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Lount’s Castle

April 18, 2010 By
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In 1891 The Oaks – now known as Lount’s Castle – was built by Judge Lount.

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Everything Lount

April 17, 2010 By
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The is past year a couple of wonderful newspaper pieces on Lount’s Castle, once upon  a time, know as The Oaks, and currently located at 25 Valley Dr. in Barrie, Ontario.  This week’s Examiner Marg Bruineman wrote an excellent front page story on Barrie’s preeminent castle. Normally an old house have its listing price drop [...]

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Old Post Office and Barrie train station

March 11, 2010 By
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Postcards of the Week c/o ca.epodunk.com The Barrie post-office and GTR Barrie train station. Close up of GTR Barrie train station. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin eget sollicitudin sem. Nam vel tellus at dui commodo convallis. Nullam ornare porttitor condimentum. In rutrum, ipsum nec adipiscing tempor, metus risus facilisis mi, nec [...]

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Council Bounces Registry Back

January 17, 2010 By

I have to admit it does get tiring watching Council play 70′s Pong with Barrie heritage. This past week Council once again referred the issue of  81 new  heritage registry listings back to Heritage Barrie.  We’ve gone full loop now. On January 4th council was to review the recommendation from General committee to add properties [...]

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Let's hope 2010 is better

January 17, 2010 By

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2250050 Letter to the Editor – Barrie Examiner Heritage issues need much closer attention Recently, there have been a number of stories in the Examiner tied to the City of Barrie’s proposed list of historic homes. Behind every story, is another side of the story. Unfortunately, last spring, Barrie lost the historic Steele’s China and [...]

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Gravenhurst Approves Demolition of Log Church

October 11, 2009 By
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71 year old Southwood Church in Gravenhurst is slated for demolition.  Gravenhurst town council decided to allow demolition of the log church, despite concerns voiced by the local heritage committee. The building is described by councillors as rotting and without water or hydro. The Southwood Anglican Church is on Southwood road.  It was built in [...]

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McCord Museum – Barrie 1910

October 10, 2009 By

The McCord Museum in Montreal is home to a wide variety of images of early 19th century Canada. There collection includes a number of iconic Barrie pictures. You can link to the McCord site by double clicking on the pictures below. There you can zoom in and view details. Old Royal Victoria Hospital c. 1910. [...]

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