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PID: ourstories:31232
Title: Launch of the Emily May
Date: 2015-01-06
Subjects: boat--Emily May--Lake Simcoe--transportation--event--special occasion--public
Description: Photo taken during the official unveiling of the Emily May model. Pictured in the photo are Bill Hester, historical, IHS 4500

PID: ourstories:2648523
Title: Cold Fighting
Date
Subjects: community--ice--firefighter--fireman--polar bear dip--Lake Simcoe--service
Description: Not only do the firefighters in Innisfil fight fires, but sometimes they fight cold, like this brave soul who was on,

PID: ourstories:2492
Title: Ice Cutting by Hand
Date: 1928
Subjects: hat--industry--Lake Simcoe--winter--snow--animal--labour--overalls
Description: Photo of Bernard Jobbitt wearing overalls, a cap, and a plaid shirt with his dog, holding a hand saw. He would use the, IHS1973

PID: ourstories:31177
Title: Wayne Murray and Friend in Cook's Bay
Date: 1956
Subjects: weather--swimming--Recreation--Lake Simcoe--cottage--bathing--summer--sun
Description: Wayne Murray, aged 15, son of Tom and Dorothy Murray and a friend, Patricia Bretney (age 14) stand in Cook's Bay, Lake

PID: ourstories:2619
Title: Knickerbacher House
Date: 1912
Subjects: ice--Lake Simcoe--winter--snow--business--labour--industry
Description: Photo of the Knickerbacher House, an ice storage house, with workers floating blocks of ice to the conveyor for storage, IHS2343

PID: ourstories:2648591
Title: Wedding celebration at Lefroy Harbour
Date: 2013
Subjects: public submission--marina--boat--wedding--marriage--celebration--Lake Simcoe
Description: Wedding celebration of Ken and Gail Adair at Lefroy Harbour. The bride and groom are both on a docked boat and guests,

PID: ourstories:2494
Title: Circular Saw Cutting Ice
Date: 1912
Subjects: Lake Simcoe--labour--industry--winter--snow--tools--machinery
Description: Photo of two men in long winter coats and hats operating a large saw with two circular blades cutting ice for the Belle, IHS2342

PID: ourstories:2649031
Title: Mill Point/Hammond Point/Metcalf's Point
Subjects: outdoor--foundation--landscape--trees--industry--water--Lake Simcoe
Description: Photo of an unidentified man standing on the remnants of a brick wall located on the north half of lot 23, concession 13

PID: ourstories:2648837
Title: Pier at Belle Ewart
Date: c. 1955
Subjects: Lake Simcoe--water--dock--navigation--transportation--community--marina
Description: Aerial colour photo of the pier at Belle Ewart. Visible at the far right of the photo is the stern of the Emily May,

PID: ourstories:2649203
Title: Government Dock - Innisfil Beach Park
Date: 1940s
Subjects: Beach--Dock--Park--Children--Lake Simcoe--Water--1940s
Description: Photograph taken from the shoreline looking out onto Lake Simcoe, featuring a stone dock going into the water. There are, 4511

PID: ourstories:1810
Title: Bayview Beach Lighthouse
Date: 1970
Subjects: Lake Simcoe--building--tree--shoreline--nature--flag--recreation
Description: Black and white photograph taken of the Bayview Beach lighthouse after construction began for the Dempsey Brothers', IHS2380

PID: ourstories:3216
Title: Killarney Beach
Date: 1915
Subjects: summer--local business--rentals--Lake Simcoe--water--building
Description: Photo of the Barry family's summer home on the left, with a concession stand on water in front. The Barry family ran the, IHS465

PID: islandora:3834
Title: Deirdre Fitzgerald - Living in Innisfil Today
Date: 2013-06-21
Subjects: people--interview--oral history--Gilford--Alcona--Cookstown--Lake Simcoe
Description: Deirdre Fitzgerald of the Welcome Wagon explains her decision to move to Innisfil and how the small community feel drew

