book Whiskey & Wickedness Vol. 4

FIGURE 1: MAP OF RENFREW COUNTY
FIGURE 2: EDMUND EDEY’S HOTEL, c. 1875, ARNPRIOR
FIGURE 3: UNION HOTEL c. 1885, ARNPRIOR
FIGURE 4: FORMER UNION HOTEL c.2008
FIGURE 5: CAMPBELL’S HOTEL, ARNPRIOR
FIGURE 6: NEW BYRNE HOTEL
FIGURE 7: AREA MAP OF ARNPRIOR, SAND POINT, BURNSTOWN, RENFREW
FIGURE 8: SAND POINT VIEWED FROM OTTAWA RIVER c.1870
FIGURE 9: CHAT’S LAKE HOUSE OF JAMES YOUNG
FIGURE 10: LECKIE’S HOTEL IN BURNSTOWN c. 1847
FIGURE 11: FORMER LECKIE’S HOTEL c. 2008
FIGURE 12: FORMER “COMMERCIAL HOTEL” c. 1846 IN BURNSTOWN
FIGURE 13: FORMER “MADAWASKA HOTEL” IN SPRINGTOWN c.2008
FIGURE 14: FORMER HOTEL IN CALABOGIE c.2008
FIGURE 15: FORMER PUBLIC HOUSE IN WHITE LAKE 0.2008
FIGURE 16: ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE WHITE-LAKE INN c.1850
FIGURE 17: ‘ROCKINGHAM HOTEL”, A STAGECOACH STOP
FIGURE 18: FORMER “ROCKINGHAM HOTEL” AS A PRIVATE RERESIDENCE c.2008
FIGURE 19: ORIGINAL “DENNISON HOUSE”, WHICH BECAME “HUDSON HOUSE”.
FIGURE 20: “HUDSON HOUSE” B & B IN COMBERMERE c. 2008
FIGURE 21: JOHN HUDSON, CAPTAIN OF THE ILL-FATED “MAYF LOWER”
FIGURE 22: “O’BRIEN HOUSE” c. 1900 IN COMBERMERE
FIGURE 23: MAP OF EARLY ROAD NETWORKS
FIGURE 24: LARGE STONE HOTEL OF EDMUND BURKE, BONNECHERE POINT
FIGURE 25: UNION HOTEL, BEACHBURG c. 1880’S
FIGURE 26: COBDEN HOTEL FORMERLY THE PROSPECT HOUSE IN COBDEN
FIGURE 27: DOMINION HOTEL c.l870, TOWN OF RENFREW
FIGURE 28: ALBION HOTEL c.1875, RENFREW
FIGURE 29: BRITISH HOTEL
FIGURE 30: ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE “BRITISH HOTEL”
FIGURE 31: ADVERTISEMENTS FROM EARLY 1870’S, RENFREW
FIGURE 32: MAP OF THE UPPER OPEONGO LINE – RENFREW TO BARRY’S BAY
FIGURE 33: ABANDONED OLD HOTEL, DACRE c.2008
FIGURE 34: ABANDONED HOTEL & GENERAL STORE, BALACLAVA c.1980
FIGURE 35: SAME SITE AS IT APPEARED c.2008. GHOST TOWN OF BALACLAVA
FIGURE 36: ABANDONED GRIST MILL c.2008 AT BALACLAVA
FIGURE 37: RAYCROFTS STOPPING PLACE
FIGURE 38: PLAUNTS HOTEL, CLONTARF
FIGURE 39: “SIN BIN” OF THE OPEONGO LINE: COOEY’S HOTEL, BRUDENELL
FIGURE 40: MARTIN DALY‘S STOPPING PLACE, HOPEFIELD
FIGURE 41: TYPICAL FORMER INN ON THE OPEONGO LINE NEAR WILNO
FIGURE 42: BLUEBERRY HOTEL c.1890, BARRY’S BAY
FIGURE 43: ORIGINAL BALMORAL HOTEL c. 1889, BARRY’S BAY
FIGURE 44: BALMORAL HOTEL BESIDE THE TRAIN STATION, BARRY’S BAY
FIGURE 45: DOUGLAS TAVERN c.2008. Photo taken by Monique Picotte
FIGURE 46: MICHAEL FURLONG’S HOTEL, EGANVILLE
FIGURE 47: FOY’S HOTEL, EGANVILLE
FIGURE 48: FOY’S HOTEL, EGANVILLE
FIGURE 49: OTTAWA HOUSE OF CON MC ELLICOT, EGANVILLE
FIGURE 50: MILL AND TAVERN AT OLD KILLALOE c.1875
FIGURE 51: BERESFORD HOTEL, KILLALOE c.1898
FIGURE 52: GOLDEN LAKE HOTEL OF SAMUEL SUNSTRUM c.1900
FIGURE 53: FORMER GOLDEN LAKE HOTEL c.2008.
FIGURE 54: PETER FOY’S HOTEL, BONNECHERE RIVER
FIGURE 55: BONNECHERE TOTE ROAD
FIGURE 56: STOPPING PLACE AT SLIGO ALONG THE LITTLE BONNECHERE RIVER
FIGURE 57: RIVER DRIVERS ON LITTLE BONNECHERE c.1880
FIGURE 58: LONELY STOPPING PLACE ALONG BONNECHERE TOTE ROAD
FIGURE 59: “EXCHANGE HOTEL” IN WILNO, ONTARIO
FIGURE 60: Map of Pembroke Area and Whitewater Region
FIGURE 61: 1856 PLAN FOR “CAMPBELLTOWN” OR “LOWER PEMBROKE”
FIGURE 62: CAMPBELLTOWN HOTEL, LOWER TOWN, PEMBROKE c.l835
FIGURE 63: DAVID DUNLOP’S HOTEL, LOWER TOWN, PEMBROKE c.I 840
FIGURE 64: JOSEPH ROWAN’S/EMERY CUSHING’S HOTEL, PEMBROKE c. 1849
FIGURE 65: WILLIAM LITTLE/RICHARD MACKAY’S HOTEL, PEMBROKE c.1847
FIGURE 66: FORMER BRITISH LION HOTEL, PEMBROKE
FIGURE 67: LOOKING WEST ON PEMBROKE STREET ACROSS MUSKRAT RIVER
FIGURE 68: OTTAWA HOUSE/COPELAND HOTEL, PEMBROKE
FIGURE 69: ALBION HOTEL, PEMBROKE
FIGURE 70: QUEEN’S HOTEL/METROPOLITAN HOTEL, PEMBROKE
FIGURE 71: ADVERTISEMENTS FROM 1880’S
FIGURE 72: MC LEAN’S HOTEL, PETAWAWA POINT c.1900
FIGURE 73: TYPICAL CAMBOOSE SHANTY IN THE UPPER OTTAWA VALLEY
FIGURE 74: COPPS/DOVER’S HOTEL, CHALK RIVER
FIGURE 75: MOSES ROBERTS’ STOPPING PLACE AND WHARF, BALMER BAY
FIGURE 76: DOWLING’S STOPPING PLACE, DEEP RIVER
FIGURE 77 : KEON’S HOTEL, DEEP RIVER
FIGURE 78: STEAMBOAT HOTEL AND WHARF, DES JOACHIM
FIGURE 79: STEWART’S STOPPING PLACE AND WHARF, POINT ALEXANDER

IN MEMORIUM
INTRODUCTION

THE LUMBERING ERA BEGINS IN RENFREW COUNTY
RAFTING ON THE OTTAWA RIVER
WILD AND DANGEROUS RIVER DRIVERS
THE SHINER REIGN OF TERROR IN THE UPPER OTTAWA VALLEY 1833-45
LEGENDARY “SHINER” OF THE UPPER VALLEY: WALTER BECKWITH
LUMBERING AT THE MOUTH OF THE MADAWASKA RIVER
SERVICING THIRSTY RIVERMEN
A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH
FORMATION OF THE TOWN OF ARNPRIOR
A TAVERN OR ….. TWO IN THE TOWN
STAGE COACH HOTEL OF ROBINSON LYONS
ARRIVAL OF THE BROCKVILLE AND OTTAWA RAILWAY
ROWDY TRAIN PASSENGERS
ARNPRIOR’S “SLIDE MASTER” SLIPS
TROUBLED WOMAN
RULES FOR MCNAB HOTELKEEPERS
THE “WHISKEY ROAD” ALONG THE OTTAWA RIVER
MANSFIELD
SAND POINT
SAND POINT IN ITS HEYDAY: l860’S
END OF AN ERA
FRONTIER JUSTICE: “DUCKING” & “RIDING THE PUMP”
THE MADAWASKA RIVER CORRIDOR: LUMBERING PARADISE
