Postcard Memories

History of scoots on Georgian Bay goes back to the 1920’s when surplus airplane engines were available after World War 1, local museum notes

In 1960, the final steam train left Midland station after 80 years of serving the town

'J.W. Bald’s work is a complete record of the life, work and play of small-town Ontario,' notes Huronia Museum, which has large collection of his photographs, postcards and equipment

In the 1920s, the congregation numbered more than 300 people as it was a dominant group for Christianity in the region. The current congregration is moving to a smaller location

'At one time, Midlanders boasted that the town was the centre of ski-jumping activities in Eastern Canada,' museum points out

Initially the club used natural ice, but in 1933 made the switch to artificial ice by having it piped in underground from the adjacent Arena Gardens

Canadian Coast Guard ship built by Port Arthur Ship Building Company in 1959. It's now the centrepiece of the Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay