Sparrow Lake Historical Society - was established in 1984 and incorporated in 1992. We are an affiliate menber ot the Ontario Historical Society.

The Society has an open membership and we meet 3 times a year . Also a newsletter is published 3 times a year. Membership is a nominal $10.00 per person per year or $ 20.00 for a family. There are currently 70 families on our mailing list.

Our members enjoy informal meetings Spring, Summer and Fall with field trips to resorts and summer homes with historical signifigance and sometimes a barge ride with an on-board picnic is arranged in July. A memorial plaque has been dedicated at  Martin's Store, Port Stanton to commemorate early pioneer Thomas Stanton and his wife Ellen Franklin who founded the village of Port Stanton.

Our Fall meeting in September is traditionally a pot-luck dinner meeting with a guest speaker and slide show. Meetings are held at the Severn Bridge Women's Institute Hall.

Aims and Objectives - The purpose of the Society is to record and tell the local history of the lake and it's environs. The geographic area from Severn Bridge to the east and The Big Chute to the west , and all the Severn River in between is part of our concern. We concentrate on the history of the many summer resorts and lodges on Sparrow Lake and the pioneer families that established them. Such names as Schultz, Rhoel, Darker, Tresidder, Stanton, Franklin, Heidman, Stein, Bennett, Bagley, Nichols, Monahan, Doolittle, Jones, Bowers, Wiancko, Miller, McLeod, Maguire, Franklin, Clipsham are included in our archives.

We support several local authors on the history -

• Susan Pryke - Still Smiling at the Front Desk
  
• Prof . James Angus - Severn River
  
• Prof. Bruce McCraw - See You Next Summer
  
• Betty Chish-Graham (Kilworthy Committee) - A Legacy Almost Lost

Current Executive - May 30, 2009

Past President - James Stanton 219 Millard Ave., Newmarket , ON L3Y 1Z1 Phone - (905) 895 6782
President - Bill Darker 1176 Grandview Lodge Rd. Severn Bridge, Ontario Phone - (705) 689 -....
Vice President - Mary Lou Stanton 219 Millard Ave. Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 1Z1 Phone - (705) 895 6782
Secretary - Sarah Clipsham 1108 Clipsham Rd -RR # 2 , Kilworthy, Ontario P0E 1G0
Treasurer - Ken Thomson 1729 Peninsula Pt. Rd. RR # 1 Severn Bridge, Ontario, P0E 1N0 Phone (705) 689 - 2917
Newsletter Editor - George Page 151 Cedar Island Rd Unit #4 Orillia, Ontario , L3V 1S9 Phone (705) 325 - 6676

Note- Elections are held every 2 years at the Spring general meeting.