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  • Cordova & Vansickle History of Mining Cordova Lake/Deer Lake Cordova School FISH HATCHERY
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  • The Mighty Marmoraton Mine Marmoraton Mine Fast Facts The Men of Steel Marmora Takes no Trash Union business
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MarmoraHistory.ca
  • Home/
  • Scenes From The Past/
    • How it all began....
    • Our Home on Native Land
    • The Sean Scally Video Gallery
    • 1809 A Loyalist's story - Reuban Sherwood, surveyor
    • 1821 The beginning & the end
    • 1824 Peter McGill & the Bank of Montreal
    • 1856 Attempt to Colonize
    • 1859 The Murder of Robert Dickie
    • 1865 The Blairton-American Connection
    • 1873 Lumber Barons
    • 1821 Pioneer Iron Town
    • 1882 A Ticket to Ride
    • 1907 Kissing As A Crime
    • 1913 The Finest Town Hall For Miles
    • 1914 The Great Patriotic Rally
    • 1914 A Horse is a horse......
    • 1914 CRIME, Law and Order
    • Tough Justice in Hastings County
    • 1915 A Fire In The Basement
    • 1919 What's in Crowe Lake
    • 1920's Movies At The Town Hall
    • 1929 Enterprising Merchants
    • 1937 In Praise of the Old Elm
    • 1934 Highway #7
    • 1938 Village Hits Big Screen
  • Did you know?/
  • Yesterday's News Today!/
  • Your Stories/
    • Tell Us Your Story
    • Your Stories
    • Your photo Gallery
  • Disappearing Marmora/
  • So much talent!/
    • ARTISTS IN THE ARCHIVES
    • ARTISTS TO WATCH FOR
    • WRITERS TO WATCH FOR
    • Look Who Made History!
    • Some Art History
    • Millinery
  • TAKE A TOUR/
    • Schools Days
    • It's our business
    • Main Street where business started
    • Businesses Further Afield
    • The Churches - A Month of Sundays
    • The Village House Tour
    • The Sunday Drives
    • Central Ontario Railway stations
    • Our Heritage Centre
    • Houses in the Township
  • The Village Pulse/
  • Our Ancestors/
    • Family Names
    • BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE REGISTRY 1895-1900
    • Marmora Marriage Records 1923-1981
    • Pioneer Crown Patents
    • Celebrating 1867
    • Our Centenarians
    • 1861 Census (pdf)
    • 1888 Residents
    • Business Directories
    • Census Records as a Tool
    • Understanding the Registry System
    • 1977
    • 1867 By Sacred Heart School
  • Grave Matters/
    • Cemetery Information
    • Obituaries A-G
    • Obituaries H-M
    • Obituaries N-Z
  • Blairton/
  • Cordova/Vansickle/
    • Cordova & Vansickle
    • History of Mining
    • Cordova Lake/Deer Lake
    • Cordova School
    • FISH HATCHERY
  • Deloro/
    • 1866 Founding of Deloro
    • Men of the Mine
    • Life in a Company Town
    • The Deloro Clean Up
    • Deloro War Memorial
    • Deloro Sports Gallery
    • The Deloro General Store
    • Deloro Company photo gallery
  • Mighty Marmoraton/
    • The Mighty Marmoraton Mine
    • Marmoraton Mine Fast Facts
    • The Men of Steel
    • Marmora Takes no Trash
    • Union business
  • War Stories/
    • Our Veterans' Gallery
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Front Line Letters
    • War Reports from Deloro
    • About our Veterans WW1
    • About our Veterans WW2
    • Our women at war
    • History of the Poppy
    • Lest We Forget
  • Our Waterways/
    • Crowe River
    • Crowe Lake
    • Beaver Creek
  • Is History Bunk/
  • LOOKING FOR MORE?/
  • Guestbook/
  • Donations/
    • Donors and Donations
    • In Memoriam
  • Contact/
    • Our Crew
    • Contact
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MarmoraHistory.ca
  • Home/
  • Scenes From The Past/
    • How it all began....
    • Our Home on Native Land
    • The Sean Scally Video Gallery
    • 1809 A Loyalist's story - Reuban Sherwood, surveyor
    • 1821 The beginning & the end
    • 1824 Peter McGill & the Bank of Montreal
    • 1856 Attempt to Colonize
    • 1859 The Murder of Robert Dickie
    • 1865 The Blairton-American Connection
    • 1873 Lumber Barons
    • 1821 Pioneer Iron Town
    • 1882 A Ticket to Ride
    • 1907 Kissing As A Crime
    • 1913 The Finest Town Hall For Miles
    • 1914 The Great Patriotic Rally
    • 1914 A Horse is a horse......
    • 1914 CRIME, Law and Order
    • Tough Justice in Hastings County
    • 1915 A Fire In The Basement
    • 1919 What's in Crowe Lake
    • 1920's Movies At The Town Hall
    • 1929 Enterprising Merchants
    • 1937 In Praise of the Old Elm
    • 1934 Highway #7
    • 1938 Village Hits Big Screen
  • Did you know?/
  • Yesterday's News Today!/
  • Your Stories/
    • Tell Us Your Story
    • Your Stories
    • Your photo Gallery
  • Disappearing Marmora/
  • So much talent!/
    • ARTISTS IN THE ARCHIVES
    • ARTISTS TO WATCH FOR
    • WRITERS TO WATCH FOR
    • Look Who Made History!
    • Some Art History
    • Millinery
  • TAKE A TOUR/
    • Schools Days
    • It's our business
    • Main Street where business started
    • Businesses Further Afield
    • The Churches - A Month of Sundays
    • The Village House Tour
    • The Sunday Drives
    • Central Ontario Railway stations
    • Our Heritage Centre
    • Houses in the Township
  • The Village Pulse/
  • Our Ancestors/
    • Family Names
    • BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE REGISTRY 1895-1900
    • Marmora Marriage Records 1923-1981
    • Pioneer Crown Patents
    • Celebrating 1867
    • Our Centenarians
    • 1861 Census (pdf)
    • 1888 Residents
    • Business Directories
    • Census Records as a Tool
    • Understanding the Registry System
    • 1977
    • 1867 By Sacred Heart School
  • Grave Matters/
    • Cemetery Information
    • Obituaries A-G
    • Obituaries H-M
    • Obituaries N-Z
  • Blairton/
  • Cordova/Vansickle/
    • Cordova & Vansickle
    • History of Mining
    • Cordova Lake/Deer Lake
    • Cordova School
    • FISH HATCHERY
  • Deloro/
    • 1866 Founding of Deloro
    • Men of the Mine
    • Life in a Company Town
    • The Deloro Clean Up
    • Deloro War Memorial
    • Deloro Sports Gallery
    • The Deloro General Store
    • Deloro Company photo gallery
  • Mighty Marmoraton/
    • The Mighty Marmoraton Mine
    • Marmoraton Mine Fast Facts
    • The Men of Steel
    • Marmora Takes no Trash
    • Union business
  • War Stories/
    • Our Veterans' Gallery
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Front Line Letters
    • War Reports from Deloro
    • About our Veterans WW1
    • About our Veterans WW2
    • Our women at war
    • History of the Poppy
    • Lest We Forget
  • Our Waterways/
    • Crowe River
    • Crowe Lake
    • Beaver Creek
  • Is History Bunk/
  • LOOKING FOR MORE?/
  • Guestbook/
  • Donations/
    • Donors and Donations
    • In Memoriam
  • Contact/
    • Our Crew
    • Contact
 