PID: islandora:4079
Title: Charlotte Empringham - Golfing at Cedarhurst
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--recreation--leisure--golfing--Lake Simcoe--women--sport--competition--trophy--interview
Description: Charlotte Empringham describes taking golf lessons as a child at Cedarhurst golf club on Saturday mornings while parents

PID: islandora:3964
Title: John Grant - Bee Research on Thorah Island
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--smoke--education--poison ivy--conservation--Lake Simcoe--insect--study--interview
Description: John Grant discusses the honey bee research conducted on Thorah Island by researchers from the University of Guelph. His

PID: ourstories:2648619
Title: Ladies of the Lake
Date: 2013
Subjects: women--Ladies of the Lake--Organizations--Lake Simcoe--Public Submission--Group
Description: Group photo of the members and board of the Ladies of the Lake Conservation Association, all dressed in bright yellow,

PID: ourstories:2351
Title: Dock at Robinson House Hotel
Date: 1897
Subjects: fishing pole--house--building--exterior--dock--boat--sail--water--Lake Simcoe--people--tourism
Description: Photo of the Robinson House, a hotel on Big Bay Point. The hotel first came into being when Isaac Robinson, a farmer on, IHS127

PID: islandora:4064
Title: Alan Ely - First Nations on Georgina and Thorah Island
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: Frederick Varley--culture--First Nation--native--art--paddle--community--Lake Simcoe--interview--oral history--Group of Seven
Description: Alan Ely recalls his grandmother, Minnie Ethel Ely's, unique relationship with the First Nations community on Georgina

PID: ourstories:2650605
Title: Newspaper Clipping on Lasher's Point
Subjects: document--J.E. Chalkley--W.H. Cruikshank--George Lasher
Description: Copy of a newspaper clipping (publication and date unknown) discussing Lasher's Point and the summer hotel known as Lake

PID: ourstories:31166
Title: Jim Roberts - Life on the Water
Date: 2014-09-04
Subjects: water--recreation--summer--winter--boat--cottage--beach, water--recreation--summer--winter--boat--cottage--beach
Description: Jim Roberts describes his fondest memories of living so close to Lake Simcoe in his home on De Grassi Point.

PID: ourstories:28522
Title: Dwyer, Brian
Date: 2006-01-29
Subjects: Death, Obituary
Description: Brian Dwyer, 22 of Innisfil died after he crashed through the ice of Lake Simcoe on his motorcycle.

PID: ourstories:2612
Title: Ice Industry
Date: 1930
Subjects: industry--building--demolition--labour
Description: Photo of the rubble and debris left behind by the demolishing of the Lake Simcoe Ice Company's ice house in the 1930s., IHS297

PID: ourstories:3420
Title: Mrs. Jean Quantz
Date: 1918
Subjects: snow--winter--coat--fashion--hat--women
Description: Photo of two young women, one of whom is Jean Quantz, dressed in winter coats, hats, and gloves, on a frozen Lake Simcoe, IHS668

PID: ourstories:1808
Title: Breakwater
Date: 1900
Subjects: buildings--lake--water--shoreline
Description: Photograph of the breakwater in Lake Simcoe at Belle Ewart. The water is calm and there are some buildings visible along, IHS419

PID: ourstories:2688
Title: Captain Frederick MacKay
Date: 1900
Subjects: uniform--career--man--moustache--cap--hat
Description: Photo of Captain Frederick MacKay, father of Jean Crosby, dressed in his Captain's uniform. He was a Captain for the, IHS427

PID: ourstories:2648908
Title: Dancer from Wahta
Date: 2017
Subjects: indigenous--special occasion--event--First Nations--summer--community--regalia
Description: Image of a dancer from Wahta at the 2017 Celebrate Lake Simcoe Pow Wow at Innisfil Beach Park on 22 July 2017.

