Old Pointer R.I.P.

This photo was taken about 20 years ago on the shore of the Ottawa just west of Stonecliff. There were several old boats rotting away in the bush there at that time.

Photo courtesy of:

John Wright

Pointer Boats of the Upper Ottawa Drive of the 1880's

Photo and caption courtesy of:
"The Upper Ottawa Valley, A Glimpse of History"
Renfrew County Council
1970

Source provided with the enthusiastic assistance of:

John Wright
Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay Historical Society
The Schoolhouse Museum in Meilleur's Bay

Cockburn Pointer Boat filled with Children with Oars Raised

Photo and caption courtesy of:

"Notes on the History of Renfrew County"
Renfrew County Council
1969

Source provided with the enthusiastic assistance of:

John Wright
Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay Historical Society
The Schoolhouse Museum in Meilleur's Bay

Cockburn Pointer Boat escorting Horse Across Ottawa River

According to John Wright of the Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay
Historical Society located at the Schoolhouse Museum in Meilleur's Bay this is a picture of lumber men swimming a horse across the rapids at Deux Rivieres Ontario to be used in the lumber camps on the Quebec side. Due to the quality of the picture the horse is barely visible.