Settler of township lots: Lots 8, Conc. 4 & 5, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot on the east side of Buckslide Road north of Boshkung Lake Road

Land acquisition: 1901 from his father, Joseph Beatty. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 66).

Other land: Lot 8, Conc. 4, Stanhope - 1901 from his father, Joseph Beatty. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 90).

Dates of residency:

• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph T Beatty, farmer, Lot 8, Conc. 4
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope Lot 8, Conc. 5.
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Beatty was listed at Lot 8, Conc. 4 & 5.
• 1911 & 1918  Stanhope Post Office List: Joseph Beatty, Boskung is listed at Lot 8, Conc. 4
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: J T Beatty is listed as laborer, but stroked off for 1929.

Interesting facts: 

Boskung Post Office - 1878 to 1962:  The post office at Boskung was located in the homes of the Postmasters.  From 1878 until 1958 the office was open year around. It then became summer only until it finally closed in 1964. Joseph Beatty Jr. was the postmaster from Feb 9, 1908 to Mar 19, 1924.

The Beatty farmhouse (for some time a post office in later days) still exists, well-renovated to suite changing times, at the top of the rise. Source: Stanhope 125th Anniversary 1866-1991, supplement to The Times, Minden, 1991

The Haliburton Business Directory for 1918:
Boskung, Stanhope Tp - Beatty, Jos T. postmaster

Preceding landowner: 1910 Joseph Beatty (father)

Succeeding landowner: 1925 Angus Coulter

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree