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Here you will find an assortment of documents and photographs. Some of the documents are reprinted with permission from the files of Bernice Merkley, former clerk of the Township of Ryde. Courtesy of Carol Fraser.

Photo of Barkway Store from Dora Speicher, dated 1954. If you know who the people are, please call Carol Fraser and let her know. Photo of the home of Gustave (Geo) York after he sold the house at the girls' camp that he had bought from the Tingey's. Vernon Ayre and Hattie Tingey Johnston lived here after her log cabin located just across from the Housey's Rapids Road on Doe Lake Rd was condemned. This house was located on property now owned by Grant Tingey, but this house is gone.
Leslie Ruttan's farm in Muskoka, Ryde Twp. Muskoka Rd. 6 on the way to Housey's Rapids on the west side of the road. House gone now. Property owned by Jim Rose. Les Ruttan was the son of Wm James Ruttan & Hannah Bertha Brooks.
Opening of New Bridge at Housey's Rapids 1960 Ryde's 104th Birthday Aug 20, 1983
Burials in Ryde dates 1960 through 1968 Ryde Council Minutes By-laws, 1879

The Frasers of the Doe Lake Settlement - an article by the late Barbara Patterson, as published in the Muskoka Sun.
Part 1 Thurs, July 31, 2008. First Page Second Page
Part 2 Thurs, Sept 4, 2008. First Page Second Page

 History of the Barkway Post Office, with thanks to Heather Coupland for providing images. PO Established Request to Petition Petition and Signatures Change of Site Barkway Store Burns Request to establish PO at Residence of Ira Davey Jan 15, 1890 Request for Assistant Remove PO to Residence of Mrs. Freeman Plewis

William Fredrick Hogue and Selina Gertrude Brooks
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Photo of Old Waters Farm 1948 Description of Ryde Township in 1879.
A Short History of Ryde Ryde Officials 1879-1970
Crown Use Tile Map
Large file (3.0 MB), pdf document		 Ryde Schools from Gary Denniss's Book "A Brief History of the Schools in Muskoka"
Links to Barkway Cemetery and Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Historic Ryde Map
Large file (0.5MB), jpg picture