Name/Title
Minnie and Ivan Eberhardt with SturgeonEntry/Object ID
2020.80.3Scope and Content
Black and white photo of Ivan and his sister Minnie Eberhardt (Speers) with a sturgeon fish caught in the Nottawasaga RiverContext
Charlie Eherhardt 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. He built an icehouse on what is now River Road West, and cut ice blocks 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.Acquisition
Accession
2020.80Source or Donor
Danny SpearsAcquisition Method
Gift
