Black and white studio portrait of Smith Canning. The back of this photo has the inscription “Smith Canning of Belle Ewart”. He was the brother of Robert Canning who came from Markham and lived at Churchill. Their basic history, as well as others of the early Canning family, is described in the 1950/51 Innisfil Historical Review, pages 31-32. Smith came from Markham and married Elizabeth Bowman, of another Innisfil family. Their granddaughter was Marjorie Canning, who became the representative in Innisfil of the Bell Telephone Company. The photo was likely taken around 1860. The photo was donated by Kemp Hastewell, a great great-nephew of Smith Canning of Belle Ewart.
