Object Number:
997.16.30
Object Number:
Print, Photographic
The Story:
Emmerson Burleigh Austin (1851-1940) was a son of Charles Starbuck Austin and his wife Elizabeth (nee Leck) who settled on lower Lake Kashagawigamog in Minden Twp. at what became known as Austin's Narrows (now Ingoldsby) in 1859. By the early 1870s the family had relocated to Haliburton Village.
Emmerson grew up pursuing a career as a hunter and trapper, an Austin tradition at the time. Posed in a skiff, he was also a skilled canoe maker, constructing canoes on an as required basis, for use in the bush.
Emmerson married Elizabeth McPhail (1853-1933) in 1872, and they raised a family of 6 children. The family moved around, first to Wilberforce, the Eagle Lake, and later Huntsville, before eventually returning to Haliburton Village.
Emmerson's knowledge and skill in the local wilds/bush, coupled with his success as a hunter and trapper, made him remembered as one of the great outdoorsmen of Haliburton County.
Emmerson grew up pursuing a career as a hunter and trapper, an Austin tradition at the time. Posed in a skiff, he was also a skilled canoe maker, constructing canoes on an as required basis, for use in the bush.
Emmerson married Elizabeth McPhail (1853-1933) in 1872, and they raised a family of 6 children. The family moved around, first to Wilberforce, the Eagle Lake, and later Huntsville, before eventually returning to Haliburton Village.
Emmerson's knowledge and skill in the local wilds/bush, coupled with his success as a hunter and trapper, made him remembered as one of the great outdoorsmen of Haliburton County.
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Emmerson Burleigh Austin
Emmerson Burleigh Austin