Settler of township lots: Lot 31, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Link to the Clark family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 98 acre lot straddling the river between Maple and Beech Lakes.

Land acquisition: 1907 from his father, George Nelson Clark - the 60 acres north of the Grass River for $1,000,  Ontario Land Parcel Register Book -,Stanhope Concession 5 (Image 376).

Dates of residency

• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Nelson B & Dora Clark and son Nelson L. Clark
• 1921 Census of Canada - Dysart township with second wife Mary Louisa Snell and his and her children.
• 1955 Eagle Lake, according to his sister Clarenda's obituary

Interesting facts: Nelson Clark's house burned down about a year after he had sold the property. See Lindsay Post article below.

Preceding landowner:

• 1872 Benjamin Clark from The Crown
• 1878 George Nelson Clark

Succeeding landowner:

• May 1918 - the 60 acres to Samuel Redner for $1,600. Samuel Redner flipped this property to Herbert Coleman Fry in July 1918 for $2,000