Postcards with Story

An interesting postcard from a historical perspective, since it shows a seldom photographed view of Kettle Creek, taken from the west bank of the river,...

The photograph on this postcard was taken from Port Stanley’s main intersection, looking north. There is no postmark to give us a precise date, but...

This postcard shows what is perhaps the earliest photograph available of the area east of Port Stanley known as Orchard Beach. The postmark is somewhat...

There are many postcards showing different views of the main beach. This one bears a postmark of 1929. It is interesting to note the line...

This is just one of the many postcards which we have of the main beach at Port Stanley. The date is obscured, but it is...

The date on this postcard is 1911 and by that date several large homes and summer cottages already existed on Erie Rest, the area west...

There is no date on this postcard but judging by the appearance of the car heading south as it approaches what is today Port Stanley’s...

According to Agnes Hepburn in her Historical Sketch of the Village of Port Stanley, published by Port Stanley Women’s Institute in 1952, the Port Stanley...

There are other postcards on this website which talk about the three different coal car carrying ferries which were called the Marquette and Bessemer and...

This postcard shows Port Stanley’s Christ Church. More information about this church, built in 1845, can be found with other postcards of the building on...

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