 | Scotch Line Development, Alliston, Ontario Kapp Construction is creating a water management field (flood plain) in behind our house in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. |
 | #2 Scotch Line Development, Alliston, Ontario Kapp construction continues levelling the land. |
 | R.M.S. Segwun - Muskoka Ontario R.M.S. Segwun The Muskoka Lakes Navigation Company was formed in the late 1800's to service the Muskoka area, which at the time was generally only accessible by water. Vacation time brought a mass of tourists and cottagers by train from Toronto to the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst. It was then the responsibility of the Company to transfer these tourists and cottagers as well as cargo and mail throughout the lakes. After the First World War Muskoka witnessed a dramatic increase in American visitors and tourists longing for a taste of the north. The increase was so dramatic that the Company was forced to look for an immediate solution. The company had to increase the size of the fleet to 7 steamers. Time was essential and rather than commission a new steamer to be built they turned their focus on the old side paddler, Nippissing, that had been discarded and lay rotting at Gravenhurst since 1914. Although in sorry shape, most of the super structure and iron hull was in good shape. Two second hand reciprocating steam engines, a new Scotch boiler and a new stack were installed at the Muskoka Wharf through the winter of 1924. The next spring she was towed to the shipyards where the side paddles and pontoons were removed and the new screw shafts were installed. The ship's wheel, chime whistle and the original hand carved Phoenix which adorned the top of the Nippissing's wheelhouse, were reinstalled on the new steamer. Captain Bailey carved the original phoenix on the Nippissing. The refurbished Segwun was launched in June 1925 with Capt. A Peter Larson at the helm. After her maiden Voyage she quickly gain the reputation as the fastest steamship of the line. She held this honor until 1930 when it was rumored that the company had changed the propellers to purposely slow her down. This was an attempt to save the reputation of the Sagamo, the Company's flag ship, nicknamed Big Chief. |
 | KJ Expeditionary @ Anson Mountain and Scotch Line KJ Expeditionary visited Minden Ont. on Sept.16.2006 to train on the Anson Mountain and Scotch Line trails. |
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