Postcard Memories

Chainway, Metropolitan, Woolworth’s and Zellers all had a large presence on a 'busy block in downtown Orillia' for several decades

Dam was completed in 1910, followed by power plant, machine shop, blacksmith shop, boarding house and marine railway

A police constable heard an explosion and called in the alarm, but the fire was out of control, destroying the downtown landmark in a matter of minutes

Local manufacturer was one of North America's leading suppliers of a variety of mining equipment for many years

The historic lockup, built in 1874, and Electric Station next door were torn down in 1962 — despite the protest of a large group of citizens

Dominion Bakery was located on Colborne Street and when it introduced bread 'rich as butter, sweet as a nut', the company organized a parade

Heywood Wakefield Company started in Tudhope building and expanded to new factory on Atherley Road, where the Lloyd Loom was kept busy

In the second of two-part series, we look back at 1909 blaze that razed Tudhope Carriage Works, several other businesses and homes and left many jobless

In the first of two-part series, we take a look back at two hours in time that sparked 'one of the greatest disasters in Orillia's manufacturing history'

A clock dial, planted in Roman numerals, was a popular annual display in the early 1920s at Couchiching Beach Park, thanks to a crew of talented gardeners