History In Pictures

Memorial Statue

You can see a vast collection of items relating to the history of Gananoque, in one of the businesses on King Street, as owner Dave Henry of Gan Casual Wear, 186 King St. E. has provided a substantial area of display space in his building to exhibit some very valuable and interesting photographic and collected [...]

History of the Tourism Office

Originally the building you see on our home page was very likely built as early as the 1840s and by 1863, a hotel occupied the premises. Originally called The Albion Hotel, it was owned and operated by Bernard Shiels.  Mrs Shiels was in charge of the cuisine and the establishment boasted splendid meals with a [...]

All Aboard!

history

The Thousand Islands Railway 500 was a one-of-a kind homebuilt diesel engine rebuilt and by CN owned-Oshawa Railway. It operated briefly in Oshawa before being put onto the Thousand Island 500 Railway in March 1931.  In 1947 it was re-engined with twin 142 HP Cummins diesel.  The legendary engine retired in April of 1963 and [...]