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==Lakeside Inn== | ==Lakeside Inn== | ||
| − | The Lakeside Inn was built by the DAR a mile outside of [[Yarmouth]] in 1933 on Lake Milo to provide a western anchor to the DAR hotels and accomodate passengers making connections with Yarmouth steamships. A seasonal operation, it ran from June to September. | + | The Lakeside Inn was built by the DAR a mile outside of [[Yarmouth]] in 1933 on Lake Milo to provide a western anchor to the DAR hotels and accomodate passengers making connections with Yarmouth steamships. A seasonal operation, it ran from June to September.(1) It was built in a Norman Chateau style, essentially a scaled down version of the [[Digby Pines]]. The Lakeside Inn was in operation until 1960 when it was converted to a nursing home, "St. Joseph's Villa du Lac".(2) |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | + | (1)[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], facing page 128 and page 149. | |
| + | (2) Mike Parker, ''Historic Annapolis Valley: Rural Life Remembered'', Nimbus 2006, page 87. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 10 September 2008
Lakeside Inn
The Lakeside Inn was built by the DAR a mile outside of Yarmouth in 1933 on Lake Milo to provide a western anchor to the DAR hotels and accomodate passengers making connections with Yarmouth steamships. A seasonal operation, it ran from June to September.(1) It was built in a Norman Chateau style, essentially a scaled down version of the Digby Pines. The Lakeside Inn was in operation until 1960 when it was converted to a nursing home, "St. Joseph's Villa du Lac".(2)
Gallery
References and Footnotes
(1)Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, facing page 128 and page 149. (2) Mike Parker, Historic Annapolis Valley: Rural Life Remembered, Nimbus 2006, page 87.
