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White Lake Village

White Lake, ON, K0A 3L0

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White Lake Village

The historic heart of the White Lake area with restaurants, general store, businesses and residential areas.

St. Andrew's United Church (1881) sits majestically at the center of White Lake Village, and is very active with regular events and weekly Sunday Service at 8 a.m. Plan to drop by and experience the history in this over 129 year old fully operational church anytime, including very special services at Christmas and Easter. Feeling romantic?? St. Andrew's is also a great place to get married.

White Lake Pastoral Charge comprises the Burnstown, Calabogie, and White Lake United Churches. The churches are all named "St. Andrew's" but are locally known by the villages they are located in.

The Box Home by Verna Black, White Lake: The Later Years

The building on lots 18 and 19 on the south side of Main Street, White Lake has been know as the "Box Home" for approximately 150 years.

The house stayed in the Box name until 1975. A large auction was held which lasted all day and into the late evening. It contained many antiques and artifacts from the days of Allan McNab, Some of the items were donated to the Waba Cottage Museum.

April 3rd 1993 a fire broke out in the basement and burned out the inside of the house but left the outside with no sign of there having been a fire.

History & Culture

Waba Cottage, Museum & Gardens

The museum is full of memories from the past. Local families have been so generous in donating artifacts. We are very proud of our community volunteer force that helped, and continue to help maintain our Museum and Gardens showing ever-continuing support of our heritage. The buildings contain everything from Sunday's best china to farm harvesting equipment.

In 1975 a local resident of White Lake unearthed bones that were later determined to be from 11,500 years ago, belonging to a mature Bowhead whale, an arctic sea mammal. The original bones are at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa, replicas of the bones are on display in the Waba Cottage Museum.

In 1999 the McNab/Braeside Millennium Committee was formed to create a special garden at the Waba Cottage Museum site to mark the beginning of the millennium.

The present building is a faithful reconstruction of the house built in 1835 by the founder of Mcnab Township, the controversial and colourful Archibald 13th Laird of McNab (c.1781-1860).

In 1978 this log school house (McNab School Section No. 15, built in 1978) was moved from German Settlement (now called Clay Valley), an area settled primarily by German immigrants in the 1860's and 1870's. A plaque commemorates broadcaster Frank Ryan (born 1901) who attended this school.

A quick and easy boat launching point. It is a very direct and fast drive from all points. There are no services on-site (bait, fuel, etc), but if you have your own boat, trailer and want to launch and park for free, this is your best choice. As well you can take a moment and visit the historic Waba cottages and gardens, and there is a modern bathroom facility (in the old general store building on the side during museum hours). If you require full services, you can launch from here and then stop by one of the resorts or marina (see the maps for directions), or simply launch from the resort or marina instead (fees apply).

There is also a municipal boat launch at the far South end of the Lake if you are traveling to White Lake from that direction and wish to launch there.

24 Museum Rd., White Lake, ON K0A 3L0
1.800.957.4621
http://mcnabbraeside.com/heritageandculture/museum.asp

Upper Ottawa Valley by Clyde Kennedy, White Lake: The Later Years

The feudal reign was ended, but McNab sought revenge. He enlarged the dam by his sawmill at White Lake to prevent water reaching the grist mill constructed by John Paris on the Waba Creek, which drains the lake into the Madawaska River.

On the now peaceful shores of White lake, which derived its name from the white calcium carbonate, or marl, accumulated on some 700 acres of the lake bottom (Logan 1847), it is difficult to visualize the stirring events of 1825 - 1846.

Swimming

White Lake Village Beach

By far one of the prettiest views of the lake, and an excellent sandy beach, plus access to free parking, picnic tables and outhouses. Sorry, no overnight tenting allowed. While there is a fast water open dam next to the beach, we've seen children playing on the red warning buoys so there is no real danger.

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