Postcard Memories

The White House is long gone, but Camp Couchiching is still going strong on the property purchased from the YMCA in 1945

Couchiching Beach Park has long been recognized 'as one of the most attractive municipal parks in Ontario'

Two of the spans from the original 1890 iron bridge are still in use at Duck Bay Road in Waubaushene

General store, garage with gas pumps and restaurant in Ardtrea was a popular spot in the 1950s and 1960s

The town had to commit to the cost of arranging and paying transportation to Orillia from Quebec City, which came with a price tag of $98

Frank Rolland established the livery in 1900 and in 1912 it was displaced, temporarily, when the CPR built a new rail bed along the waterfront

The Cold Dog Ice Cream Scoops, made in Orillia in the 1920s and 1930s, sold well and were popular in the U.S. but are a scarce collectible in Canada

Lightfoot organized a barbershop quartet while attending ODCVI in 1954 and he and Whelan formed a duo, Two Tones, that played dance halls and resorts in the area

The Tudhope Specialties plant received a large contract to produce thousands of Piat anti-tank shells and, by the summer of 1944, shipped hundreds weekly

Fred Blackburn operated a service station and sold Imperial Esso gas, owned a nearby building where he specialized in electrical repairs and also had a car lot