Stewartville WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 6

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1975]

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Stewartville Women's Institute, Creator

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Stewartville WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 6 of 6

Stewartville, previously known as Balmer Island, is a hamlet situated in McNab Township in Renfrew County. It is on the shore of the Madawaska River and was part of the timber era.
Volumes 5 and 6 contain newspaper clippings, primarily from the 1960s and early 1970s, although there are a few clippings from the 1940s and 1950s. Although there are some wedding and anniversary announcements (volume 6), most clippings are on historical articles and community events.

Volume 6:
- New Dam at White Lake, including photo of original dam
- Last log drive on Waba Creek (1971)
- Information on Arnprior dam (1971)
- Mac Beattie
- John Watt and homeopathy in Arnprior
- Photo of old curling club in Arnprior

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Tweedsmuir Curators: Margaret Wright and Jessie Smith

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Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO)

Date of Original

[ca. 1970]-[ca. 1975]

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Birthdays
Churches
Dams
Forge shops
Galleries & museums
Pageants
Pioneers
Recreation
Retirements
Rulers
Softball
Stores & shops
Weddings
Women's Institutes

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English

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Stewartville

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.41681 Longitude: -76.4994

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