Mrs. P. Downey, mother of Edward, Larry and Mrs. Albert Evans, who came to Chapleau as a young girl in the 1880s described this church as follows: "It was the prettiest little church that I have ever seen and in such a beautiful setting amongst the trees. It was made of logs. There was a kitchen at the rear and a small room formed by the roof for the convenience of the Minister. Wooden benches were used and at intervals on the benches, hymn and prayer books were placed."

The two small hills or elevations through which the C.P.R. track passes (track is visible in centre running left to right) may be observed. Upon and over them the present overhead bridge is located. Notice the road coming from the south side of the railroad and crossing the track in the vecinity of Pellow's coal sheds, south of the present day C.P.R. freight offices.

It would appear that Chapleau extended in those days from the bank of the river along Pine Street, across the present town site in the vecinity of the Fox Theatre and continued south to Cedar Street, then south along Lorne Street to the site of the Imperial and Canadian oil depots.

The Queen's Hotel with its original facade shows patrons of the bar leaving after refreshments.

Next is the Pool Room and at the end of the building is Mr. Brownlee's Barber Shop.

The old building where the Dominion Store used to be is visible (now the Birchview Mall) and also the old building that was on the rear of the Post Office lot where a drug store and a jeweler were located. Note the horse drawn carts and buggies.

The buildings to the left on Main Street are:

Snith and Chapple and then their old galvanized iron warehouse that was situated where the grocery department is now.

The next building with its balcony is Pellow's store which in 1915 was operated by Ernie Cressey.

Next is the Queen's Hotel, now the Sportsman, It also had a balcony.

Next is the Godfrey building in which T.J. Godfrey had a poolroom downstairs and a bowling alley upstairs. It is now (1965) the Milkbar, the pool room having moved upstairs.

Next is the Brownlee Building in which today (1965) a barber shop and the Liquor Store are located.

Next is the Ross Block, now (1965) owned by Romeo Morin in which the Twins Beauty Parlour, Chapleau Insuarance Agencies and the Model Drug Store are now (1965).

Across the Street may be seen the front part of the building that was located where the Fox Theatre now stands in which McCord and Cummings operated a butcher shop.

One may notice the raised platform along all these builldings along the north side of Main Street. There do not appear to be any street lights at this time. The delivery wagon with a horse attached in front of Smith and Chapple's store is no doubt a delivery wagon from one of the stores in Chapleau at that time.

In picture No. 447, leading the cortage is the minister and driver of the open cutter type sleigh. Next the coffin and part of the mourners. The casket is pulled on a sleigh as shown with the funeral director, Mr. T.R. Serre sitting with the driver and the pall bearers following on foot. Building (1) is the home of J.B. Dexter, (2) home of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Gagnon and family, (3) home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid, (4) home of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Crichton, (5) home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Bernier. One should notice the trees that were planted along Main or Birch Street.

In picture No. 446 one may see all the winter snow on the street with only a sleight track in the middle for the horses. In this picture, building No. 1 is the old Austin Terrace or Tenement, which was demolished to make way for Stedmans Store. Building No. 2 is the office of Austin and Nicholson Lumber Co., that is the former office, at that the time of this picture it was the office of the Chapleau Electric Light and Power Company.

Picture No. 448 shows the mourners of the family being taken to the church on horse drawn sleighs. (1) the old building where the Birchview Mall is now situated on the north-west corner of Birch and Lorne Street. The upstairs of this building at that time was occupied by Crawley & McCracken of which George Langworthy was the district Superintendent. The right half downstairs was a confectionery store run by either a Miss Dewey or Mr. Christy Matheson at that time. The left half was occupied by Robert McEwen who was a taylor. (2) Octave Boucher's butcher shop. (3) The Ross Block, now occupied by the drug store and (at V.C.'s writing) the Twins Beauty Parlour. (4) George McCord's Chapleau Meat Market and Grocery. Note the lane between the Twins Beauty Parlour (Ross Block) and McCord's store. Later, this was built in and became part of McCord's store. (5) At the time Vince Crichton wrote this, this was Eaton's Mail Order Office and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Len Harris. The downstairs was occupied by Joe Wrangham who was a cobbler (see picture No. 289 in Volume 2). (6) Brownlee's building. (7) Old Queens Hotel, now the Sportsman

Proceeding north (actually more easterly,hk) in the centre of the golf course, on which the square greens are noted, may be seen the old V.T. Chapple summer home. West of the turn around in the road is the summer home of G.B. Nicholson. This home is now the club house of the Kebsquasheshing Golf Club and it has been moved east of the original location nearer to the rock wall.

Further east and opposite Aberdeen Street is an old stable and a small house. The stable was once used by Ben Vezina and later by William Fraser to house horses.

To the east (right side of the picture) and at the end of the road is Boucher's old slaughter house and field enclosed by a high board fence, just west of where the Lady Fatima school is now situated. Very few houses were erected east of Grey Street. A small aircraft my be seen at the dock of the Ontario Forestry Branch. Remark by Hugh... note the many boat houses along the south side of the Front River.

Next to the Boston Cafe, now the Redwood Dining Room, was another Chinese Restaurant, the Exchange Cafe and next to that was another Chinese laundry. Next is the Royal Bank and then the present (1965) Bank of Montreal in which Miss Holding had a confectinery and news store.

Next is Smith and Chapple's old warehouse as seen in picture No. 347 and so on. The old Manitoba Maple may be observed outside the barber shop, now (1965) Pompadour Coifure, 42 Birch Street. Note the many trees on the south side of the street.

Remark by Hugh..... In March 1999 I received two even better photos of this crash from Bob Cameron in Whitehorse. Here is the first, showing the entire airplane. Note the fellow in leather flying gear looking at the engine. You can make out one propeller blade. Note also the wooden crate, upside down in the snow with Pellow's Chapleau written on it and the snapped hydro pole with the street light still attached. Here is the second, showing the smashed front of the machine. Note the Canadian Airways logo on the side of the airplane.

The Toronto Daily Star reported the next day, December 13, 1933 as follows. THREE INJURED WHEN AEROPLANE CRASHES NEAR CHAPLEAU. When the aeroplane flown by Ron George, northern air pilot, crashed into a rocky hill, near Chapleau, Ont., three men, Len Perfetto, W. McDonald and Fritz Fraser were slightly injured. George, who figured in a landing with a broken ski some months ago, again saved his passengers by skillful handling. The 7-passenger machine in taking off was struck by a cross-wind.

Another newspaper clipping in the posession of Bud Park of Chapleau, probably from the Sudbury Star, reported the event this way under the picture of the plane: AFTER THE PLANE CRASH AT CHAPLEAU Three men were injured, none seriously, when an aeroplane crashed at Chapleau on Tuesday. The aeroplane was in charge of Ron George, noted northern air pilot, who probably saved the lives of the passengers by his skillful landing under difficult conditions. The wrecked aeroplane is shown above. The crash occured right after the take-off when a cross-wind struck the aeroplane.