Settler of township lots: Lot 16. Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 97 acre lot at the west corner East Road and Hwy 118 at Carnarvon. The former Rogers Store.

Land acquisition: 1901 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 370).

Other land: Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden - 1905 from Joseph L?; 1906 to James Harrison. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 260)

Dates of residency: 

• 1896 Marriage to Margaret Ann Moore in Stanhope
• 1901 Census of Canada, Minden
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: G P Hart, Carnarvon, Lot 16, Conc. 13.
• 1911 Census of Canada, Toronto: Works in Dept. Store

Interesting facts:

A general store has stood on this site for over a century. In 1898, George P. Hart purchased the existing business from Joseph Hopkins and added the post office to the operation. T. H. Rogers and his son Clayton Rogers ran both the store and the Carnarvon post office from 1907 to 1944. Other persons who operated the post office and store at this location were Gordon Allcorn, Phillip Allcorn, Margaret Olive Barnes, Ian Forbes Gray and Mrs. Shirley Gray, It has survived three fires that repeatedly destroyed the adjacent house, which was rebuilt each time.

When Mrs. Phoebe Damyon was no longer able to make the 104 trips a year to Minden by horseback, sleigh or buggy, to collect the mail, the job was taken over by Edward "Neddie" Sisson and his wife, Anne Wyatt. The next postmaster was G. P. Hart, who had the office in his Carnarvon store which he purchased in 1898 from J. Hopkins. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 316

Carnarvon Post Office - 1897 to 1970: Current address: 9271 Hwy 118. The Peterson Road was on the dividing line between Minden and Stanhope Townships, and the post office during these years was on the Minden side of the road, located in the general store that had a number of owners over time. George Pearson Hart - Mar 1, 1897 to Oct 18, 1906 - He resigned and moved to Toronto.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1901 Phoebe Ann Damion, 21 acres; 1904 Richard Fry Jr. part
• 1913 Irvin Alexander Moore
• 1914 James Harrison
• 1929 Clayton P Rogers
• 1931 Sinclair Russell part

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Death notice for George Hart's first wife in 1898

Photo: Margaret Ann Moore, George Hart's first wife.  Stanhope Museum Collection. Accession # 005.02.26