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Northcott Donation to Huronia Museum

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Bill Northcott is in the process of donating his photographic collection and his very extensive collection of post cards to the Huronia Museum. Bill is an active retired teacher from the Geography Dept. of Midland Secondary School where he taught for 32 years. Being very active in his community he has now written and published two local history books. His first was entitled Thunder Bay Beach a cottage community located in Tiny Township about 15 km north of Midland. Bill is now revising this book which originally came out in 1989. His second book was co-authored with Bill Smith and is titled “Midland on Georgian Bay” and was published by the Huronia Museum last year. It’s been 70 years since a history of Midland was compiled and published in a serious way, and Bill and his wife Joan played an important role in getting this project up and off the ground and seeing it through to publication. It’s a project that spans 20 years and over this time Bill has compiled quite a collection of material which he is generously donating to Huronia Museum

Bill Northcott - Co-Author of Midland on Georgian Bay

Bill Northcott - Co-Author of Midland on Georgian Bay

Museum works on the “Webb” Site

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Located West of Wyevale,Ontario, this important archaeological site was first recorded by Andrew Hunter in 1899.  In 1950, anthropologist and historian, J. Russel Harper, conducted a limited archaeological excavation on the site, which revealed the earliest known Huron Settlement patterns consisting of an early longhouse. Subsequent work on the site by Frank Ridley, Jamie Hunter and other collectors have provided researchers with the opportunity to carry out an analysis of early Huron settlement in the sand plains of Springwater and Tiny Townships. This collection donated by the family represents nearly 150 years of collecting by various family members.  Our sincerest thanks to John Barber-Williams for adding 168 artifacts from a significant collection from the Webb Site to Huronia Museum’s growing collection.  The two photos show ceramic pipe bowls and stems, a few rim sherds and a selection of worked bone artifacts.

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Here our volunteer, Dayle Elder,  works on accessioning the Webb Site articles for the collection.

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For further information contact Jamie Hunter – Director/Curator of Huronia Museum, Midland, Ontario, Canada.

You can also learn more about the archaeological activities going on in Huronia by visiting the Huronia Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society.