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[Whitefish and McGregor's bays from Mt. Arabella, Georgian Bay, Ontario] – Vintage Print

[Whitefish and McGregor's bays from Mt. Arabella, Georgian Bay, Ontario], [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
[Whitefish and McGregor's bays from Mt. Arabella, Georgian Bay, Ontario], [between 1900 and 1906]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Whitefish and McGregor's bays from Mt. Arabella, Georgian Bay, Ontario]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Whitefish and McGregor's bays from Mt. Arabella, Georgian Bay, Ontario]

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From a vantage point on Mount Arabella, this view takes in Whitefish Bay and McGregor's Bay on Georgian Bay, the large arm of Lake Huron that reaches into central Ontario. The Detroit Publishing Company made the 8 by 10 inch glass negative between 1900 and 1906, when it was building a large catalog of scenic views for sale to travelers and armchair tourists. Such pictures were prized for showing lakeshores and resort country that many buyers would never visit in person. The bay's rocky shoreline and open water make it a good example of the lake scenery that drew summer visitors to the region at the time.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle and date from Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017825. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBays.Canada--Ontario--Whitefish Bay.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61489

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