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BL
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985399
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b739769
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McCraw, Bruce M.
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| Title & Author
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See you next summer : : postcard memories of Sparrow Lake resorts /\ Bruce M. McCraw.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: Natural Heritage/Natural History,, ©1998.
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1 online resource :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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1459717929
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: 1554882907
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: 9781459717923
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: 9781554882908
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1896219411
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9781896219417
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Table Of Contents; Foreword; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; About Postcards; Map of Sparrow Lake; From the Beginning: An overview of the early history of Sparrow Lake and the initial development of Sparrow Lake tourism; Resorts of Port Stanton; From Port Stanton to Maple Grove; From Port Stanton to Vanomi; The Things We Did Together; Epilogue: Richard Hymans, Sheridan Park Public School, Mississauga, Ontario; Notes; Index; Credits for visuals; About the Author.
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| Abstract
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Bustling station platforms, with quaint steamers nearby, often appear on early Sparrow Lake postcards. It was at the station that rail passengers were met and taken by boat to one of the over 20 hotels that once flourished in this holiday area. Such a trip could take about three hours on this roughly three-mile lake, bordering the southern Muskoka arm of the Canadian Shield. Upon arrival, the outdoors beckoned to one and all. Vintage postcards illustrate the stories of an earlier time in "cottage country." Bruce McCraw's lifetime familiarity with the lake has been augmented by contributions fro.
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Postcards-- Ontario-- Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County)
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Summer resorts-- Ontario-- Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County)
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Summer resorts-- Ontario-- Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County), Pictorial works.
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HISTORY-- General.
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Postcards.
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Summer resorts.
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Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County, Ont.), History, Pictorial works.
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Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County, Ont.), History.
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Ontario, Sparrow Lake (Muskoka District and Simcoe County)
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| Dewey Classification
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971.317
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F1059.S65
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