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STAG ISLAND & Corunna Ontario
This is a photo album that I purchased recently that depicts a well to do family from Chicago summering at their cottage on Stag Island. It looks like they had numerous visitors throughout the summer and a photo was taken of each one.
Stag Island is in the middle of the mighty St. Clair River just West of Corunna Ontario. Stag Island is still covered with cottages today. This album is ca. 1912 or so judging by the automobiles and clothing styles. Hopefully I will have more on the history of Stag Island. The album was compiled by Adella E. Knight. Hopefully my readers can give me more on her as well. Please enjoy this very interesting family as they holiday on beautiful Stag Island. For more on Adella 'click here'
STAG ISLAND MAP
A LITTLE HISTORY

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editor's collection These last 2 pics are from a book or a newspaper or maybe even a Stag Island brochure. Adella included them.
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editor's collection This is a ca1918 pic of Paget st. The big yellow brick house is Mrs McIntyre's house ( a fabulous lady that always had cookies and lemonade and always talked to my sister and I ) at the end of the Paget and the little yellow house to the right was Mr & Mrs Rose's house in the ca.1950s. We rented the front half from them until ca.1959 when it was ripped down to make way for the Corunna water outfalls.I was just a little gapher when we lived there but I remember it well. The Plasics lived in a house to our East that is not in the picture yet and McMasters lived down the street too. Also Al & Dot Brookes lived there as well as Griffiths. Herman Devos lived around the corner too.Later a garage went in to the East of Roses with a plank floor. We took the Ferry over to Stag Island often and had picnics at the North end beach. I was really glad to get this postcard.	editor's collection Here is the Courtright Hotel in Courtright Ontario ca.1908. This small villiage is a few miles down river from Stag Island and Corunna. There are great stories of Al Capone staying here and tunnels under the mighty St.Clair River for runninng Gin over to the USA during prohibition. I will try to gather some of these stories for this spot.
	These are 2 postcards of Stag Island that show cruise ships coming right in close the island.I just purchased them and here they are for your enjoyment.

All of these pics and more are from my own collection. I bought them.
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