Settler of township lot: Lot 11, Conc. 10, Stanhope

Map point: The map point is the approximate location of this 100 located at the north east corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road.

Land acquisition:

• 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 100 acres to Edwin Johnston.
• 1882 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 86).

Other land:

• Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope: This irregular waterfront lot is located on the east shore of Halls lake east of Old Mill Road along the Kennisis River south from Little Hawk Lake Road to Braelock Road
  - 1863 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 57 acres to Daniel J???????; 1879 to William J Maidens (not in AH Family Tree).
  - 1891 (80 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 113).
• Lot 17, Conc. 8, Stanhope: This lot runs south from Little Hawk Lake Road bisected by the Kennisis River
  - 1893 (80 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 153).
• Lot 11, Conc. 9, Stanhope: This lot is located on the west shore of Halls Lake on the south east corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road - Halls Lake Village
  - 1883 from James Cooper in 1883 and sold to William Johnson in 1908. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 103).
• Lot 10, Conc. 11, Stanhope: This 100 acre lot is located on the east shore of Saskatchewan Lake and Hwy 35, north of Shangri La Road
  - 1882 (100 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 38).

Date of residency: 

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Edwin & Elisa Johnston with 5 children, Halls Lake
• 1883 Received mail at Boskung Post Office (Joseph Beatty's house)
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnston, owner, Lot 10, Conc. 9 & Lot 11, Conc. 10
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnson, owner, Lots 16, 17, 11, Conc. 8, 8, 10
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 16, Conc. 8; Lot 10, Conc. 11; Lot 11, Conc. 10 and Lot 10, Conc. 9
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Lot 11, Conc. 10
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 11, Conc. 11
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 11, Conc. 9; Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 8
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Edwin & Eliza Johnston with 2 children at Lot 11, Conc. 10
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Edwin Johnson, Boskung, Lot 17, Conc. 8
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnson, farmer, Lots 16, 17, 11, 11, Conc. 8, 8, 9, 10
• 1907 Died at Lot 11, Conc. 7, Stanhope - Halls Lake

Interesting facts:

Edwin Johnson was a Halls Lake pioneer. Perhaps the best agricultural potential lay to the eastern side of Halls Lake, although relatively inaccessible. The flat level lands next to the Kennisis River provided a relatively rich sandy terrace. Edwin Johnson, who had earlier secured 100 acres just west of the Welch property, was also granted the more productive lands to the west of the Kennisis River mouth in1890. Source: Source: Halls and Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association Lake Plan, May 2006

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 11, Conc. 10: 1906 Walter Johnson - 1911 Stanhope Voters List; 1911 William Gartshore.
• Lot 10, Conc. 11: 1948 Ruby Fern Clark part from the Crown; 1950 Arnold V. Hewitt from His Majesty.
• Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 8: 1907 Robert Deacon B&S for $250 each; 1921 George Deacon (Robert's son) for $2,000 for both.

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Edwin Johnson, b. 1822 Wales d. 3 Nov 1907, Halls Lake, (Age ~ 76 years). COD: gangrene
• Eliza Jones, b. Abt 1834, Wales d. 12 Dec 1906, Stanhope, (Age ~ 72 years) COD: La Grippe
• Children:
  1. Mary Ann Johnston, b. Abt 1857, Wales  d. 15 Jun 1903, Thunder Bay, (Age ~ 46 years)
  2. Richard William Johnson, b. 14 May 1859, Wales  d. 11 Feb 1926, Toronto, (Age 66 years)
  3. Ann Johnson, b. Abt Oct 1870, Wales
  4. Clara Johnson  b. 16 Mar 1872, Wales d. 18 Jan 1913, Stanhope, (Age 40 years)
  5. Annetta Johnson, b. Abt 1875, England 
  6. Rose Johnson, b. Sep 1877, Ontario, d. 22 Sep 1973  (Age ~ 96 years)
  7. Walter Johnson, b. 30 Aug 1881, Stanhope, d. 29 Sep 1936, Haliburton,  (Age 55 years)

Photo: Johnson Clan: Edwin Johnson 1831 was Peter’s grandmother, Clara Johnson/Hewitt’s, father. Built at Aunt Sarah’s lookout. Photo from Joe Johnson, on Hawk River at the bridge. Half the Johnsons went west. Source: Peter Hewitt’s Photo Collection ‘Johnson clan'.