PID: ourstories:2648913
Title: Jingle Dancers in Motion
Date: 2017
Subjects: indigenous--First Nations--event--community--regalia--summer--special occasion
Description: Image of several jingle dancers in action at the 2017 Celebrate Lake Simcoe Pow Wow at Innisfil Beach Park on 22 July

PID: ourstories:2649271
Title: Savannah Lodge
Date: Circa 1960
Subjects: Lodge--Tourism--Architecture--Lake--Shoreline
Description: Photograph of Savannah Lodge, Cedar Harbour, Lake Simcoe. Taken from the lake with a view of the Lodge on the shoreline., 4452

PID: ourstories:2650953
Title: Holiday Lodge Postcard
Subjects: outdoors--nature
Description: Postcard featuring the view from Holiday Lodge. Two people can be seen enjoying the view of Lake Simcoe surrounded by

PID: ourstories:2650951
Title: Postcard of Bonsecours Beach
Subjects: outdoors--nature
Description: Colour postcard of Bonsecours Beach showing a trail between several evergreen trees with the caption: "From BONSECOURS

PID: ourstories:5631
Title: Connie Wisker & Friends
Date: 1930
Subjects: clothing--group--women--hat--fashion--water
Description: Photo of Connie Wisker and three friends on a dock in Lake Simcoe, with the Lake Simcoe Ice House visible in the, IHS4040

PID: ourstories:5450
Title: Mr. & Mrs. Ross Sheldon Ice Boating
Date: 1937
Subjects: Boating--Ice--Recreation
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sheldon ice boating on Lake Simcoe, circa 1937. A homemade wooden base was placed upon skates and a, IHS3589 & IHS3830

PID: ourstories:2648994
Title: Loading Conveyor with Ice Blocks - Belle Ewart Ice Company
Subjects: ice industry--labour--employee--wood--winter--shovel--snow
Description: Photo of a group of men loading ice blocks from Lake Simcoe onto a conveyor for storage in a Belle Ewart Ice Company ice

PID: ourstories:2528
Title: Frank Rogerson Cutting Ice
Date: 1904
Subjects: labour--winter--hat--tools
Description: Photo of a man, Frank Rogerson, using a large hand-held toothed saw to cut ice on Lake Simcoe for the ice harvesting, IHS961

PID: ourstories:5016
Title: Innisfil Park, Cedar Harbour
Date: 1935
Subjects: beach--child--summer--rocks--shoreline--swimming
Description: Postcard of two young boys playing on some rocks along the shore of Lake Simcoe in Innisfil Park, Cedar Harbour. A, IHS3791

PID: ourstories:2512
Title: Wallace Wright Cutting Ice
Date: 1949
Subjects: boots--industry--winter--snow--labour
Description: Photo of Wallace Wright in rubber boots and a cap cutting ice on Lake Simcoe and floating ice blocks down the channel to, IHS1913

PID: ourstories:4763
Title: Lake Scene in Belle Ewart
Date: 1926
Subjects: summer--people--dress--hairstyle--water--nature
Description: Photo of a couple relaxing on a tree trunk overhanging Lake Simcoe at Belle Ewart. The woman is wearing a long dress and, IHS3632

PID: ourstories:31171
Title: Jim Roberts - First Nations at De Grassi Point
Date: 2014-09-04
Subjects: Native American--trade--goods, Native American--trade--goods
Description: Jim Roberts describes his memories of visits from the Ojibwa First Nations people of Snake Island and Georgina Island in

PID: ourstories:1789
Title: Belle Ewart Shoreline
Date: 1920
Subjects: water--shore--buildings--tree--house
Description: Aerial view of Belle Ewart and its shoreline on Lake Simcoe, looking north from the ice house. A number of houses are, IHS2141

PID: ourstories:3113
Title: Rowers at Killarney Beach
Date: 1933
Subjects: rowboat--recreation--sport--water--leisure--boat
Description: Postcard photo depicting three rowboats with four, one, and three passengers respectively at Killarney Beach, Lake, IHS2143

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