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Local History

Feb202021

Lochalsh Local History: Tourism 100 Years Ago (Part 1)

Elorah8 Comments on Lochalsh Local History: Tourism 100 Years Ago (Part 1)

For many of us, thinking of the “old days” of northern Ontario tourism evokes images of roaring two-stroke outboards, crackling radiotelephones, and campfires with grandparents and friends who have long passed on. At this point in time, one can rarely hear a camp story from the earlier part of the twentieth century. Many of the lodges and cabins in this region were only built in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the trails and waterways around Lochalsh were travelled by tourists long before then. So what was tourism like over one hundred years ago?

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Apr272020

Lochalsh Local History: At Goudreau, Not All That Glittered Was Gold

Loch Island Staff2 Comments on Lochalsh Local History: At Goudreau, Not All That Glittered Was Gold

As we had such positive reception to the post about the Cline Mine, we’ve got another piece of Lochalsh area mining history for you, this time at Goudreau.

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Apr182020

Lochalsh Local History: The Wabatongushi dam…plus the oldest local photo!

Loch Island Staff4 Comments on Lochalsh Local History: The Wabatongushi dam…plus the oldest local photo!

Near Loch Island Lodge, a bay of Wabatongushi Lake narrows into a dam, and the water spills over into the rapids of Glasgow Lake, our top portage destination. Another portage leads to Loch Lomond. Many guests have asked us when the dam was built and how its construction changed Wabatongushi’s depths and shorelines. In this post we’ll look at the history we’ve uncovered so far, and reveal a relevant photograph which we believe is the oldest to exist of the region!

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Apr102020

Lochalsh Local History: The Cline Mine

Loch Island Staff2 Comments on Lochalsh Local History: The Cline Mine

Driving down the gravel roads snaking to Camp Lochalsh, you’ll see a number of overgrown turn-offs into the trees. These now-lesser-travelled trails lead to the early mines which put the Lochalsh-Goudreau region on the map during its gold rush in the first decades of the 1900s. The mine featured in this post will be the Cline Mine.

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