Waves wiped out a house at the Lake Ontario shoreline and swept out a family, at 535 Lake Promenade in Long Branch, on March 13, 1952; can you help a family member recover details?

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The Cottage Years: Exhibit Guide – Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre – Photo Exhibit in celebration of the 135th Anniversary of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)

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In worldwide colonial history Indigenous peoples succumbed to disease arriving with settler society, were pushed aside to marginal lands, or were killed; many resisted

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography speaks of Colonel Samuel Smith in his retirement years – as the first settler landowner in Long Branch, following his years of service in War of the American Revolution

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My interest in colonial and military history began with a study of local history in Toronto

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Diane Chapman has shared some awesome 1949 photos from the Long Branch Army Camp

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The Cottage Years, in celebration of 135th Anniversary of Long Branch, Ontario – Aug. 21 to Sept. 28, 2019 Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre

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