This Photo appeared in the Free Press Herald, January 9th, 1957 along with the caption below. (p. 12) These men are fishing at the west end of the sheds. Note the caboose in the background.

Ice fishing is a common pastime in North Simcoe as demonstrated by two Port McNicoll devotees of the sport. Mike Kosecky in the shack talks over the days results with John Lisowski. Whitefish and pike are usually taken in good numbers.

This photo appeared in the same edition of the Free Press Herald on page 14 with the caption below. The long lines of standing rail cars were due to a strike by CPR rail employees which had started on January 2nd. The strike was ended by an act of Parliament on January 11th.

You must chisel a hole and find minnows for bait before you can ice fish in Georgian Bay. John Lisowski of Port McNicoll had tried several spots before this picture was taken in the slip at Port McNicoll.

This photo was unpublished.

The first picture appeared in the County Herald, October 22nd, 1954. The subsequent photos were not published. It appears that the car was driven into the water on the south side of the slip, just west of the elevator. Likely in front of the power plant.
The accompanying caption is below the first photo.

1949 model car was finally hauled from the slip in Port McNicoll after three tries by G and T motors of Waubaushene with the help of Bob Carson as a diver. Car had been stolen in Toronto and intentionally ditched in the middle of the night. CPR police officer Henry Valcheff heard the splash.

Diver Bob Carson climbing up an improvised ladder.

These pictures appeared in the October 20th, 1954 edition of the Free Press Herald on page 12.  It appears that the Awards ceremony was held in the basement of Bonar Presbyterian Church. Port McNicoll’s first Lions Club sponsored the swimming lessons for these young people. The captions that accompanied these photos are below each photo.

Sixteen Port McNicoll boys and girls gain their swimming certificates following instruction provided by the Port McNicoll Lions Club. Front, Molly Malone, Shirley Newton, Gail Richardson. Back row, Bob Walduck, Pat Burns, Jim Zummach, Kirk Mitchell and Joe Hrizo.

Sixteen Port McNicoll boys and girls gain their swimming certificates following instruction provided by the Port McNicoll Lions Club. Frank Stokviss, district governor of Lions presents, front, Lorraine Bell, Marilyn Newton, Elaine Zoloty, Sandra Deschamp, Jerry Reedy, back row, Charles Burns, Mary Calvert, John Moriarty.

During the 1920’s and 30’s the CPR provided swimming lessons to village children through the Canadian Pacific Recreation Club. I’ve included a completion certificate awarded to my Great-Uncle, George Crooke, verifying that he had achieved standing as a Junior Advanced Swimmer in the summer of 1932