W.R. Freeman, Crowe Lake Writer
Oil painting of St. Matilda's Church, Crowe River, Marmora, by Anne Philpot
A Short History of Marmora, with Pebbles and Twigs from Marble Point
Mr. Freeman was a regular lodger at Marble Point Lodge, in Crowe Lake, and in 1946 he wrote a short but very interesting history of our area
He writes:
NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO RESORT TO THE ARCHIVES FOR DOCUMENTARY DATA PERTAlNING TO THIS FRIENDLY LITTLE COMMUNITY,BUT, WHILE ENJOYING THE WHOLESOME HOSPITALITY OF MARBLE POINT LODGE, I HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO COMPILE A SHORT, AND I TRUST, AN lNTERESTING HISTORY OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT GREAT CARE WAS TAKEN IN RECORDING THE FACTS AND TRADITIONS ACCUMULATED.
WITHOUT THE KIND ASSISTANCE AND GENEROUS CO-OPERATION OF THE FOLLOWlNG CITIZENS THIS WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE, AND I NOW THANK THEM FOR THEIR KlNDNESSES: MR. DONALD GUNN, PROPRIETOR OF THE LODGE; MR. W. J. COTTRELL, LOCAL NEWS REPORTER; THE REVEREND FATHER H. J. FARRELL OF THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART; THE REVEREND J. M. BROWNLIE, RECTOR OF ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH; THE MISSES CLAREMONT, MR. T. WARREN AND HIS DAUGHTER, GRACE; CONSTABLEW. D. LAVENDER, MR. JAMES SHANNON, PHM.B.; MRS. CHARLES A. BLEEKER, MR. AND MRS. T. E. POTTS, MISS MARY HUGHES, MISS MARION SAVAGE, MISS. ELIZABETH FEENEY, MRS. JOSEPHINE THOMPSON, AND DR. AND MRS. NORMAN F. FOY OF TORONTO.
