Some History of The Ryde Community
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. |
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Ryde's
104th Birthday Aug 20, 1983 |
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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. |
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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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" |
Historic
Ryde Map Large file (0.5MB), jpg picture |