DARING CIVIL SERVANTS
CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE TIMBER TRADE
STEWARTVILLE (BALMER’S ISLAND)
TROUBLE WITH WHITE WATER RAFTSMEN
BURNSTOWN
THE REBELLION LOSSES BILL CONTROVERSY
BURNSTOWN TAKES FORMATION
JOURNALIST’S IMPRESSIONS OF BURNSTOWN – 1856
SPRINGTOWN (BAGOT POST OFFICE)
“HOUSE OF OATHS” BECOMES “HOUSE OF PRAYER”
SPRINGTOWN AS A DIVISION COURT CENTER
THE SHANTYMAN’S GRAVEYARD – THE MADAWASKA RIVER
LUMBERING OPERATIONS AROUND CALABOGIE IN 1853
LAWLESSNESS IN THE CALABOGIE AREA
SPRINGTOWN MURDER AND MAYHEM
CALABOGIE MURDERS AND MAYHEM
THE MURDER OF “WILD BOB” FERGUSON
CALABOGIE INNKEEPING
LUMBER CULLING CAN BE DANGEROUS WORK
HIGH FALLS
WOLFE
GRIFFITH
THE PAKENHAM AND WHITE LAKE ROAD
HAMLET OF WABA
VILLAGE OF WHITE LAKE
MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING
MOUNT ST. PATRICK
THE PETERSON ROAD
PALMER’S RAPIDS
DEAD MAN SAVES THREE LIVES
PURDY
MAPLE LEAF
LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE WITH A DEER
THE BONNECHERE RIVER VALLEY
BONNECHERE POINT
MURDER AT BONNECHERE POINT
BONNECHERE POINT: A ROWDY RENDEZVOUS
OBSERVATIONS OF A TEMPERANCE MAN
THE BONNECHERE ROAD
MURDER AT PORTAGE DU FORT
GOULD’S WHARF AND ROAD
A NARROW ESCAPE
INNKEEPERS HAD A SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY
OTTAWA TO PEMBROKE ROAD: THE “WHISKEY ROAD”
STAGECOACH TRAVEL COULD BE lNJURIOUS TO HEALTH
THE WHITEWATER REGION: FIRST SETTLEMENT
WESTMEATH TOWNSHIP
GOWER POINT (LAPASSE)
VILLAGE OF WESTMEATH
BEACHBURG
FORGETFUL BRIDEGROOM
VIOLENT POLITICS AND ELECTIONS
ROSS TOWNSHIP
FORESTER’S FALLS
DEVASTATING FIRE OF 1853
TEMPERANCE PRESSURE
KEEPING THE SABBATH DAY HOLY IN ROSS TOWNSHIP
COBDEN
ARRIVAL OF THE RAILWAY & HOTEL CONSTRUCTION BOOM
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OSCEOLA
DRUNKEN MURDER
THE OPEONGO ROAD
TOWN OF RENFREW
AN OLD TIME WORK BEE
EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VILLAGE OF RENFREW
A PIONEER SOCIETY BEGINS TO MATURE
RENFREW COUNTY SEPARATISTS AND THE RENFREW RIOTS
MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER
THE RENFREW FAIR
TOWN OF RENFREW IN THE 1860’S
GUNPLAY AT THE CIRCUS
ROWDY INDIVIDUAL USED FOR TARGET FOR TARGET PRACTISE?
