940 Ewart St., |
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Ontario Tourism Region : Bruce Peninsula, Southern Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 400. In Innisfil T.,Simcoe C.,on Cook Bay of L.Simcoe, 19 km. SE of Barrie. The place was named after James Bell Ewart, who owned the site before it was surveyed in 1855.
- The community became an important lumber manufacturing centre and millions offeet oflumber were shipped to Toronto by the Northern Railway.
- The timber resources diminished, a fire destroyed the steam sawmills and most of the town. The railway branch line was tom up, and the once-busy wharves gradually rotted away.
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