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From: "Leslie & James Harnish" <>
Subject: [NS-L] MSHS-The Umlah Farm, ca. 1930
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:32:15 -0300

June - The Umlah Farm, ca. 1930

The Umlah Farm was situated on the old St. Margaret's Bay Road
which is now part of Long Lake Provincial Park. In the 1860s John
Umlah inherited the Long Lake grant and the Goodwood grant, 1000
acres in all, from John Wagner. Three generations of Umlahs lived in
the old home with its large rooms and huge granite hearth. The
Umlahs raised vegetables for the city market, cut and sold cordwood
and ran a dairy farm in later years. In the 1950s the whole farm was
expropriated by the Public Service Commission, the house and barns
had to be demolished by the owners and the wells filled in. (Umlah
family collection)


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