Settler of township lots: Lot 6, Conc. 14, McClintock Twp

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this lot - west side of Oxtongue Lake at north end of Algonquin Outfitters Road

Land Acquisition: 1914 Patent from The Crown to Frank J. Allison for 35 acres. Ontario Land Parcel Register - McClintock (Click here and go to Image 235).

Dates of residency: 

Interesting facts: aka Frank Allison 

Read ELLISON / PATTERSON STORY, Submitted by J. Hayden. Source: Facts and Fables of Oxtongue Lake, 2000 pg. 83

Mr. Frank Ellison was a Real Estate Broker in Rochester. In 1914 he purchased 25 acres on the north narrows of the lake from the Crown. Whether or not the square log cabin was originally an abandoned homestead, or whether Mr. Ellison was responsible for its construction, is in doubt. We do know that he first used the cabin as a base for hunting and fishing. During the 1920's he holidayed with his wife and teen-aged daughter Helen, a rather lonesome experience for a teenager at that far end of the lake. Helen married McKay Patterson. Shortly after his death the property was sold to Myra and Leon Lambert.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowners:

• 1942 Helen Ellison Patterson (daughter)
• 1976 Marion Lambert

Photo: Ellison-Patterson, first cabin, possibly the home of D. Crosson family who settled in this area late 1800's - 1920's. Source: Facts and Fables of Oxtongue Lake, 2000 pg. 83