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 Blue Sky Region, Ontario Postcards: Canadian History in Vintage Postcards
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Highlighting in vintage postcards the history of towns and townships in the greater Lake Nipissing and Lake Temagami areas of Northern Ontario, Canada and including the Nipissing District and portions of the Parry Sound District which are in the “Blue Sky Region.” These Canadian postcards are shown in digital museum format for educational purposes. If you have images or historical information which you’d like to share with our digital virtual museum, feel free to do so.
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Alderdale:
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Astorville:
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Canoe Lake:
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Crystal Falls:
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Field:
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First Nation:
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French River:
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Galston:
Here’s a Thanksgiving postcard bearing a scarce October 1910 Galston split-ring postmark. The Galston post office, in Calvin Township, was open from October 1900 to June 1917. John S. McDonald was the only postmaster. He resigned in March 1917, with the post office formally closing in June; thus, the Galston post office became known as a dead post office, or DPO. It’s interesting to note that the postcard was apparently sent by his daughter, Sadie McDonald, to her grandmother, Mrs. John McDonald, who had an Admaston Station address in the Renfrew South (Ottawa) area. Admaston Station itself is now a DPO; the name changed to Adamston in 1931 and that post office finally closed in 1969.
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Genesee Rapids:
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Blue violets were a Victorian symbol of faithfulness and loyalty, as seen in this vintage postcard bearing a scarce first-year, 1909 Genesee Rapids postmark. This post office, which only operated from 1909 through 1915, was in the Mick General Store. It opened in January 1909, with E. C. Mick as postmaster. Thomas Anderson was postmaster in 1912 and 1913, and Peter Mick was the last postmaster, holding the position from 1914 until the post office’s closure on 31 December 1915. Many small post offices closed with the advent of rural mail delivery; the Genesee Rapids post office was no exception. Writing on 10 December, the sender said: “We have just been out skating in the field. Just our own bunch…We did some [Christmas] decorating.” The cancel is seen below.
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Golden Valley:
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Government Park:
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Katrine:
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Lake Chebogomog and Lake Tomiko:
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Lake Talon Area:
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Monetville:
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Noëlville:
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Novar:
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Sunset Park:
Here’s a hard-to-find 1950s postcard of Pirie’s grocery store and Shell service station at Sunset Park in the Nipissing District. It bears a Sunset Park postmark; this is a dead post office (DPO), having opened in April 1948 and closed in October 1957. Its later name was North Bay Sub No. 3. According to Library and Archives Canada, this was the business place of R.D. Wilson: specifically, “Part of Twp, Lot 40, Block A, Con 15, Ferris.” Where was this gas station?
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Whitney:
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Old antique postcards tell the stories of North Bay, Temagami, Bonfield, Callander and Corbeil, Commanda, the Ferguson Highway (Highway 11), Lavigne and Verner, Marten River, Alderdale, Mattawa, Monetville and Noëlville, Nipissing, Powassan, and Trout Creek, Sturgeon Falls, Sundridge, Trout Lake, Restoule, South River, Tilden Lake, Dokis, Rutherglen, Trout Mills and other areas of interest. Enjoy the story of Antoine’s Moose-Yard. More as time permits, with updated photos and new articles.
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 "Greetings from Alderdale, 1940s")
 "Alderdale, Daytonia Lodge")
 "Astorville, View from the South Shore of Lake Nosbonsing at the Marina")
 "Canoe Lake, Grand Trunk Railway Section House, c. 1904")
 "Crystal Falls, Glen Cove Camp 1")
 "Crystal Falls, Glen Cove Camp 2")
 "Aerial View of Field, Ontario")
 "White-Tailed Deer at Field, Ontario")
 "Dokis Village, Aerial")
 "Dokis Village on the Upper French River")
 "Parry Sound, Ojibway Indians with Canoe, c. 1930s")
 "Chief Commanda II at Dokis Village")
 "Garden Village, Holy Spirit Indian Mission")
 "French River, Solid Comfort Camp")
 "Thanksgiving Greetings from Galston, Calvin Township, Front")
 "Thanksgiving Greetings from Galston, Calvin Township, Back")
 "1910 Galston Cancel from the Nipissing District")
 "Genesee Rapids Post Office Cancel, 1909")
 "Genesee Rapids Post Office Cancel, 1909")
 "Golden Valley, Little River Lodge c. 1967")
 "Golden Valley, Little River Lodge in 1955")
 "Golden Valley, Little River Lodge")
 "Kish-Kaduk Lodge, Government Park Via North Bay")
 "Greetings from Katrine, Ontario")
 "Studholme's Camp at Lakes Tomiko and Chebogomog")
 "Relaxing at Lake Talon")
 "Camp Quebont, The Witch's Cauldron at Paul Bunyanland")
 "Camp Quebont, Paresseux Falls on the Mattawa River")
 "Colton Falls Near Mattawa")
 "Monetville, Steamboat at Rock Cut")
 "Monetville, Samoset Lodge Kitchen")
 "Monetville, Memquisit Lodge Dining Room")
 "Monetville, Samoset Lodge Exterior")
 "Monetville, Camp Shuswap Lounge")
 "Noelville, Pine Cove Dock")
 "Noelville, Pine Rapids at Wolseley Lodge")
 "Noelville, Camp Thomas")
 "Novar, Log Cabin Blanket Shop on the Ferguson Highway 1")
 "Novar, Log Cabin Blanket Shop on the Ferguson Highway 2")
 "Sunset Park, Pirie's Grocery Store and Shell Gas Station, 1950s")
 "Whitney, St. Anthony Lumber Company c. 1911")