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  • Guestbook
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  • Home/
  • Scenes From The Past/
    • How it all began....
    • Our Home on Native Land
    • The Sean Scally Video Gallery
    • 1809 A Loyalist's story - Reuban Sherwood, surveyor
    • 1821 The beginning & the end
    • 1824 Peter McGill & the Bank of Montreal
    • 1856 Attempt to Colonize
    • 1859 The Murder of Robert Dickie
    • 1865 The Blairton-American Connection
    • 1873 Lumber Barons
    • 1821 Pioneer Iron Town
    • 1882 A Ticket to Ride
    • 1907 Kissing As A Crime
    • 1913 The Finest Town Hall For Miles
    • 1914 The Great Patriotic Rally
    • 1914 A Horse is a horse......
    • 1914 CRIME, Law and Order
    • Tough Justice in Hastings County
    • 1915 A Fire In The Basement
    • 1919 What's in Crowe Lake
    • 1920's Movies At The Town Hall
    • 1929 Enterprising Merchants
    • 1937 In Praise of the Old Elm
    • 1934 Highway #7
    • 1938 Village Hits Big Screen
  • Did you know?/
  • Yesterday's News Today!/
  • Your Stories/
    • Tell Us Your Story
    • Your Stories
    • Your photo Gallery
  • Disappearing Marmora/
  • So much talent!/
    • ARTISTS IN THE ARCHIVES
    • ARTISTS TO WATCH FOR
    • WRITERS TO WATCH FOR
    • Look Who Made History!
    • Some Art History
    • Millinery
  • TAKE A TOUR/
    • Schools Days
    • It's our business
    • Main Street where business started
    • Businesses Further Afield
    • The Churches - A Month of Sundays
    • The Village House Tour
    • The Sunday Drives
    • Central Ontario Railway stations
    • Our Heritage Centre
    • Houses in the Township
  • The Village Pulse/
  • Our Ancestors/
    • Family Names
    • BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE REGISTRY 1895-1900
    • Marmora Marriage Records 1923-1981
    • Pioneer Crown Patents
    • Celebrating 1867
    • Our Centenarians
    • 1861 Census (pdf)
    • 1888 Residents
    • Business Directories
    • Census Records as a Tool
    • Understanding the Registry System
    • 1977
    • 1867 By Sacred Heart School
  • Grave Matters/
    • Cemetery Information
    • Obituaries A-G
    • Obituaries H-M
    • Obituaries N-Z
  • Blairton/
  • Cordova/Vansickle/
    • Cordova & Vansickle
    • History of Mining
    • Cordova Lake/Deer Lake
    • Cordova School
    • FISH HATCHERY
  • Deloro/
    • 1866 Founding of Deloro
    • Men of the Mine
    • Life in a Company Town
    • The Deloro Clean Up
    • Deloro War Memorial
    • Deloro Sports Gallery
    • The Deloro General Store
    • Deloro Company photo gallery
  • Mighty Marmoraton/
    • The Mighty Marmoraton Mine
    • Marmoraton Mine Fast Facts
    • The Men of Steel
    • Marmora Takes no Trash
    • Union business
  • War Stories/
    • Our Veterans' Gallery
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Front Line Letters
    • War Reports from Deloro
    • About our Veterans WW1
    • About our Veterans WW2
    • Our women at war
    • History of the Poppy
    • Lest We Forget
  • Our Waterways/
    • Crowe River
    • Crowe Lake
    • Beaver Creek
  • Is History Bunk/
  • LOOKING FOR MORE?/
  • Guestbook/
  • Donations/
    • Donors and Donations
    • In Memoriam
  • Contact/
    • Our Crew
    • Contact

