Amherst Island WI Tweedsmuir History, Volume 1 F2 1964-96

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1964]-[1996]

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Amherst Island WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 1 F1, 1964-1996

Amherst Island near Kingston Ontario is a community of over four hundred comprised mostly of farmers and retirees from “away”, often Toronto or Ottawa. The Island is a component of Loyalist Township for municipal organization purposes, and is located in Lennox and Addington County. It has hourly car ferry service with the mainland at Millhaven, allowing some island residents to commute to work on the mainland. As of this writing, June 2016, there are five completed Tweedsmuir volumes in the collection.

Volume 1 was completed in 1996. It covers the period when our books were started – the 1950’s- to 1996, but contains a lot of historical material dating well back into the 1800’s. It has a Table of Contents. A few of the names mentioned: Fowler, Hoodless, Tonty, and Tweedsmuir. Some key topics: Ards Peninsula, Amherst Island History, Bath Centennial, Centennial of the Dominion of Canada, WI Branch anniversaries, Presidents of the branch, Island Churches, Agriculture, Fishing, Schools, and Cemeteries. Some names featured include: Ameriks, Fleming, Lord Mount Cashell, McGinnis, McMullen, Wemp, Willard (Reeve).

This document comprises pages 1-76 of Volume 1 (there are three parts of Volume 1 in total). The following is the table of contents for the entire volume (note that page numbers listed refer to the page numbers written on the physical pages of the book and not the digitized version):

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1 - Lady Tweedsmuir
4 - Adelaide Hoodless
9 - Settlement of Amherst Island
13 - History of Stella Village
15 - Henri Tonty
16 - Early Settlers
17 - Wardens, 1889-1993
18 - From the Ards to Amherst Island - Catherine Anne Wilson
27 - Womens' Institute of Amherst Island History
29 - 50th Anniversary
36 - Bath Centennial, 1959
39 - 60th Anniversary
43 - Grandmothers' Day, Sept 21, 1960
44 - Celebration of the Centennial of the Dominion of Canada, 1967
47 - 75th Anniversary
49 - 80th Anniversary
53 - Bicentennial Parade, 1984
54 - 85th Anniversary
58 - 90th Anniversary
- End of Part 1 -
77 - Amherst Island Womens' Institute Presidents, 1900-1992
113 - Churches
133 - Library
140 - Fishing
144 - Agriculture
145 - Stella Cheese Factory
148 - Emerald Cheese Factory
151 - Hitchins Farm
155 - Doug Miller Farm
158 - The Strain Farm
161 - The McDonald Farm
162 - The Adam Miller Farm
165 - The Irwin Henderson Farm
167 - Robert D. Glenn Farm
168 - The Fleming Farm
- End of Part 2 -
170 - Schools
187 - Stella Continuation School
188 - Consolidated School, 1948 and the Dedication of Amherst Islander 111
192 - Students busing, the Napanee District Secondary School
193 - Opening of the Community Centre, 1977
196 - Daniel Fowler
210 - Ladies over 75 years of age - 1943
212 - Gentlemen over 75 years of age - 1943
213 - Reeves of Amherst Island, 1857-1994
214 - Special Locations
226 - History of the Ferries
235 - Cemeteries

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[1964]-[1996]

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Agriculture
Anniversaries
Cemeteries
Centennial celebrations
Churches
Farmers
Farms
Ferries
Fishing
Schools
Women's Institutes

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English

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Amherst Island

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 44.132222 Longitude: -76.727777

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