Bon Echo Inn (1 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. First Edition. Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Bon Echo Inn, Bon Echo Co., Kaladar, Ontario, Kaladar Station, Canadian Pacific Railway, Lake Massanoga, Frontenac County, Ontario, Ephemera, Tourist Resorts, destinations, Fishing, Highlands of Ontario, Bon Echo Mountain, Group of Seven, Walt Whitman.