BRCA History Site

Lumberman’s shanty, Muskoka District, 1873, William Notman (Musée McCord Museum, Montreal)

Although it was taken of an earlier shanty than the Bahen lumber camp, this photograph illustrates what the Bahen site – and others like it – probably looked like. Hutcheson family descendant Marcia Julian notes, “The structure seems to fit the remains of the foundation of the logging camp located on the most north-westerly bay of Hutcheson Bay, built by James Bahen sometime between 1895 and 1904. We always wondered why there was quite a dug-out foundation and very short walls. Seeing this picture makes perfect sense. There are also two foundation remains on the site – one smaller than the other, which could be an out-building.” http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-80963