Saturday, 31 December 2016

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 6

Original post date: 30 Dec 2016


"The sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
six geese a laying..."


Canada Geese are migratory, heading south in the winter and north in the summer.







So are many Canadians!  I have some ancestors that went to either California or Florida in the winter months. Even though your ancestor may have lived all their life in Canada, you may have to look to the United States for a death record.


My gift to you this sixth day of Christmas is...




        .... northern summer resorts and southern winter getaways!

Do you have ancestors that headed to warmer climates in the cold months, or had a favourite summer getaway?



Lake Ontario, Long Branch Summer Resort, 1889

The Penetanguishene, Canada's popular summer hotel, 1909

Lorne Park, Mississagua 1886

Toronto as a summer resort, 1898

Gull Lake Michigan: An ideal place for a summer vacation c1915

Winter Resorts in Southern Seas, 1887

It's Easy to Live in Florida on any Budget (Florida State Hotel Commission)

Florida East Coast Hotels: Season 1901-1902

Winter Resorts in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Cuba and Nassau

Health Resorts of the South 1893




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