MarmoraHistory.ca

Our mandate is to collect and display anything to do with the history of Marmora, Ontario. Enjoy our content and feel free to contribute your stories and memories.

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They are borrowed from a sketch by Susanna Moodie called "The First Mine in Ontario at Marmora"

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Mar 14, 2025
Celebrating St. Matilda’s Church
Mar 14, 2025
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Nov 11, 2024
HAVE YOU NOTICED?
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Oct 9, 2024
OPERATION SUGAR RETRIEVAL
Oct 9, 2024
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Sep 28, 2024
ANSWERING THE THREAT OF WAR - 1826
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Jul 28, 2024
Finding the Reid Settlement Cemetery
Jul 28, 2024
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Jul 16, 2024
OLD MARMORA FIRE TRUCK RESURFACES
Jul 16, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
NEWLY FOUND RARE CROWE RIVER PHOTO
Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 2024
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May 28, 2024
GREETINGS FROM MARMORA -TOO BUSY TO WRITE
May 28, 2024
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May 19, 2024
THE NAMING OF CLEMENGER ROAD
May 19, 2024
May 19, 2024
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Jan 24, 2024
WHO WAS ST. MATILDA
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
Yesterday's News Today!
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Mar 27, 2025
1907 - MARMORA EDITOR PONTIFICATES
Mar 27, 2025
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Aug 12, 2024
YEARS LATER……..A SURPRISE FROM DR. PARKIN
Aug 12, 2024
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Mar 7, 2024
WELLMAN'S CORNER IN SHOCK - 1940
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Aug 1, 2022
FIDLAR NEWS FROM MAURITIUS, INDIAN OCEAN
Aug 1, 2022
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Apr 15, 2021
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
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Jan 23, 2021
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HUGH JONES
Jan 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
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Mar 13, 2020
1916 A BIG YEAR IN DELORO
Mar 13, 2020
Mar 13, 2020
Deloro theft of Cobalt.jpg
Jan 14, 2020
$650,000 theft from Deloro - 1965
Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020
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Nov 9, 2019
ALL EYES ON A MEMORIAL
Nov 9, 2019
Nov 9, 2019
Thompson Hilda, 1937.jpg
Sep 7, 2019
The Sad Thomson Stories of 1937
Sep 7, 2019
Sep 7, 2019
Your Stories
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Feb 9, 2025
And it's all thanks to Cupid......
Feb 9, 2025
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Nov 2, 2024
ALL IN THE FAMILY - A Wartime Story
Nov 2, 2024
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Oct 9, 2024
THE SAILOR FROM ELDORADO
Oct 9, 2024
Oct 9, 2024
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Sep 4, 2024
THE MYSTERY OF NORA COOKE
Sep 4, 2024
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Aunt Annie (Scott) Bouchard.jpg
Jul 8, 2024
A SCOTT-BROWN-McCANN STORY
Jul 8, 2024
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Jun 29, 2024
MORE ON THE (VAN) STEENBURGHS
Jun 29, 2024
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Jun 1, 2024
The Gawleys - A Marmora Pioneer Family
Jun 1, 2024
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Mar 3, 2024
THE ANDERSON PHOTO COLLECTION
Mar 3, 2024
Mar 3, 2024
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Jan 28, 2024
WHO WAS CHARLES HAYES, MARMORA'S FOUNDER?
Jan 28, 2024
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Nov 20, 2023
A STORY WITH A TWIST - Coming of age?
Nov 20, 2023
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1821 Pioneer Iron Town
1866 Founding of Deloro
1907 Kissing As A Crime
1913 The Finest Town Hall For Miles
1914 A Horse is a horse......
1920's Movies At The Town Hall
1929 Enterprising Merchants

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