Is this photo of Main Street, taken in 1856 the oldest surviving photograph of Newmarket, Ontario? It is certainly the oldest one that we have found so far.
Toronto Business Map – 1945-1956
A detailed map listing all Toronto Businesses in the downtown area – 1946-1956.
(Click on image to view full-size.)
Ninth Line Bridge – Oakville
We visited the old Ninth Line Bridge in Oakville, Ontario just south of Upper Middle Road.
Ford Drive now continues south of Upper Middle Road, but not long ago, Ninth Line continued straight south. A wide modern (1987) bridge is now completely hidden in the trees only meters from the corner of Ford Drive and Upper Middle Road.
Constellation Hotel – Toronto
After 8 years of standing abandoned due to bankruptcies, several sales and legal issues, the Constellation Hotel in Toronto is finally being completely demolished. We stopped by today to take some photos of the demolition:
Lost Lake
Close to home, but not known to a lot of people is a pretty neat lake that we found by using Google Maps.
We not only found the lake, but on our way back, we ran into a man whose family owned the land that the lake is now on, and he told us how the lake came to be. It’s a pretty interesting story, and it’s always great to get some historical background on places we find.
