Events & Results

The Events section provides committee documents showing planned events for Summer 2009, including our race schedule.

For those who follow our regular weekly activity, the Race Results section offers year-to-date standings.

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Special Event Sept. 30, 2009 - Flagpole Dedication

The following article appeared in the Lindsay Post on Oct. 2, 2009, and described the history behind the flagpole dedication.

Historic Flag Pole Dedicated

On September 30 the Pigeon Lake Yacht Club held a dedication ceremony for an historic flagpole erected at Stumpy Bay.

The flagpole was originally erected by Dr. Henderson at his home in Bobcaygeon. The property has, over the years, been known as Edgewood, Shore Acres and Case Manor. The flagpole was donated to the Pigeon Lake Yacht Club when the building was demolished.

Edgewood was the home of William Thornton Cust and Meta Boyd. The house was designed by architect John Belcher of Peterborough. Planning began April 1, 1889 and the move in date was June 5, 1890.

W. T. C and Meta had eight children; two of which died in 1893; two of which died during World War I, and one of whom drowned in Pigeon Lake in 1917. After W. T. C. died of heartbreak in 1919, Meta moved to a smaller house on Need Street and sold the property to Nelles Neville.

It is reputed that Mr. Neville eventually lost the house through money mismanagement in 1926.

Meanwhile, a young man by the name of Will Henderson had left his home town of Bobcaygeon to serve in WWI. He became very good friends with an American soldier who subsequently died overseas. After the war, Henderson visited the young man's father in New York City. The man, a doctor, having lost his only son in the war, took a liking to young Henderson and offered to put him through medical school.

Dr. Henderson established his medical practice and a private hospital in New York and summered in his home town of Bobcaygeon. In 1928 Dr. Henderson purchased the property by the canal and renamed it Shore Acres.

In 1937 Henderson installed a flagpole with a plaque which read "This flag staff erected by WHDL Henderson and Helen L. Henderson with the hope that it will always fly the glorious colours of Canada and her friends. July 19th 1937".

After Dr. Henderson's death, the property was sold in 1962 to a Mr. Pantalo, a business man from Toronto. Mr. Pantalo briefly operated the Bobcaygeon Yacht Club at the site, but when the business failed, the property was sold in 1968 to Mrs. Case. Mrs. Case established the nursing home Case Manor.

In 2005 the magnificent structure known over the years as Edgewood, Shore Acres, and Case Manor was demolished to make way for the new and improved building and when the Pigeon Lake Yacht Club was offered the historic flag pole, they gladly accepted and embraced it as a symbol of the old and honoured.

Today, this 51 foot flag pole stands proudly, visible to all who traverse the Tent-Severn Waterway near Bobcaygeon. Congratulations to all the volunteers who refurbished the pole and to all those who cared enough to want it refurbished and erected. The original plaque is on display at the Pigeon Lake Yacht Club.

Credit: The Lindsay Post, October 2, 2009, Bobcaygeon Report by Lisa Dever.

The photos below were published by the Lindsay Post on October 9, 2009 under the caption:

"Members of the Pigeon Lake Yacht Club stand below a historic 51 ft. flagpole that was dedicated on Sept. 30. It was erected on the point entering Stumpy Bay in October 2007 after being donated by Case Manor. It is believed the pole was originally erected in 1937."

Credit: The Lindsay Post, October 9, 2009, Local News page, photos by Dave Flaherty.