Ontario Highway 11 Homepage Connaught and Barber's Bay

Connaught is another one of these tiny satellite hamlets about 45 minutes east of Timmins.

And while it has its own town sign, Barber's Bay is pretty close to Connaught - so they get their own page.

Located on the back road shortcut to Iroquois Falls (on Frederickhouse Lake Road), both Connaught and Barber's Bay are little hamlets of scattered houses. I'm assuming their residents work in Timmins or Iroquois Falls - where else can you work when you live out here? In the bush, maybe?

There's a really good diner in Connaught, they serve some pretty mean wings and I think their wing special is every Wednesday. It's popular with people driving between Iroquois Falls and Timmins and locals looking for an unpretentious bite on the way.

Barber's Bay, located a few minutes drive east of Connaught, has a historical plaque commemorating the Hudson's Bay Company set up the Frederick House fur trading post. Barber's Bay was the location of a strange massacre at the local trading post that happened over 100 years ago. According to local stories, two locals killed more than 25 others after they took over the trading post one cold, winter night. Stories are unclear as to why they did it - snow fever, paranoia? - check out the link below for a better recounting of the tale.

Barber's Bay has a nice lakefront home that looks out onto Barber's Bay Lake that was up for sale for ages and was finally fixed up by a local family. Now the house is an ideal spot to watch the lake, see the sunsets, and be peaceful and serene. I might want to live there...

If you have any more info about Connaught or Barber's Bay, historical, photographical, or local, please let me know. Email me at info (at) highway11 (dot) ca.

Thanks to Patrick for the photos.

Link: The Frederick House Massacre

 

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Hoyle
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CONNAUGHT &
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Shillington

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