FRONTIER JUSTICE: TARRING, FEATHERING & HORSEWHIPPING
DEADLY DRIVING BY HOTEL KEEPERS
RENFREW: SHANTYMEN’S RENDEZVOUS
FIRE…FIRE EVERYWHERE
RAILWAY FEVER
DEATH FROM INTEMPERANCE
THE TOUGH BIGAMIST OF RENFREW
RENFREW “COLD WATER ARMY” IN THE FIELD
THE FIRST TAVERNS IN ADMASTON TOWNSHIP
FERGUSLEA
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
BITTERNESS OVER THE CHOICE OF COUNTY “TOWN”
ADMASTON TOWNSIHP COUNCIL LIQUOR LICENSING
DRUNKEN MURDER ON THE OPEONGO ROAD
HUDSON’S HOTEL IN SHAMROCK ROBBED
DACRE
SELF-HELP MEDICINE
THE STORY OF “BLIND RORY”
THE GHOST TOWN OF BALACLAVA
CROSSING THE OPEONGO MOUNTAINS
BRUDENALL: “FIREWATER, FIDDLING, FIGHTING & FEMALES”
BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER
VIOLENT ELECTION OF 1872
STAND-OFF AT FOY’S TAVERN
“LITTLE ANNIE’S” TAVERN
PROGRESS REPORT ON THE OTTAWA AND OPEONGO ROAD
HOPEFIELD
BARRY’S BAY
BARK LAKE SETTLEMENT
THE BONNECHERE ROAD FROM RENFREW TO BASIN DEPOT
VILLAGE OF DOUGLAS
SENSELESS MURDER
RAILWAY FEVER
WHY NOT DOUGLAS AS THE COUNTY TOWN?
FIGHT TO THE DEATH
TALE OF A DRUNKEN PEDAGOGUE
HOUSE OF “ILL-REPUTE”
SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN THE UNSURVEYED TERRITORY
VILLAGE OF EGANVILLE
ASPIRATIONS TO BE THE COUNTY SEAT
DRINKING AND FIGHTING IN EGANVILLE
EYE GOUGING
HOW TO MANAGE ROWDY GUESTS WHO STAY TOO LATE
POLITICS CAN DRIVE YOU INSANE
GROCERIES GALORE IN EGANVILLE
BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN EGANVILLE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GREEN AND ORANGE
EGANVILLE DURING THE 1880’S AND 1890’S
BEAR ATTACK
DEATH AT A LOGGING BEE
LAKE DORE
KILLALOE
GOLDEN LAKE
THE HAUNTING OF “BLACK” BAPTISTE
NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING EATEN BY A BEAR
BONNECHERE TOTE ROAD TO BASIN DEPOT
FIGHT WITH A WHITE BEAR
WILNO
THE BATTLE AGAINST “MOONSHINING’
PEMBROKE: LUMBER “KING” OF THE UPPER OTTAWA RIVER
THE UPPER TOWN
LIFE IN EARLY PEMBROKE AS WITNESSED BY DR. FRANCIS CODD
DESCRIPTION OF PEMBROKE IN 1853
THE ORANGE ORDER
DESCRIPTION OF PEMBROKE IN 1855
TREMENDOUS BUSH FIRE ALMOST DESTROYS TOWN
PEMBROKE BECOMES THE COUNTY “TOWN”: THE l860’S
HOTEL GROWTH ACCOMPANIES THE ECONOMIC BOOM
GAOL CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTIES OF LANARK & RENFREW IN 1862
THE DECADES OF BEING A ROWDY LUMBER TOWN
WILD “BOYS” FROM ALLUMETTE ISLAND
TROUBLED WOMAN
UNIVITED GUESTS
TERRIBLE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL: PREMATURE DEATHS
TEMPERANCE ACTIVITY IN PEMBROKE
CONSUMPTION OF INTOXICATING LIQUOURS IN CANADA
TRANSFORMATION INTO A “TOWN”
A WHISKEY DRINKING TOWN: PEMBROKE IN THE 1870’S
OLD THYME ELECTIONS
PETAWAWA TO MATTAWA: THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLEMENT
PETAWAWA
PEMBROKE & MATTAWAN ROAD
ILLEGAL STILLS
CHALK RIVER
FRONTIER JUSTICE
THE CAMBOOSE SHANTY
TOWN OF DEEP RIVER
MURDER MOST FOUL
A FUTILE RAILWAY SCHEME
POINT ALEXANDER
DES JOACHIM
FIGHT TO THE DEATH WITH A WOLF
BISSETT CREEK
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
DEUX RIVIERE
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
DEATH AND NONSENSE ON THE OTTAWA RIVER
LAND CLAIM JUMPING
ROWDY STAGECOACH PASSENGERS
SHANTY LEGEND
TOWN OF MATTAWA
CONCLUSION
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NEWSPAPER SOURCES
GAZETTEERS AND COMMERCIAL DIRECTORIES CONSULTED

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