CALABOGIE
Timber Trains & Tourists
Irene Robillard
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Calabogie Timeline
The Early Years
l In the Beginning
2 The Timber Era Begins
3 Early Travellers
4 Early Settlement
5 Census of 1851
Village Beginnings
6 The Wild Frontier
7 Early Calabogie
8 Laying Tracks
9 The First Tourists
10 Village Growth
11 Killing in the Third Degree
12 Churches and Hotels
The Place to Be
13 The Era of Trains
14 A New Century
15 A Tourist Mecca
16 The War Effort
Holding Their Own
17 Struggling through the Thirties
18 War and Water
19 Post-War Years
20 Toward the New Millennium
21 Calabogie Today
22 School Days Past
Appendices
Appendix A Postmasters
Appendix B Information from Various Directories
Appendix C Some Calabogie Businesses and Industries
References
Bibliography
About the Author
This book is still in print with copies available with the author, the Somethin’ Special Shop in Burnstown, ON and the Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives.
INDEX
Abbreviations
Aboriginal
Algoma Steel Co.
Algonquin (see aboriginal)
Amos
Andrews
Anishinahe (native people) (see aboriginal)
Arnott
Arnprior
Ashdad
Aucoin
Anmond (see Emon)
Automobile
Bagot & Blythfield Township
Bagot (town) (see Springtown)
Bailie / Bailey
Baldwin
Bank
Barber
Barnet
Barnet Cottage / Park
Barrett
Barrett Chute
Barrett Chute Lodge
Barrie / Barry
Barryvale
Barryvale Lodge
Bathurst District
Baxter
Bavview Lodge
Bazaar (see picnic)
Beach / Beech (surname)
Beaudry
Belanger
Benoit
Best Damn Fiddler . . . (film)
Blacksmith
Black Bay
Black Donald Creek / Mines
Black Donald Graphite Co.
Black Donald Lake
Blair
Bloomfield
Bluff Point
Board of Works (gov’t)
Bomhower
Booth, ].R.
Boom (log)
Bourns, Dr. T.C.
Bowes
Box (surname)
Braden
Bradford
Breyer / Bryard / Bryer
Bridge
Brown
Brydges
Burnstown
Buffam
Bunting
Bulloch
Burton
Bus Service
Buxton, Dr. Max
Byrne
Cadging [see kedging)
Cadieux
Cahill
Calabogie (name origin)
Calabogie & Area Business Ass.
Calabogie & District Snowmobile Club
Calabogie & Renfrew Telephone Ass.
Calabogie Fish & Game Ass.
Calabogie Highlands Golf Club
Calabogie Ice Dream Community Centre
Calabogie lsland
Calabogie Light & Power Co. / Power Dam
Calabogie Lodge / Lodge Resort
Calabogie Motorsports
Calahogie Peaks Resort
Calahogie Rapids
Calabogie Stock Farms
Calabogie Tile Co.
Calabogie Veneer Co.
Caldwell
Cameron
Campbell
Canaan
Carr (see Kerr)
Carswell
Carswell Mills
Causeway (K&P)
Cavanaugh
Cemetery / Graves
Cenotaph
Census
Centeimial Lake
Challis
Charbonneau
Chiddle
Church, Anglican (St. Mary’s)
Church, Bible Fellowship
Church, Methodist
Church, Presbyterian
Church, Roman Catholic (Most Precious Blood)
Church, United (St. Andrews)
Church (other)
Church (surname)
Chute
Clarke
Clement
Class
Cloutier
Clubs
Cochlin
Cockwell
Collins
Constant (surname)
Constant Creek
Convent
Conway
Cookson
Cooper, Dr.
Cox
Craig
Cribs
Crofts
Culhane
Cummings
Currier (?)
Cuthbert
Dam
Dance
Davis
DeBruyn
Delarge
Demarsh
Dempsey
Denniston
Devine
Dickson
Dickson’s Mountain
Dies
Dillon
Dillon’s Mountain
Dixon
Dodge
Doering
Dolan
Dollery
Donnelly
Donovan
Dool
Doolan
Dooner, Rev.W.H.
Douglas, Hugh
Downing, Drs.
Dump [waste disposal)
Eady
Eagle Point
Eagle’s Nest
Easton
Eddy
Elder
Electricity
Elliott
Emon
Fairbrun (?)
Ferguson
Ferraro
Fillator
Fire
Fire Departrnent / Hall/ Truck
Fishing
Fitzgerald
Flat Rapids
Fleishman
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Flynn, Dr. R.A.
Ford, Henry
Forrington
Francis
Fulton
Gagnon
Galbraith
Galmur Lodge
Garrow
Gaudette
Geddes
Gervais
Gibson
Gilbert
Gilchrist
Gillies
Given (?)
