Name/Title
"Cutting Ice from Marl Lake" by Mary WatsonEntry/Object ID
2020.81.1Scope and Content
Framed article by Mary Waton "Cutting Ice from Marl Lake"Context
A newspaper article written by Archivist, Mary Watson about "Cutting Ice from Marl Lake" in the 1930's.
Charlie Ebherhardt was one of Wasaga’s early entrepreneurs who moved to the area around 1905. Mr. Ebherhardt caught fish and sold them to neighbours and summer visitors. He also operated an ice cutting business. The Eberhardt family lived at the corner of River Road West and Beck Street where Gough’s landing is now. There was a large barn behind their house where the ice was stored; covered with sawdust and woodchips. Part of the original barn was incorporated into the Gough's Landing condo complex when it was built. Ice blocks were cut from Marl Lake and Nottawasaga Bay in the winter to sell to locals and tourists to keep their food cold as refrigerators were not common then. He built a general store located at the northwest end of the Main Street Bridge. He then added a second floor and began renting rooms to tourists and year-round visitors. The top floor of the store eventually became a classroom for students after the Van Vlack School was moved. The Eberhardt family also ferried people up and down the river and across the bay from Wasaga to Collingwood. In later years they operated a taxi business and a miniature golf.Acquisition
Accession
2020.81Source or Donor
UnknownAcquisition Method
Gift
