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: Ice Cutting; Photo of Calvin Boyd and Fred Quantz cutting ice with a large motorized double-bladed saw for the Lake Simcoe Ice Company at Belle Ewart. Both men are wearing gloves, hats, and overalls., IHS309

: Ice Cutting By Hand; Photo of Bernard Jobbitt wearing overalls, a cap, and a plaid shirt with his dog, holding a hand saw. He would use the saw to cut ice for the ice industry., IHS1973

: Ice Cutting On Lake Simcoe; Photo of two teams of horses and several men per team standing on the ice of Lake Simcoe, preparing to cut the ice into blocks for use home ice boxes. The cut blocks of ice would be stored in an ice house, which is visible in the background, before being shipped throughout the community and beyond.

: Ice Fishermen On Lake Simcoe; Local ice fishermen Graham Webb, Elwood Webb, Jim Cole, and John Goodfellow dressed in winter gear and posed in front of a snowmobile display their catch of eight lake trout and six whitefish., IHS 4353

: Ice Fishing On Lake Simcoe; Avid ice fisherman Gordon Spring is pictured on Lake Simcoe, standing in front of his hut wearing a hat and winter clothing. Huts were hauled to the bottom of the 9th concession by means of a large sleigh and a team of horses. Gordon was the son of Isaac and Hettie (née Harmer) Spring. Bill and Tom Wright often took their huts to the lake at the same time., IHS3912

: Ice Gang Loading Railway Car; Ice gang loading railway car, left to right: Jack Hardy on horse, ?, Clarence Dolan, George Baxter, Harry Fischer (with hat, smoking pipe), in front Bob Mullen holding the horse. ICE INDUSTRY, IHS2339

: Ice Harvesting On Lake Simcoe; Ice harvesting operation on Lake Simcoe. The men involved in this operation included Doug and Norman Neely, Jack Webster, George Dietrich, Jack Fraser, Bill Lamb, George Fagents, and Alex Black. The photo depicts the apparatus used to convey blocks of ice into the ice house, which are guided by the workers using long poles., IHS4198(b)

: Ice House Bell Ewart; Ice house where they took ice in, in Bell Ewart. Byron Grose and Fred Quantz on bridge made of planks. They are barring ice off into three pieces. This was taken a year before Mr. Fred Quantz was married., IHS656

: Ice House Bell Ewart; Ice house where they took ice in, in Bell Ewart. Byron Grose and Fred Quantz on bridge made of planks. They are barring ice off into three pieces. This was taken a year before Mr. Fred Quantz was married., IHS655

: Ice House Group Photo, Belle Ewart; Group Photo taken of the employees of the Ice House in Belle Ewart sitting and standing along the loading platforms in front of the storage building. The men are all dressed in coats and hats, and chunks of ice are visible underneath the platform. Third and fourth from the left, in the back row, are George Moore and Elmo Quantz. The man in the back row wearing a white sweater is William Ruffet. For more information on William Ruffet's career, see the entry entitled "The Last of the Icemen" - http://www.ourstoriesinnisfil.ca/islandora/object/ourstories%3A2518, IHS2888

: Ice House Picture; Ice House Picture - George Baxter is in the centre of the picture third from the left, standing on a pile of straw. The ice house gang, who provided most of southern Ontario's ice until the advent of electric refrigerators. This photo was taken in 1910. The ice house factory was probably a nice cool place to work in the hot summer months. INDUSTRY - ICE, IHS34

: Ice Industry; Photograph of the conveyors constructed to transport blocks of ice harvested from Lake Simcoe into a Belle Ewart Ice Company ice house on the shore. The conveyor structures and the building are all made of wood. Blocks of ice would be stored in the ice house year round and shipped as far as the United States to be used in home ice boxes., IHS300

: Ice Industry; Photo of the rubble and debris left behind by the demolishing of the Lake Simcoe Ice Company's ice house in the 1930s., IHS297

: Ice Industry; Ice House, IHS301

: Ice Industry Workers In Belle Ewart; Photograph of four men dressed long coats, boots, and hats who were employed in Belle Ewart as labourers for the ice industry. These men would cut large blocks of ice from the frozen Lake Simcoe and float them to the shore where conveyors would take them to an ice house for storage. The ice was later shipped to numerous locales and were used in home ice boxes before refrigerators were available. The men pictured standing in the back row are George Baxter and Bill Baxter, and seated in the front row are an unidentified man and Elmo Quantz, the father of Elma Ross., IHS3941

: Ice Shipment; Photo of a freight train in front of the loading area of an ice storage building, preparing to ship ice for the Belle Ewart Ice Company., IHS311

: Ice Storage Building; Photo of the exterior of the Belle Ewart Ice Company's storage building, constructed of wood and insulated with sawdust. A Grand Trunk railcar is also visible directly beside the building's loading platform., IHS434

: Ida Law; Photo of Mrs. Charles H. Hindle, Jr. (née Ida Law), 1880-1956., IHS1871

: Ida Law; Photograph of Ida Law (1880-1956), later Mrs. Charles H. Hindle, Jr., on washing day., IHS1867

: Ida Rogerson; Ida Rogerson 1879-1966 Daughter of William Rogerson and Sarah Robertson Later Mrs. Robert Duncan (mother of Bill Duncan) Costumes and clothing Furniture, IHS2352

: Imperial Gas Station; Photo of John Yeates, Imperial dealer from Allandale. The picture is captioned "John Yeates, Imperial dealer, Allandale, Ont., is operating a small, but very efficient business and attractively kept station. Despite his 79 years he is very active and alert, and when the film "At the Imperial Sign" was shown in his district, he entertained the attending dealers with a song." Mr. Yeates started his business in 1924., IHS1824

: In Workshop, Bill Jamieson; Bill Jamieson in workshop - at copy stand. Located in Tom Arnett's home. An Innisfil Historical Society Project., IHS3398

: Inaugural dinner for Township Council 1959; Inaugural dinner for new Township Council 1959 L to R. Mr. Joseph Cochrane (deputy reeve) and Mrs. Ruby Cochrane, Reeve Charles and Mrs. Sproule, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Torrens, Reverend Rowe. Page 70 Stroud Tweedsmuir History Vol. II Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3382-75

: Incubators For Hunter Poultry; Incubators for Hunter poultry. From page 52 of the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Vol. 11., IHS3382-61

: Individuals Not Identified; Individuals Not Identified., IHS2998

: Individuals Unidentified; Individuals Unidentified, IHS4345

: Inez Ferrier; Inez Ferrier (Mrs. C. Spence), IHS3297

: Ingram'S Store; Photograph of Ingram's Store, located north of the 2nd Line at the lake., IHS497

: Ingram'S Store; Ingram's Store housed the Ballydown Beach Summer Post Office from 1942-1960.

: Innisfil - Township Of - Employees; John Cowan and wife Marjorie on occasion of John's 40th year with Innisfil Roads Department. Don Koopmans and Reeve George Burton in background- from Stroud Tweedsmuir Histories Vol. III Cowan, John ; Cowan, Marjorie; Koopmans, Don; Burton, Reeve George, IHS3383-66

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