Glengary
Glover
Goreau / Gorra
Gorman
Goody
Grant
Graphite (see Black Donald)
Grassy Bay
Graves (see cemetery)
Griffiths, Rev. Wm.
Guest
Guthrie
Hake (?)
Hale
Hall (community / town)
Halliday / Holliday
Hart
Harris
Hartney
Hawley
Hayward
Headrick
Henley
Henry
Heritage Point
Hicks
High Falls
History of Calabogie (booklet)
Hobson, Dr.
Hodgins
Hoffman
Holden
Holly (?)
Hotel
Hunt (surname)
Hunter (surname)
Hunting
Hyett
Hyslop, Rev.
Indian (see aboriginal)Irwin
Jackson
Jacques
Jail
James
Jamieson
Jchlpant (?)
Jenkins
Jockco
Jocko Beach Resort
Johnston
Joice / Joyce
Aboriginal
Algoma Steel Co.
Algonquin (see aboriginal)
Amos
Andrews
Anishinahe (native people) (see aboriginal)
Arnott
Arnprior
Ashdad
Aucoin
Anmond (see Emon)
Automobile
Bagot & Blythfield Township
Bagot (town) (see Springtown)
Bailie / Bailey
Baldwin
Bank
Barber
Barnet
Barnet Cottage / Park
Barrett
Barrett Chute
Barrett Chute Lodge
Barrie / Barry
Barryvale
Barryvale Lodge
Bathurst District
Baxter
Bavview Lodge
Bazaar (see picnic)
Beach / Beech (surname)
Beaudry
Belanger
Benoit
Best Damn Fiddler . . . (film)
Blacksmith
Black Bay
Black Donald Creek / Mines
Black Donald Graphite Co.
Black Donald Lake
Blair
Bloomfield
Bluff Point
Board of Works (gov’t)
Bomhower
Booth, ].R.
Boom (log)
Bourns, Dr. T.C.
Bowes
Box (surname)
Braden
Bradford
Breyer / Bryard / Bryer
Bridge
Brown
Brydges
Burnstown
Buffam
Bunting
Bulloch
Burton
Bus Service
Buxton, Dr. Max
Byrne
Cadging [see kedging)
Cadieux
Cahill
Calabogie (name origin)
Calabogie & Area Business Ass.
Calabogie & District Snowmobile Club
Calabogie & Renfrew Telephone Ass.
Calabogie Fish & Game Ass.
Calabogie Highlands Golf Club
Calabogie Ice Dream Community Centre
Calabogie lsland
Calabogie Light & Power Co. / Power Dam
Calabogie Lodge / Lodge Resort
Calabogie Motorsports
Calahogie Peaks Resort
Calahogie Rapids
Calabogie Stock Farms
Calabogie Tile Co.
Calabogie Veneer Co.
Caldwell
Cameron
Campbell
Canaan
Carr (see Kerr)
Carswell
Carswell Mills
Causeway (K&P)
Cavanaugh
Cemetery / Graves
Cenotaph
Census
Centeimial Lake
Challis
Charbonneau
Chiddle
Church, Anglican (St. Mary’s)
Church, Bible Fellowship
Church, Methodist
Church, Presbyterian
Church, Roman Catholic (Most Precious Blood)
Church, United (St. Andrews)
Church (other)
Church (surname)
Chute
Clarke
Clement
Class
Cloutier
Clubs
Cochlin
Cockwell
Collins
Constant (surname)
Constant Creek
Convent
Conway
Cookson
Cooper, Dr.
Cox
Craig
Cribs
Crofts
Culhane
Cummings
Currier (?)
Cuthbert
Dam
Dance
Davis
DeBruyn
Delarge
Demarsh
Dempsey
Denniston
Devine
Dickson
Dickson’s Mountain
Dies
Dillon
Dillon’s Mountain
Dixon
Dodge
Doering
Dolan
Dollery
Donnelly
Donovan
Dool
Doolan
Dooner, Rev.W.H.
Douglas, Hugh
Downing, Drs.
Dump [waste disposal)
Eady
Eagle Point
Eagle’s Nest
Easton
Eddy
Elder
Electricity
Elliott
Emon
Fairbrun (?)
Ferguson
Ferraro
Fillator
Fire
Fire Departrnent / Hall/ Truck
Fishing
Fitzgerald
Flat Rapids
Fleishman
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Flynn, Dr. R.A.
Ford, Henry
Forrington
Francis
Fulton
Gagnon
Galbraith
Galmur Lodge
Garrow
Gaudette
Geddes
Gervais
Gibson
Gilbert
Gilchrist
Gillies
Given (?)
