Hoopers woolen mill built 1864, later Finkles carridge maker and now a private residence. There were 3 mills on this site owned by Hooper, this one served as a feed mill until 1975. It is one of the few intact old mills around. Most have lost their mortar and have crumbled. Was there one contractor back in the 1850/1860 that built most of the mills and used cheap mortar?
Napanee Train Station, still in use, but only 3 trains a day stop here. Built in 1856 for the Grand Trunk Railway.
Newburgh United Church, built in 1858 of local limestone. Many United Churches were built at this time with a central front door, one large window on each side of it, and 4 windows on the side walls. Most did not have a steeple. They were very simple design.
No tropical white sand beaches for some Canadians. There was a shingle mill behind me in 1878.
Dam at Strathcona Paper Mill on the Napanee River. It is used for water power on the left.
Old railway bridge from the Napanee Tamworth and Quebec Railway in 1880. This railway bridge was moved here by the farmer about 2009 from the 300 m. west of here where the Cataraqui Trail crosses county road 17.
West end of the Cataraqui Trial. Formerly the Bay of Quinte Railway, then the Canadian Northern Railway, first opened in 1879, last operated in 1984. It takes a bit of searching behind the Strathcona Paper Mill to find it, and it is very untidy. That is a pioneer cemetary behind the car, in the fenced area. The trail goes through Yarker, Sydenham, Chaffey's Locks, and ends at Smith Falls 104 km. away.
Beautiful C.M. Church built in 1875 now a private home. The full name is Christian Methodist, more common in southern USA.
View from the Cataraqui Trail on the Bay of Quinte Railway (BoQ) bridge built about 1880, taken over by Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) and shut down in 1986. Looking north. The trail is part of the 34,262 km. of trails in Ontario under OFSC.
United Church built in 1872 as a Wesleyan Methodist Church. The bricks were probably made at the Napanee Brick Works on the south side of the Napanee River, using local clay and slab wood from the logging industry to fire them.
Camden Township Hall
Great Canadian RV Napanee - Some of our trailer and 5th wheel inventory.
At the falls
along the hydro lines
trails in the woods
off the hydrolines
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