This photo was posted in Muskoka History and Genealogy.
A reader identifies the photo from “Light of Other Days” as coming from 1895, eight years after the Great Fire of 1887.
On the night of Sept. 21 to 22, 1887, a massive fire ravaged Gravenhurst, leaving 50 families homeless and destroying more than 40 businesses.
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It looks like the school….and the white church is the now converted hairsalon, at the top right it looks like the Gilmore Hotel
Great post! I was wondering what that tall building was on the left side? I don’t recognize it, I assume it’s long gone. Does anyone have any bearing as to identifiable buildings here ? I can’t tell where anything is from this great photo