Ronny
Jaques, 1930 photograph of Stephen Leacock fly fishing in his
trout stream.
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Stephen
Leacock was an avid fisherman, with a passion for fly-fishing, who
contributed much to fishing literature.
His numerous loving and lyrical essays about fishing were
undoubtedly spawned at Old Brewery Bay1 and nearby where he leased
a stream, later transforming it, in part, into a trout pond.
He was probably speaking of himself when he wrote about the writer
Izaak Walton [The Compleat Angler 1653], "... he
bought himself the thing of which all anglers dream - a little
place in the country, his own country - and all his dreams came
true".
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Hilary Russell, National Historic Sites Directorate, Ottawa
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LEACOCK MUSEUM HOURS
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OFFICE |
MUSEUM |
SHORELINE CAFE |
| Monday |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
CLOSED |
| Tuesday |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
11:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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Wednesday |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
11:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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Thursday |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
11:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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Friday |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
11:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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Saturday |
CLOSED |
CLOSED |
11:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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Sunday |
CLOSED |
CLOSED |
10:30 am - 2:00 pm |
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All Museum departments are closed for statutory holidays:
| October 11, 2004 |
Thanksgiving Day, Monday |
| November 11, 2004 |
Remembrance Day, Thursday |
| December 24, 2004 |
Christmas Eve, Friday |
| December 27, 2004 |
Boxing Day, Monday |
| January 3, 2005 |
New Years, Monday |
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Location
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50
Museum Drive, Box 625
ORILLIA, ONTARIO, CANADA
L3V 6K5
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From Highway 11
Take highway 12 south
to Forest Ave.
then east to Museum Drive
From Highway 12
Proceed north follow
highway 12B to Forest Ave.
and proceed east to Museum Drive
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Toronto
129km
/ 80 miles
Newmarket
92 km / 57 miles
Barrie
38 km / 23 miles
Parry Sound
114 km / 71 miles
Muskoka
55 km / 34 miles
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