is about the Sisters of St. Joseph leaving Killaloe. It was published in the Eganville Leader June 19th, 1974. Betty Mullin Collection.

Photo of Schutt's Mill along Brennan's creek. Pearl Murack Collection.

History of St. Andrews Parish as published in the Eganville Leader November 20th, 1961. Part 1 of 18. Betty Mullin Collection.

This collection of stories and photos was printed in the 70's in Barry's Bay This Week newspaper. Part 3 of 10. Betty Mullin Collection.

Killaloe and District Church Architecture

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 31, 2017 Posted in Architecture, Churches Tagged with Anglican Church, Architecture, Brudenell, Church, Construction, Eganville Leader, Killaloe, Original Church, Places, Rockingham, St. Andrews Parish

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Part of the unique architecture of Rockingham Church. Friends of Rockingham Church

Photo of Rockingham Church by Gus Zylstra. Friends of Rockingham Church.

Mr. and Mrs. McGrath

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in Family Photos Tagged with Killaloe, Mr.McGrath, Mrs.McGrath

Mr. and Mrs. Alex McGrath, photo from the Betty Mullin Collection.

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Jacob Cashubec and Marianna Kulas

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in Family Photos Tagged with Jacob Cashubec, Kaszubik, Killaloe, Marianna Kulas

Photo of Marianna Kulas (1865-1939) and her husband Jacob Cashubec (Kaszubik) (1862-1944). Killaloe Millennium Museum Exhibit.

Mill Outweathers a Century

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in History Tagged with Business, Globe and Mail, Killaloe, Mill, Newspaper, Places

People and Settlement

By killaloelibrary.ca-admin Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in History, People Tagged with Fort McDonell, James Bonfield, Killaloe, Killaloe Station, Old Killaloe, Opeongo, Opeongo Colonization Road, Settlement, Thomas P. French

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Opeongo Colonization Road

In 1854 the Canadian government announced that it would promote immigration for the Shield. Thomas P. French was appointed Crown Land Agent for the Ottawa and Opeongo Colonization Road.

T.P. French published a handbook “Information for Intending Settlers of the Ottawa and Opeongo Road and its Vicinity” which was distributed throughout Europe. The exhaustive pamphlet touted the virtues of the land, which he greatly exaggerated. It also gave intending settlers pertinent information on how to prepare for the long voyage across the Atlantic, how to reach the Opeongo and what to expect when they arrived.

The terms for gaining indisputable title to land grants were: “One Hundred Acres will be given Free to any settle, 18 years of age, who shall take possession of the e Lot within one month form the date of his application, erect on it a house, 18 by 20 feet, put in state of cultivation at least 12 acres in the course of four years, and live on the Lot during that period.”

Immigrants came from Scotland, Ireland, Britain, Germany (abot 1904) and Poland (about 1908). Many early settlers fled when they discovered the harshness of the land. If they had the means they settled elsewhere, others returned to the old country bitterly disappointed.

Early settlers made potash in large iron kettles and sold it to agents for export. It was made from ashes and was used for making soap, dye and fertilizer.

Fort McDonell/Killaloe Station/Killaloe

Born in Scotland in 1820, William McDonell arrived in this vicinity in 1857, with his wife Isabella (McLachlin) and infant son Angus. William worked for his uncle for a time before he branched out on his own. William and Iasabella’s second child Coll McDonell was the first baby born in Fort McDonell which would later become Killaloe Station. Coll St. in the village is named for Coll McDonell.

William McDonell had his land surveyed into lots and in 1868 the settlement was offically named Fort McDonell in his honour, the same year he built a water-powered saw mill on Brennan’s Creek.

In 1893, with the arrival the Ottawa Parry Sound Railway, the tiny settlement became an important supply depot for as many as eleven lumber camps and was renamed Killaloe Station. In 1988 the name Killaloe Station was officially changed to Killaloe, the “Station” was dropped.

Early settlers came to Killaloe from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and Poland during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Later in the 1970’s they came from urban centres across North America and Europe. They were business people, trades people, artisans, farmers and labourers, who conributed greatly to the richly textured fabric of this community.

Old Killaloe

In 1854 James Bonfield founded the settlement at what is today Old Killaloe or the original Killaloe. Bonfield named the settlement for his hometown in County Clare Ireland.