Southampton Ontario in Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494423643)

Southampton Ontario is the subject of Book 33 in the Cruising Ontario series of books of photographs of towns and cities in Ontario. Southampton, on Lake Huron at the mouth of the Saugeen River, is located south of Sauble Beach and north of Port Elgin. It is quiet and peaceful on Southampton's beach, a four-kilometre-long stretch of shore. The wooden Long Dock extends towards Chantry Island with its lighthouse in view offshore.Captain John Spence built a cabin near the mouth of the river in 1849, becoming Southampton's first permanent settler. His wife and family joined him the following year. He bought the fishing schooner "Sea Gull" for coastal trade along the shores of Lake Huron.Architectural styles and terms are described in the appendix.

Author: Barbara Raue
ISBN-10: 1494423642
ISBN-13: 9781494423643
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/26/2013
Pages: 38
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d