Settler of township lots: Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular waterfront property on the east shore of Boshkung straddling the Beech River from south of North Shore Road.

Land acquisition: 1924 Patent from The Crown for 101 acres. Ontario Land Registry Parcel Register Book - Stanhope (Image 177)

Other land: Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope: 1902 from Charles Wright. Ontario Land Registry Parcel Register Book - Stanhope (Image 170)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: This settler along with his father Roderick McLeod Gray and his mother Jane McBrien were enumerated at Lot 14, Conc. 4 on the 1901 census but the 101 acre lot was not patented by Free Grant to David Stanley Gray until 13 February 1924.
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Gray, farmer and Roderick Gray, farmer, his father
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Stanley Gray, Winston
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Gray, Lot 14, Conc. 5 & Lot 14, Conc. 4
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Stanley Grey with his mother, Jane Grey
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: This settler, as Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1918 Stanhope Township Post Office List:  Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Grey, carpenter at Lt 14, Conc. 3

Interesting facts:

Lot 14, Conc. 3  was the site of Sherwood Forest Camp.

In his 1966 Collection of Sketches, "Boys and Girls Camps", Clayton Rogers tells the story of the "development of camps for Boys and Girls - a very necessary part of this modern life. Sherwood Forest Camp owned and operated by Mr & Mrs H. Irwin has been operating for some twenty to twenty-five years. Sherwood Forest has quarters for 125 boys."

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope:
  • 1868 John G. Peck from The Crown
  • Various illegible
  • 1886 Warden to Charles Wright 102 acres
• Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope:
  •1922 Martha Irwin, part
  • 1923 ? McBrien, part
• Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope:
  • 1924 Frank Gartshore
  • 1926 William Ferguson"• 1932 Victor McBrien part
  • 1953 Robert J & Ruth McBrien

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo 1: David Haxby Gray and his mother Reina Blanche Gibbs early 1940s.