Settler of township lots: Lot 10, Conc. 10, Stanhope

Link to the Johnson family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website

Location: Map point is the east side of Hwy 35 north from Little Hawk Lake Road almost to Shangri La Road.

Land acquisition:

• 1926 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 86).

Other land:

• Lot 11, Conc. 9 was acquired from Edwin Johnson (his father) in 1906. This 11 acres lot is located at the north east corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 9 (Image 103).
• Lot 11, Conc.10 was acquired from Edwin Johnson (father) in 1906. This lot is located on the east side of Hwy 35 running north from the corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 10 (Image 87).

Dates of residency:

• Lot 10, Conc. 10:
  - 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Walter Johnston, farmer, Lot 10, Conc. 10
  - 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Walter & Mary J. Johnson
  - 1918 Stanhope Post Office List
  - 1928 Stanhope Voters List
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 10 & 11, Conc. 10; Lot 11, Conc. 9
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 10, Conc. 13
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 10, Conc. 10 Walt Johnson, Hall's Lake
• 1918 Death of First Wife Mary Jane at Lot 10, Conc. 10, Halls Lake.
• 1921 Census of Canada, Stanhope
• 1936 Death: Halls Lake

Interesting facts:

The favourite sport in Stanhope's early days was baseball. A picture taken at a a Boshkung picnic sometime before 1900 shows the ball team in matching striped uniforms and natty caps. Walter Johnson was one of the players. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 310

Public campgrounds were on property to the west of Little Hawk Lake Road. Walt Johnson and his wife 'Aunt Queen‘ owned a little general store right beside the campgrounds. Pete and Mabel Sawyer purchased the Johnson‘s general store property and added lodge facilities. Source: Halls and Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association Lake Plan, May 2006

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 10, Conc. 10: The Crown
• Lot 11, Conc. 10: Edwin Johnson (father)

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 10, Conc. 10: 1941 Tax Deed to Fred Lister;
• Lot 11, Conc. 10: 1911 William Gartshore