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Newspaper article from a Barrie newspaper about John William "Jack" Parks (1884-1983).

Jack was the son of Margaret Parks (nee Lee) (1851-1919) and Richard Parks (1854-1895). Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903).

Complete index of all miscellaneous microfilms available in the George and Helen Jackson Heritage Room, including: Assessment Rolls for Tay Township (1940, 1943) Land grants for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (1914) Innisfil Township Minute Books Indexes to Births and Marriages in the Barrie Newspapers (1911 – 1930)
*Maclean’s Magazine (1979-1986)

"For the fourth year in a row the students of Bell Ewart Public School won the Innisfil Winterama snow sculpture competition. This year the school's 90 students decided to immortalize Mother Goose and two of her nursery rhymes in snow. The students constructed a huge goose, Humpty Dumpty and his wall and Jack B. Nimble and his candlestick. These seven students were co-ordinators of the projects: Tracy Wilson, Jody Kerr, Leslie Richardson, Barb Haddock, Richard Anderson, Paul Morris and Kim Ferrier."

This portrait is of Haughton Lennox, M.P. of South Simcoe in the House of Commons. An article with a short biography accompanies this picture. It notes he is a Simcoe-based lawyer in Innisfil, and married Margaret Whitaker in 1886.

Photograph of John William "Jack" Parks (1884-1983) with two other gentleman.

Jack was the son of Margaret Parks (nee Lee) (1851-1919) and Richard Parks (1854-1895). Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903).

In the early days of white settlement in the Innisfil area, Lake Simcoe provide the easiest access - by boat in the summer and by foot or sled in the winter. Inclement weather in either season and the annual freeze-up and ice break up simply meant no travel. John Graves Simcoe, commissioned the building of Yonge St. to Holland Landing in 1790, and in 1793 initiated the Military Establishments at Penetanguishene. This gave a land route to Lake Simcoe and another land route was needed on to Penetanguishene. Early records use the name "Main Street", but is soon became known as the Penetang Road, the name of its northern counterpart. In the early days of Penetang Road - later Hwy #11 and now County Road #4 or Yonge St. - travel was slow and difficult. Many hotels were established to provide lodging, stabling and food for travellers plus acting as a meeting place for local men.

The last three remaining members of the family of the pioneer settlers Matthew Cooper and Rebecca Molyneaux. Left to right: Mrs. James Boake (Rebecca Cooper), Thornton, 94 years; William Cooper, Cookstown, 86 years; Mrs. Bartholomew Boake (Mary Ann Cooper), Weston, 84 years.

John Kneeshaw,left, looks at school bus he was driving when a sanitation truck collided with him last Friday night near the Honorable Earl Rowe School. At right is Edgar Sturgeon of Sturgeon Bus Lines.

This portrait is of Edward A. Little, son of W.C. Little of Innisfil Township. Both Edward and his father were political men (his father being the MP of South Simcoe from 1867-1881), while Edward became MPP for the District of Cardwell in 1894.

Article about the amalgamation of the Bradford and Innisfil Police Departments.