Glengary
Glover
Goreau / Gorra
Gorman
Goody
Grant
Graphite (see Black Donald)
Grassy Bay
Graves (see cemetery)
Griffiths, Rev. Wm.
Guest
Guthrie
Hake (?)
Hale
Hall (community / town)
Halliday / Holliday
Hart
Harris
Hartney
Hawley
Hayward
Headrick
Henley
Henry
Heritage Point
Hicks
High Falls
History of Calabogie (booklet)
Hobson, Dr.
Hodgins
Hoffman
Holden
Holly (?)
Hotel
Hunt (surname)
Hunter (surname)
Hunting
Hyett
Hyslop, Rev.
Indian (see aboriginal)Irwin
Jackson
Jacques
Jail
James
Jamieson
Jchlpant (?)
Jenkins
Jockco
Jocko Beach Resort
Johnston
Joice / Joyce
Kedging
Kerr
Kelly
Kennedy
Kieonse (see Constant]
Kidder
Killoran
Kingston
K & P Railway
Kippen
Kuhnke
LaFrance
Lanark
Lane (surname)
Larone
Larvis (?)
Lavine
Laviolette
Leclaire
Lee
Legree / Le Gree / Legris
Legree Hotel
Lett
Library
Lions Club
Little Rapids
Logan, William E.
Loggers / Logging
Love
Low
Long Rapids
Lumber Operators
Lumbering (see logging & timber)
MacKay
Madawaska Improvement Co.
Madawaska River (general)
Madawaska Nordic Ski Club
Madawaskinn
Majaury
Malloch, John G.
Map, Calabogie Lake
Map, Calabogie Village
Map, Madawaska River
Map, Township
Martel / Martell
Martin
Mason
Matawatchan
Matte
Matthews
Maxwell
McArthur
McCaffrey
McCallum
McCartney
McCarty (?)
McConnell
McCormack, Dr. C.W.
McCrea
McDonald
McDougal
McFarlane
McGarry
McGonegal / McGonigal
McGregor
McGuire
Mclntyre
McLean
McKerrow
McLachlin
McLaughlin
McLellan
McNab Township
McNab / McNabb (surnarne)
McNamara
McNaughton
NcNee
McNevin
McNulty
McPherson
McRae
Medical Centre
Meek
Merrifield
Metalpro Factory
Mill
Mills (surname)
Millren (?)
Milne
Mining
Moore
Moran
Moran House
Mountain Chute
Mt. St.Patrick
Mousseau
Moving Pictures
Mud Lake
Mulvihill
Murder
Murphy
Murray
Nagle
Nahon
Nettleton
Nicol
Norcan Lake (see Mud Lake)
Norton
Norway Rapids
O’Brien
O’Donnell
O’Hare
O’Neil
O’Reilly, Dr.
Octagon
Oiibway [see aboriginal) 100th Regiment
Oram
Ordination
Organizations [see Clubs)
Ostler
Ottawa River
Ottawa Valley Lumber Association
Peddle
Pedley
Penencey
Penman
Pennock
Perras
Perth
Petris
Picnic
Piers
Pine Grove
Pine Tree (original old)
Pinkham
Plymetals Ltd.
Poem
Postmaster / Post Office
Poultry Farm
Prentice
Prince
Prohibition
Quebec City
Quilty
Racville (?)
Radley, Rev. A.A.
Ragged Chute
Railroad (see K&P)
Railroad Station
Rainville
Ralph
Rapids
Rathburn Co.
Ready / Reddy / Ruddy
Religion
Refrange (?)
Renfrew (town)
Restaurant
Reynolds
Rink
Riddle
Road
Robbery
Robertson
Roche
Rogue’s Harbor
Rose (surname)
Ross
Ryan
Sackmann
St. Pierre
Sand Bay
Sand Point
Schaly
School
Scully
Sharbot
Shantes (?)
Shoemaker
Sisters of St. Joseph
Slidage
Slide
Slide Master
Smith
Smallpox
Snye (see Calabogie rapids) Social
Societies (see clubs)
Spanish Flu
Spencer
Sports
Springtown
Square Timber (see timber)
Squaw Point
Stack
Stagecoach
Stewart
Sticks (see timber)
Stone’s Lake
Stopping-Place (see hotel)
Store
Stoughton
Sullivan
Sutcliffe
Swetman
Tatty Hill
Tavern (see hotel)
Taylor
Telephone
Thistle (surname)
Thomson
Timber (see also logging)
Timeline
Tobogganing
Tood
Tourist Information Centre
Township of Greater Madawaska
Train (see railroad station or K & P)
Tubman
Turner
Twolan
Typhoid Fever
Vail / Vale
Vancoff (?)
