Settler of township lots: Lot 32, Conc. 4, South half. Stanhope

Link to the Sawyer family in the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this lot west of Green Lake south of the channel to Maple Lake.

Land acquisition: South half of Lot 32, Conc. 4 from father James Napoleon Sawyer in 1900. Ontario Land Parcel Register index - Stanhope Concession 4 (Lot 32, Conc. 4 - Image 514).

Other land:

• Lot 29, Conc. 3: 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 29, Conc. 3 & Lot 31, Conc. 4; 1911 & 1918 Stanhope Post Office Lists. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 4  (Image 469).
• Lot 31, Conc. 4: part from Ernest Albert. 1911 Census: Lot 31, Conc. 4 & 1911 Stanhope Voters List. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 4 (Image 507).
• Lot 31, Conc. 5: part from George Nelson Clark in 1917. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 5 (Image 376).

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope:
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Henry Sawyer, farmer, s pt Lot 32, Conc. 4
• 1904 Stanhope Voters List: Pt Lot 32, Conc. 4
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 29, Conc. 3 & Lot 31, Conc. 4
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 29, Conc. 3
• 1911 Census & 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 31, Conc. 4
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 29, Conc. 3
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 29, Conc. 3 & Lot 31, Con. 5
• 1949 Death

Interesting facts:

Henry Sawyer's  River View Lodge, Maple Lake. See photo below.

Preceding landowner: 

• Lot 31, Conc. 4: 1904 Ernest Albert Cooper
• Lot 32, Conc. 4: 1887 James Napoleon Sawyer (father) 113 acres from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 31, Conc. 4: 1924 Alfred Fader part
• Lot 32, Conc. 4, south half: 1907 George Fader

Adam Henry Sawyer

Henry Sawyer's River View Lodge, Maple Lake, Ontario. Guests expected less in amenities in the 1930's. This fishing lodge was on the south side of the Gull River just off Airport Road in Stanhope. Now (2003) a private home, the building remains, minus the veranda. 

Adam Henry Sawyer.