Some Pictures Sill Requirered for Oshawa Creek Video

As suggested at our last meeting here is a list of pictures I would like for our Oshawa Creek Then & Now  video.
 Wide angle view of the GM plant.
GenAuto shipping yard with rows of vehicles
GM Office Bldg.
AG Simpson Plant
City Hall
Michael Starr Bldg.
Oshawa Hospital & Cancer Center.
Oshawa Airport with planes.
UOIT and Durham College.
People enjoying themselves along the creek.
The salmon run later on

I am not looking for a large quantity of pics so be selective and only give me ones that are sharp and well exposed. I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Don

New photos taken at the same general location as old Bouckley Collection photos.

Al D. supplied this shot of the current bridge at Conlin's Road along with the old abandoned bridge. We suspect the abandoned bridge is the one in the Bouckley picture after it was repaired from the extensive flood damage.

Colin's Bridge 1915

Notice how the direction of Conlin's Road has changed over the years.

Back in the late 19th century and early 20th century the pond and mill just north of Mill St. was a busy area. There is not much left to identify that the mill actually existed. However, just north of the current bridge there are large chunks of concrete along the banks and the bed of the creek appears to be large slabs of level concrete and close by are large slabs of slate that could be the remains of the dam or mill building.

Large flat pieces of concrete in the creek bed

Big chunks of concrete along the bank

Large flat pieces of slate over which the creek flows.

Cedardale and Mill St. Dams

Using maps provided by Ed Warner and the Oshawa Museum staff I have created a map depicting the way the creek was back when only the aboriginal people were here. Then the map will slowly change adding where the settlers first built their homes and then change the shape of the creek as dams are added to it. Below is a segment of the map showing the Mill St. and Cedardale mill ponds.

 

Mill Street Dam Locations

North Side of Mill St. Bridge

Edmondston Dam Just North Of Mill St.

Swimming Hole Top End Of Pond Almost To Gibb St

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 Cedardale Dam Locations

Cedardale Dam Destroyed by Flood 1900

An interesting fact I learned from Melissa and Jennifer at the Oshawa Museum was the first Europeans in this area were French and they established a fur trading post at the mouth of the creek. Due to the sever shoreline erosion the present day location of this post is somewhere well out in to the lake.Incidentally it is at this post Mr Wilson and family the first settlers in the area stayed till their home was built.

Upper Reaches of the Creek

Here are a few photos of one of the sources of the creek as the water just oozes out of the ground the forms a tiny stream that continues to get larger and larger.

By Dick W.

By Dick W.

By Ed W.

By Chandy K.

 

 

Oshawa Mueum & Bouckley Photos

Met with Melissa Cole and Jennifer Weymark yesterday to identify the locations of the photos Donna G.obtained from the Bouckley collection. Melissa and Jennifer were very helpful. Next post I will include some of the photos and locations so you can get your best shot of that same location today.

Source to Winchester road

Close to Winchester Road

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Bouckley Collection Creek Photos

Mill St. Bridge 1907

Edmondston Dam 1910 -- Mill St.

Above are two Bouckley collection photos of a dam and bridge at Mill Street. We will need up to date photos of these spots for our project.




Below is the construction of the bridge over the Oshawa creek at Conlin's road. Currently there is an abandon bridge beside the bridge that is being used today. I suspect the bridge under construction here is the abandon bridge that is there today.

Some More Members Photos and a Video

Looking forward to next Tuesday's meeting as Donna G. will bring in some of Bouckley's old creek photos. As soon as we can locate these sites, with the help of the Oshawa Museum people, we can get a number of members out shooting current photos of the same locations.

According to this blog's instructions, it is capable of handling video clips so this is a test to try out this feature.

Fred's artistic impression of the Rotary bridge

Nice bend in the creek by Peter T.

Cluster of trilliums by Denis

Below are some images received from members: