$50.00 CAD
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Attractive 1911 calendar offered by a general store in small central Ontario town of Loring (Parry Sound district).
Printed photo of mother presenting her daughter with a pony on her birthday. Titled “HER BIRTHDAY PRESENT”. Girl is feeding pony a sugar cube.
Lower right of image: Copyright 1907 Merchants Publishing Co. Kalamazoo, Mich.
Compliments of
E. H. KELGEY
Dealer in
Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries
Provisions and Hardware
LORING STORE LORING ONT
Calendar at month of November. Beneath the calendar sheets, writing on board “Mrs. R . Pounder Howard Station Ont.” (owner of calendar^)
UL corner clipped, small paper loss UR corner. Tear right side, into girl. Creases.
36 ½ x 23 cm
Loring is in Parry Sound District of Ontario. The broader Loring area was settled following the Free Land Grant Act of 1868, which encouraged homesteading in northern Ontario. Early settlers from the British Isles and Europe cleared land, built homes, and established small farming communities.
The region’s early economy relied heavily on white pine logging, with men working winters in large bush camps while families maintained small farms.
Roads such as the Nipissing Road (1870) and Great North Road opened the region to settlement, connecting communities like Dunchurch, Commanda, and eventually the Loring area.
Howard Station was located in Ferris Township, south‑west of North Bay, near Trout Lake and the old colonization roads running toward Commanda and Restoule. It sat along the CNoR main line built between 1908–1914. It was between Widdifield Station (east) and Cache Bay / Sturgeon Falls (west).
