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John Charlton, Charlton Lake namesake 1884 - Derek Coleman
![Harold & Charlie Golden With Happy, 1945 - Harold & MaryLou Golden](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/3aebb8ed-d736-4e88-94f1-6739ae5d3dba_rw_1200.jpg?h=467db98dccf11634533d1e824837f448)
Harold & Charlie Golden With Happy, 1945 - Harold & MaryLou Golden
![1943 movie at the Willisville School with students from Willisville & Whitefish Falls. Teachers Mrs. Anderson & Mrs Stump (back row) - Harold Golden](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/930935ea-3acb-474c-942a-acc28835bbec_rw_1920.jpg?h=976a96088a6621754054ab11af14f422)
1943 movie at the Willisville School with students from Willisville & Whitefish Falls. Teachers Mrs. Anderson & Mrs Stump (back row) - Harold Golden
![Green's Camp (Widgawa Lodge) Hugh Cummings Photo - Tim Gallagher](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/cc0fa1f5-798f-4308-a736-2e574a18b73d_rw_1200.png?h=dff72df999b2400999600ca322109987)
Green's Camp (Widgawa Lodge) Hugh Cummings Photo - Tim Gallagher
![Boats at Raby's Store 1940s - Neil & Jane Pruden](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/06034be7-f49a-4e3b-a475-c91f40e5cbaf_rw_1920.jpg?h=8d98efadab9149a49147c72b1df259ef)
Boats at Raby's Store 1940s - Neil & Jane Pruden
![Willis Homestead circa 1915 - WILLIS Family Archives](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/76308643-5e6c-45dd-bdb4-20d5cfaec65b_rw_1920.jpg?h=921e02fdc3bfeeb7d0279b1c1f121f2d)
Willis Homestead circa 1915 - WILLIS Family Archives
Alena Merial Willis 1926 - WILLIS Family Archives
Namesake, Ernest Willis 1924 - WILLIS Family Archives
"The Corner", George & Kathleen Willis Smyth, 1938 - WILLIS Family Archives
![Willisville Docks circa 1940](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/aa8267ca-509b-409e-ad6a-beecb195d0b2_rw_1200.jpg?h=21a3c8c8ae7bbca3d7c78fef4cf6721b)
Willisville Docks circa 1940
![Looking left from Willisville Docks at the Willisville store circa 1940](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/62e7e0c3-1918-463e-aca3-2ec38e514188_rw_1200.jpg?h=e56672fe45696bafd3b7abcf66ae562b)
Looking left from Willisville Docks at the Willisville store circa 1940
![Looking right from Willisville Docks at Lawson Quarry circa 1940](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/a8b43327-9b80-4c48-8bdf-f9c524005055_rw_1200.jpg?h=9c6acd1d143e73d4bb56716c4908894e)
Looking right from Willisville Docks at Lawson Quarry circa 1940
![Looking across the channel from Willisville Docks at Kinsman Camp circa 1940](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/8083ebec-1477-44a9-8022-7472c13f2c5d_rw_1200.jpg?h=db748cfb491448536da81cda63571ad3)
Looking across the channel from Willisville Docks at Kinsman Camp circa 1940
![Diddy Bags circa 1943 Eva Leach, Pat Spry, Geraldine Bond, Audrey Glanville, Frances Golden, Marjory Glanville, Mae Golden, Madeline Witty, Helen Golden, Sheila Glanville, Reva Witty](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/c6875b76-40a8-4d74-bd8e-d81d7e02f724_rw_1920.jpg?h=6101bc3fe9d209bc9754eaf2565188a4)
Diddy Bags circa 1943 Eva Leach, Pat Spry, Geraldine Bond, Audrey Glanville, Frances Golden, Marjory Glanville, Mae Golden, Madeline Witty, Helen Golden, Sheila Glanville, Reva Witty
![Willisville Christmas 1944 - Melissa Courtemanche](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/3222d773-ac40-43ff-8f00-0fd820541911_rw_1200.jpg?h=7b690d0cb6d2107dee46e7f48fa41929)
Willisville Christmas 1944 - Melissa Courtemanche
![Harold & Charlie Golden With Happy 1945 - Harold & MaryLou Golden](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/5ed75a45-7996-4282-9f44-6360844721c6_rw_1200.jpg?h=25f4f568831f42d38a71cf8f940f5702)
Harold & Charlie Golden With Happy 1945 - Harold & MaryLou Golden
![Jane Pruden on the old mine roaster 1940 - Brad Pruden](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/99b12b94-ba54-4a6d-bf93-4395ae589f46_rw_1920.jpg?h=7f2fe91d33c60ec30f0d2ca1d24f3f3f)
Jane Pruden on the old mine roaster 1940 - Brad Pruden
The turkey truck incident on the widgawa hill 1944 - harold golden
![waiting for the train at Willisville 1930s - rockwood collection](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/43d0436e-cfcd-4c97-8834-65aef79ef0fb_rw_1920.jpg?h=a749097d8360e2f3c867949f78c37f7b)
waiting for the train at Willisville 1930s - rockwood collection
![willisville post office 1919 - willis family archives](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b13fd291-b305-45d9-a57b-1f7bf42d513e/ee0d6846-692e-41b7-a37b-719d0fa9bdda_rw_1920.jpeg?h=73807c5cb0d1ccdbff567c33f52d324c)
willisville post office 1919 - willis family archives
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'One of the many pretty scenes near Willisville' mailed from Willisville in 1937. A hugh Cummings photocard.
"Say don't you know how to write letters. I have only received one. Alma you ought to be here. The grasshoppers are just thick. Every time you go to the Miss Jones they fly up like bees. Don't know when I'll be home."
Jane Pruden at the Willisville station 1930s
The last of the original Willis family.
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Heading north at the Horseshoe at Frood Lake.
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Bull's camp, Miller Bay/Charlton Lake in 1921
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Ernest willis family in willisville 1918
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Ada & ernest willis, fire ranger, and children circa 1918
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The Corner Store which became the Tower Hill Cabins & Store on Hiway 68 (now 6) across from the Willisville road.
The Corner store of George & Kay Willis Smyth.
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The Corner Store which became the Tower Hill Cabins & Store on Hiway 68 (now 6) across from the Willisville road.
Kay Willis Smyth and her brother Harry Willis and his girls Jean, Gwyn and Joy.
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Angus Campbell, Henry Beaver, Charlotte Beaver, Helen Clark at Stith's cabin on Howry Creek circa 1941.
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Harold Golden, goalie center, and the Willisville hockey team, 1940s.
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Willisville view, 1940s. Photograph by Hugh Cummings.
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Percy Coones, original owner, at Charlton Lake Camp
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Bousquet Mine in the Howry Creek area, 1930s
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Bousquet Mine info 1935