This postcard is for sale on Ebay and I am trying to figure out what year it was taken. That is definitely the older bridge. Are those people fishing under the bridge?
These were added by Jennifer Fenwick Irwin from the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum
Dr. Johnson’s house was built in 1902. This photo was taken by Horace Brown shortly after construction of the new dam in 1911.
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They could be fishing, but they could also be cutting ice. Looks like a winter picture to me.
Karen Prytula
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I take that back. Its not a winter picture at all! It might be people fishing, and it might be buoys…but it does look like people!
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Yes it does:) I thought so.. Oh to be a pin on the side of the bridge:)
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They could be fishing. That bridge looks like the railing I remember from the 1940’s. As a teenager we could walk almost all the way across from Findlays to Pattersons in July when the water was low.. There is a channel in the middle but the rest can be quite shallow in mid summer.
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People swam there quite regularly in those days. Try to find the story about the girl who’s father drowned saving her only to have her drown 10 years later in virtually the same spot.`
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I wrote about that…
was it margaret king.??
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Yep Margaret King. What a sad story!
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After a second look and seeing how tall they would have to be for his head to be that close to the bridge I have to think they are in a boat. So probably fishing.
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Love your comments Dan.. Love them hugggg
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Thanks Linda. Keep up the good work!
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