6.5.10

c1920 -- 'Brackenwood Cottage' on Wharf Avenue

This cottage, built in 1896 and situated on Herbert Whitaker's farm lands on the east side of Wharf Avenue, was rented by him to various tenants including telegraph operators Charles Bradbury (1913-1914) and George Wood (1920s). Note the single telegraph line and the orchard where the Union Steamship Company built some of its rental cottages. The pump house on the west side of the avenue supplied water for farm use. The well was located immediately west of the present day Bank of Montreal building on the northwest side of Cowrie Street and Wharf Avenue.

Photograph by Edric Clayton

See also oversize photograph 6.15.49