Virgin (surname)
Wabun Lake
Walker
Wallace
Walsh
War
Wardell
Watts
Wearsey (?)
Weatherall
Whippletree Shanty
White (surname)
156, 163
Whitefish Lake
White Lake
Whitton, Charlotte
Wild Rice
Williams
Willis
Wilson
Wilson-Stoughton Lumber Co.
Wilson Point
Windle
Women’s Institute
Work bees
Wyatte (see Hyett)
Wright
Yuill
Kerr
Kelly
Kennedy
Kieonse (see Constant]
Kidder
Killoran
Kingston
K & P Railway
Kippen
Kuhnke
LaFrance
Lanark
Lane (surname)
Larone
Larvis (?)
Lavine
Laviolette
Leclaire
Lee
Legree / Le Gree / Legris
Legree Hotel
Lett
Library
Lions Club
Little Rapids
Logan, William E.
Loggers / Logging
Love
Low
Long Rapids
Lumber Operators
Lumbering (see logging & timber)
MacKay
Madawaska Improvement Co.
Madawaska River (general)
Madawaska Nordic Ski Club
Madawaskinn
Majaury
Malloch, John G.
Map, Calabogie Lake
Map, Calabogie Village
Map, Madawaska River
Map, Township
Martel / Martell
Martin
Mason
Matawatchan
Matte
Matthews
Maxwell
McArthur
McCaffrey
McCallum
McCartney
McCarty (?)
McConnell
McCormack, Dr. C.W.
McCrea
McDonald
McDougal
McFarlane
McGarry
McGonegal / McGonigal
McGregor
McGuire
Mclntyre
McLean
McKerrow
McLachlin
McLaughlin
McLellan
McNab Township
McNab / McNabb (surnarne)
McNamara
McNaughton
NcNee
McNevin
McNulty
McPherson
McRae
Medical Centre
Meek
Merrifield
Metalpro Factory
Mill
Mills (surname)
Millren (?)
Milne
Mining
Moore
Moran
Moran House
Mountain Chute
Mt. St.Patrick
Mousseau
Moving Pictures
Mud Lake
Mulvihill
Murder
Murphy
Murray
Nagle
Nahon
Nettleton
Nicol
Norcan Lake (see Mud Lake)
Norton
Norway Rapids
O’Brien
O’Donnell
O’Hare
O’Neil
O’Reilly, Dr.
Octagon
Oiibway [see aboriginal) 100th Regiment
Oram
Ordination
Organizations [see Clubs)
Ostler
Ottawa River
Ottawa Valley Lumber Association
Peddle
Pedley
Penencey
Penman
Pennock
Perras
Perth
Petris
Picnic
Piers
Pine Grove
Pine Tree (original old)
Pinkham
Plymetals Ltd.
Poem
Postmaster / Post Office
Poultry Farm
Prentice
Prince
Prohibition
Quebec City
Quilty
Racville (?)
Radley, Rev. A.A.
Ragged Chute
Railroad (see K&P)
Railroad Station
Rainville
Ralph
Rapids
Rathburn Co.
Ready / Reddy / Ruddy
Religion
Refrange (?)
Renfrew (town)
Restaurant
Reynolds
Rink
Riddle
Road
Robbery
Robertson
Roche
Rogue’s Harbor
Rose (surname)
Ross
Ryan
Sackmann
St. Pierre
Sand Bay
Sand Point
Schaly
School
Scully
Sharbot
Shantes (?)
Shoemaker
Sisters of St. Joseph
Slidage
Slide
Slide Master
Smith
Smallpox
Snye (see Calabogie rapids) Social
Societies (see clubs)
Spanish Flu
Spencer
Sports
Springtown
Square Timber (see timber)
Squaw Point
Stack
Stagecoach
Stewart
Sticks (see timber)
Stone’s Lake
Stopping-Place (see hotel)
Store
Stoughton
Sullivan
Sutcliffe
Swetman
Tatty Hill
Tavern (see hotel)
Taylor
Telephone
Thistle (surname)
Thomson
Timber (see also logging)
Timeline
Tobogganing
Tood
Tourist Information Centre
Township of Greater Madawaska
Train (see railroad station or K & P)
Tubman
Turner
Twolan
Typhoid Fever
Vail / Vale
Vancoff (?)
Virgin (surname)
Wabun Lake
Walker
Wallace
Walsh
War
Wardell
Watts
Wearsey (?)
Weatherall
Whippletree Shanty
White (surname)
156, 163
Whitefish Lake
White Lake
Whitton, Charlotte
Wild Rice
Williams
Willis
Wilson
Wilson-Stoughton Lumber Co.
Wilson Point
Windle
Women’s Institute
Work bees
Wyatte (see Hyett)
Wright
Yuill