Postcard Memories is a weekly series of historic postcard views and photos submitted by Marcel Rousseau.
Some were previously published by the Orillia Museum of Art and History and in the book Postcard Memories Orillia.
This early 1950s view of the swing bridge at Atherley takes us back to a more tranquil period of life at The Narrows.
Only one car is seen on this main two-lane highway and close inspection reveals a train passing over the C.N.R. bridge just north of here and two young boys fishing off an old cement pier left of the bridge.
The pedestrian walkway on the right passes under the operator’s cabin perched high above the water.
For many years the swing bridge was operated by Bob Pye who lived a short distance away on Orchard Point. Built in 1925, the swing bridge remained in service until 1964 when an increase in tourism demanded a higher structure with a more constant flow of traffic over this busy waterway.
