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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 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 virtual museum, feel free to do so.
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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 Village, 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.
See the reference, Canadiana and Northern Ontario Postcard Photographers pages for more information about collecting vintage postcards. You can learn more about this postcard dealer on the About Us page. Additional information about postcard styles and prices is on the Old Postcards and Antique Postcards and Postcard Price Guides pages.
This is an ongoing project; comments and questions to the webmaster are welcome. Click on the thumbnails for larger images. Close the larger image before opening another thumbnail.
The occasional duplicates for sale can be found using the search box on the main (home) page of VintagePostcards.org. Always interested in purchasing antique postcard collectibles from the greater Nipissing, Parry Sound and Temagami areas.
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Castle Inn
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Downtown
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Glen Bernard Camp
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Homes
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Hotel Bernard (Caswell Resort Hotel)
The Hotel Bernard was built on the site of the Queen’s Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 1890. Rebuilt, it burned again in 1919. Rebuilt a third time, the hotel was purchased in the 1940s by Mr. Caswell after WWII, and renamed as the Caswell Resort Hotel.
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Johnstone’s Tourist Camp
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Layolomi Lodge
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Military, 162nd Battalion
The scarce 1916 postcard at top left offering greetings from the 162nd Battalion C.E.F. (Canadian Expeditionary Force) at Sundridge bears an interesting message from a soldier named Russ, who sounds bored. Written on 25 July 1916, the message reads: “I have not very much to say this time, only that I am still living. I hear there is to be a big day in town on the third of August and you bet I will be up if I can get there at all. Well, I have been soldiering for six months now and we are still in Canada yet, but it is hard to tell where we will be at the end of another six months.” The C.E.F. was created in 1914, in response to a United Kingdom call for troops after World War I began.
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Miscellania
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John C. Faulkner worked in Sundridge between 1889 and 1907, and was also documented there between 1914 and 1920. Postmarked in 1905, this real-photo postcard depicts two men with some cattle and a note written in jest which says: “Sundridge Ont. — at busiest period of the day.” Learn more about Faulkner and his daughter, Lilley, on the Northern Ontario Postcard Photographers page. A portional close-up image from the postcard is seen below.
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Railroad
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Roadside Canadiana
Here’s a wonderful Azo Square real-photo postcard of Scott’s service station in Sundridge, Ontario. Although Azo Square stamp boxes were used on the backs of postcards from about 1924 to 1949, this gas station was no doubt in business by about 1934, when the Dionne Quintuplets were born at Corbeil, Ontario. Vintage advertising signs on the building include those for Coca-Cola and Sweet Caporal cigarettes, as well as British Consul, a brand made by the Imperial Tobacco Co. We’d be interested to learn more about the building’s location. Scott’s also offered tiny cabins for tourists. Two of the cabins are seen to the left in this image, partially obscured by the gas station. It’s a great early roadside Canadiana post card.
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Sundridge, Ontario: Canadian History in Vintage Postcards "Birch Bark Greetings from Sundridge, Ontario")
 "Sundridge, Castle Inn Century Home")
 "Sundridge, Cabins at Castle Inn")
 "Sundridge, Ontario, Main St. Looking East from Ford Garage and Gas Station")
 "Sundridge, Ontario, Main St. Gas Pumps and New Post Office")
 "Sundridge, Ontario Main St., c. 1913-1920")
 "Sundridge, Marigold Tea Room 1")
 "Sundridge, Marigold Tea Room 2")
 "Sundridge, Ontario Public School, c. 1908-1911. Photo by the J. W. Wilson Co. of Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg")
 "Sundridge, Baptist Church in 1906")
 "Sundridge, Aerial View 1")
 "Sundridge, Welcome Arch")
 "Sundridge, Aerial View 2")
 "Sundridge, Lakeside Totem Pole at Glen Bernard Camp")
 "Sundridge, Sailing at Glen Bernard Camp")
 "Sundridge, Auctioneer J. C. Murray's Home, Craigowan 1")
 "Sundridge, Auctioneer J. C. Murray's Home, Craigowan 2")
 "Sundridge, Home of William Hall, c. 1903-1907")
 "Sundridge, Original Hotel Sundridge, c. 1920s")
 "Sundridge, Aerial View of Caswell's Hotel Bernard and Cottages")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Overview 1")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Overview 2")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Motor Court, 1940s")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Coffee Shop")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Lounge and Fireplace")
 "Sundridge, Log Lodge and Terrace at the Hotel Bernard")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Court")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Sun Lounge")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Entrance")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Guest Room")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard c. 1950s Overview")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Guest Room in 1949")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Lakeshore Cottages")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Checker Board Court, c. 1947")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Shuffleboard Court and Horseshoes, c. 1949")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Waterslide")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Sleigh Ride")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Ski Club")
 "Sundridge, Hotel Bernard Dock")
 "Sundridge, Caswell Resort Dining Room")
 "Sundridge, Stopping for a Drink of Water at Johnstone's Tourist Camp in 1937")
 "Sundridge, Morning Papers at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Drink Pure Water at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Aerial View of Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Cabins at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Cabins at Johnstone's Tourist Camp in 1937")
 "Sundridge, Cabins at Johnstone's Tourist Camp in 1932")
 "Sundridge, Beach at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Relaxing at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Log Cabins at Johnstone's Tourist Camp")
 "Sundridge, Overnight Cabins at Johnstone's Tourist Camp, 1933")
 "Ponies at Johnstone's Tourist Camp in Sundridge, Ontario")
 "Sundridge, Morning Swim at the Layolomi Lodge Boys' Camp")
 "Sundridge, Morning Bugle Call at the Layolomi Lodge Boys' Camp")
 "Sundridge, Diving Tower at Layolomi Lodge")
 "Sundridge, Canoes at the Layolomi Lodge Beach")
 "Sundridge, Greetings from the 162nd Battalion, Canadian Expedionary Force")
 "Sundridge, 162nd Battalion Camp")
 "Sundridge, 162nd Battalion Camp")
 "Sundridge, Scenic View at Lake Bernard")
 "Sundridge, Shady Maple Roadside Motel")
 "Sundridge, Ten Gables Inn on Highway 11")
 "Sundridge, Picnic on Lake Bernard, c. 1920s")
 "Sundridge, Hockey Opportunity Camp, Managed by Joseph Bogensberger")
 "Sundridge, Denville Bridge at Lake Bernard, c. 1920s")
 "Sundridge, Greystone Rock at Lake Bernard")
 "Fisherman at the Magnetawan River Gorge Near Sundridge, Ontario, c. 1915")
 "Log Cabin Used by Hunters Near Sundridge, Ontario in 1911")
 "Sundridge, Lilley Faulkner c. 1881 Photograph of Settler with Bucksaw, 1906 Postcard Postmark")
 "Sundridge, Lake Bernard Park Campground")
 "Sundridge, Girls at Stony Lake in 1909")
 "Sundridge, Ontario Cattle")
 "Sundridge, Ontario Cattle, Close-Up View")
 "Grand Trunk Railroad No. 64 Near Sundridge")
 "Imperial Oil (Esso) Gas Station at Sundridge, Ontario, c. 1925 to 1930s")
