Travels in New York and Canada, 1940--Robert Hoadley Whipple--home movies. Reel 8

Date1940

Can DescriptionsOn can: "Trip to Canada 1940, Muskoka Lake"

AbstractColor home movies of the Whipple family's travels through New York and Ontario, Canada, including Niagara Falls, Toronto, the Muskoka Lakes region, and North Bay.

Viewing NotesReel opens on scenic vistas of the Allegheny Mountains in New York. Sign: "Roosevelt Highway/Wyalusing Rocks/Allegheny Mountains." Scenic overlook. Sign: "Watkins Glen State Park." Bridge, industrial plant in distance. Niagara Falls and area scenery. Large stone building, dark landscape shots. Sign: "Royal Muskoka." Dark shot of sailboat on lake. Building and grounds of the Royal Muskoka Hotel, lake scenery. Dark shots of truck, fencing, possibly at Quintland, the Dionne Sisters observation gallery. Shot of Oliva Dionne souvenir shop and concession stand. Lake scenery, road. Sign: "North Bay." Dirt road separated from water by post fence. Various city scenes and attractions in Toronto, including the Old Town Hall, civic monuments, bridges. Views from a boat, suspension bridge in distance, passing under another bridge, lighthouse, "Canada Steamship Lines" on a passing boat. Reel ends with residential street scenes, snow on ground.