March 4, 2010:

Cheryl Wark is researching her ancestor who ran the Union House in Fitzroy Harbour in the 1860's
The Grand View Hotel may have been the successor to the Union House.

Source for the images on this page is The Romance of Fitzroy Harbour, by Fred Sadler,  ISBN 0-919431-08-9
General Store Publishing House, Burnstown, Ontario


	


	


March 7, 2010:

Watch a Fitzroy Harbour Documentary on YouTube, by Connor Price, Ben Trainor and Eric Roesler.

March 13, 2010:

Hi Al,

   The Grandview Hotel was located on the corner of Harbour and Alexander 
Streets, and was run by William John Campbell, who had settled at Fitzroy 
Harbour, married Mary Higginson and ran the Campbell's Hotel, also known as 
the Grandview. William J Campbell died about 1871 at the age of 35, leaving 
three small  children- Annie, Charlotte and John. Mary Campbell ran the 
hotel until her daughter Annie married Herman Kedey, this couple took over 
the operation of the business.

   Union House Hotel was located on the corner of Harbour and Bay Streets, 
it was R. Campbell that ran it prior to March 1861, I wonder if this could 
have possibly be Robert Campbell brother of William John Campbell? There are 
some pictures at ourroots, Beyond Our Memory  and lots of information as 
well.

 Is there a " Welcome to Fitzroy Harbour ," sign when you enter Fitzroy,if so and if it isn't too
 much trouble I would really like a picture of it.  I am also wondering what church's are there right in 
 Fitzroy,  as well as cemeteries?  I have some family members that died at Fitzroy and have not been 
 able tofind their obituaries or place of burial.   Mary Ann Wark ( nee Terry) died 6 May 1861, 
 daughter Mary Ann Wark, died20 June 1883, Mary Ann's parent's, Harry Terry died between 1851-1861, 
 his wife Lucy Terry died 10 Jan.1877.   In a Directory listing for 1872-1873, James Wark is listed on 
 Lot F. In 1863 he is at Lot #122, corner of Harbour and Bay Streets, what's the difference with a Lot letter 
 ( such as F) and a Lot number such as #122?  It would be nice to see a picture of the area as it looks today.   
 
 Thank you for continued help, I hope you don't mind all of the questions.
 Many thanks, Cheryl
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Thanks to Karen Prytula for the following great info and photos:

Hello
 
I have been following this thread and have two cents to add.  Mitchell's Directory for 1864-5 says this 
about Fitzroy Harbour:
 
"...The village contains five general stores, two grist mills, one saw mill, a tannery, and three hotels;
also one good school, with an average attendance of forty pupils.  There are three churches, built of stone:
the Church of England, cost, $2000, Rev. C. P Emery , minister; the Canada Presbyterian Church, cost , 
$1, 600, Rev. G. Young, minister; and the Roman Catholic Church (St. Michael's), cost, $2000.  
The Fourth Division Court is held here and at Riddle's Corners (Riddell), alternately."
 
Do those original churches still exist today? probably not.  But maybe there are other churches 
built on the same spot.  Are there graveyards attached to these churches?  I don't know for I have only been 
to Fitzroy Harbour once.  I would like to think there is at least one graveyard in one of the churchyards.....
 
The directory goes on to list the following people and their businesses:
 
Baird, Dan - general merchant
Baird, Daniel S. - Salesman
Campbell, Wm. - hotel keeper and wharfinger
Hughes, Luke - boot and shoemaker
Smith, James - boot and shoemaker
Teavens, John - hotel keeper
Work, James - boot and shoemaker
 
The book "Carleton Saga" by Harry and Olive Walker, says:
 
(the Directory)(sic)...omits any mention of the Kedey's who were prominent at the Habrour for many years.  
Moses Kedey was a contractor there.  He also made the famous "Kedey" chairs, an heirloom of pioneer times which 
is a collector's item today.  A descendant, Herman Kedey, later owned and operated the Kedey Hotel on the 
corner of Alexander and Harbour streets.  It was called the "Grandview Hotel" and was a favourite summer resort 
in the decade before the First World War.  
 
Before the Harbour was dredged, Grierson's Island (later Kedey's Island) was the steamer landing. 
 
The G. B. Greene, on it's run from Ottawa would dock at the island and it's passengers would be transferred 
by scow to the harbour landing. (see photo, above).
 
David MacLaren's store and house, painted yellow with a verandah used to be on the corner of Harbour and 
Market Streets but the property now is a community hall and play-ground."  (Carleton Saga was written in 1968, 
so not sure if the community hall and park is still there or not).
 
I have included a pic of Kedey's Island (Grierson's Island) from Carleton Saga, in attachment "p476 Carleton Saga".  
I believe the pic at the bottom is while the photographer is on the Island , and Fitzroy Harbour is across the water.
 
Carleton Saga goes on to say:  "Baird's store at the corner of Market and William  streets , was an instituition 
at the Harbour for over 100 years. ....The Baird family have a rare "Cromwell" map of Fitzroy Harbour which was 
made for Charles Shirreff when the village was laid out in 15 named streets....On Market Street there still is 
an open square designated for a community market...THE MUNICIPAL RECORDS AND OTHER DTA OF FITZROY TOWNSHIP 
WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1897 AT KINBURN.  THEY HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO KINBURN STORE FROM THE OLD TOWNSHIP 
HALL AT  MOHR'S CORNERS...THE STORE WAS BURNED AND SO WERE THE MUNICIPAL RECORDS." (that is why the authors 
of Carleton Saga were relying on the Mitchell Directory 1864-5 mentioned above).
 
Carleton Saga regarding Early Churches:
"In 1832, Mr. Shirreff erected at The Chats (the name of the falls at Fitzroy Harbour) a square hewed-log building, 
specially for the purpose of a school through the week, and for holding religious services on the Sabbath.  
This was both the first school house and the first church in Fitzroy, the first teacher who occupied it being a man 
named Ramsay....The combined church and school house erected ath The Chats by Mr. Shirreff was common property for 
all religious denominations, and was for years the only place in the township where regular public services were 
held, though ministers of all the Prostant Churches had visited the settlements and preached in the houses of the 
settlers some years previous to its erection.
 
I've also enclosed a copy of the town lot plan, found in Belden's 1879 Atlas of Carleton County.  I have identified 
lots F, and 122 for you, in pink.  I hope you can blow it up some to read it properly.
 
Thats all I have for now....
 
Karen Prytula
  

... Karen Prytula