Settler of township lots: Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 12, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 18, Conc. 12 which runs 1 lot south from Tulip Road east of Hwy 118

Land acquisition: 1916 from William Chambers. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 120 & 123).

Other land: Lot 20, Conc. 12, Minden - 1921 from Peter Frederick Dawson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 127)

Dates of residency: 

• 1891 & 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: son
• 1916 Marriage: Haliburton
• 1921 Census of Canada, Minden

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 18, Conc. 12, Minden: 1886 Henry Howell from The Crown; 1886 William Chambers
• Lot 19, Conc. 12, Minden: 1884 William Chambers from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• John Chambers, b. 12 May 1890, Carnarvon, d. 08 Mar 1974, Lindsay, (Age 83 years). Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents: 
  • William Chambers, b. 14 Dec 1847, Scotland d. 24 Jan 1928, Toronto, (Age 80 years)
  • Alice Howell, b. 21 Mar 1858, Hamilton, d. 12 Jul 1923, Carnarvon, (Age 65 years)
• Nellie Brown, b. 27 Jun 1891, Toronto d. 11 Feb 2-9+, Belleville
  Parents:
  • Edmund Norman Brown, b. 19 Aug 1854, Ontario, d. 10 Dec 1924, Stanhope, (Age 70 years)
  • Clarissa Jane Finkle, b. 14 Jun 1862, Sidney, Hastings, Ontario, d. 30 Jul 1920, Stanhope, (Age 58 years)

Photo: Jack & Nellie Chambers at Little Hawk Lodge, 1955. John Chambers, known as ‘Uncle Jack’ originally from Blairhampton end of the Peterson Road. Hunted and fished on Clear Lake and established the first hunting camp in the late 1930’s which is still there today and is one of the Hike Haliburton tours, led by with Peter’s brother Larry Hewitt. Source: Peter Hewitt's Photo Collection 'Jack and Nellie Chambers 1953'.