{"id":23799,"date":"2023-04-08T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23799"},"modified":"2023-04-08T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:35:07","slug":"episode-792-the-last-ice-house-in-mississauga-will-soon-be-a-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23799","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 792 THE LAST ICE HOUSE IN MISSISSAUGA \u2014 will soon be a memory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE  792    THE LAST ICE HOUSE IN MISSISSAUGA \u2014 will soon be a memory<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
April 8, 2023<\/div>\n

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Lorne Joyce, historian, told me this decrepit outbuilding was once an ice storage barn<\/div>\n
at the mouth of the Credit River. locks of ice were  Used by commercial fishermen, like his father, to keep<\/div>\n
fish caught in nets as far away as the Main Duck Islands near eastern end of Lake Ontario.<\/div>\n

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The ice was cut by ice saws from the frozen surface of the Credit River just a bit<\/div>\n
north of the current Port Credit bridge.  There are photos of this process held by the Mississauga<\/div>\n
Library archives and by Heritage Mississauga.   <\/div>\n

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Perhaps this ancient ice house was caught in the lens long ago\u2026SEE MY NEXT EPISODE 793<\/div>\n

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Who would want to save this building?  No one.  No place to put it.  So ugly<\/div>\n
and time damaged that no one cares much about it.  And I recognize that fact.<\/div>\n
So these photos may be the last record.<\/div>\n

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How was ice cut in winter saved for the hot days of summer?   I believe the blocks of<\/div>\n
ice were jammed floor to ceiling in ice houses and covered with straw to inhibit melting.<\/div>\n

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Then I assume the blocks ice were reduced to a bed of chipped ice on which the<\/div>\n
fish filets were placed  for  market.  If the mark was distant such as New York rhino<\/div>\n
rhe chipped ice was also strewn on top.   That is a guess.<\/div>\n

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LORNE JOYCE OBITUARY<\/div>\n

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Lorne Speers Joyce O.D.<\/span>
11 August 1926 to 24 August 2013<\/span>
Optometrist Historian <\/span>

Predeceased by his parents Louis and Edith (Speers) Joyce and his three brothers Samuel, Charles and Edwin. He leaves his wife Mary Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Joyce and three children, Shirley (Ron Lysen) Ottawa, Grant Joyce (Geannerise) Antigua W.I. and Gordon Joyce (Cathie) Port Credit. And 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.<\/span>

Born and raised in the Port Credit and Bronte are Lorne was a navy veteran of WWII, an amateur marine historian and a local optometrist. He was honoured with a lifetime achievement award recently by the Lieutenant Governor. <\/span><\/span><\/font>
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EPISODE  792    THE LAST ICE HOUSE IN MISSISSAUGA \u2014 will soon be a memory alan skeoch April 8, 2023 Lorne Joyce, historian, told me this decrepit outbuilding was once an ice storage barn at the mouth of the Credit River. locks of ice were  Used by commercial fishermen, like his father, to keep fish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}