Lorraine Pomeroy (Eberhardt) Family Photographs

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Town of Wasaga Beach

Charles Eberhardt is holding his grandson Bob (Ivan's son), standing beside his mother, Jemima Kenwell and son Ivan holding his son, Harvey. The family is standing in front of the Eberhardt Store with Russell's business and Louise's Real Estate sign in the background. The second picture has Lorraine on the left standing beside her father Ivan, with her mother Bessie, center front and her brother Harvey behind her with his wife Margaret beside him, and brother Bob is beside Bessie with his wife Janet behind him.

Charles Eberhardt is holding his grandson Bob (Ivan's son), standing beside his mother, Jemima Kenwell and son Ivan holding his son, Harvey. The family is standing in front of the Eberhardt Store with Russell's business and Louise's Real Estate sign in the background. The second picture has Lorraine on the left standing beside her father Ivan, with her mother Bessie, center front and her brother Harvey behind her with his wife Margaret beside him, and brother Bob is beside Bessie with his wife Janet behind him.

Name/Title

Lorraine Pomeroy (Eberhardt) Family Photographs

Entry/Object ID

2025.4.1

Scope and Content

Digital copies of Eberhardt family photographs

Context

Lorraine Pomeroy (Eberhardt) is daughter of Ivan and Bessie Eberhardt, and sister of Robert (Bob) and Harvey Eberhardt and granddaughter of Charles (Charlie) Eberhardt. Charlie Eberhardt was one of Wasaga’s early entrepreneurs who moved to the area around 1905. Mr. Eberhardt 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. 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. Ivan Eberhardt took over the ice business from his father, Charles Eberhardt in 1952. Lorraine's donation, along with a previous generous donation of $5000 to the Archives, is made in memory of her grandfather Charles Eberhardt and father Ivan Eberhardt.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.4

Acquisition Method

Gift