PA Club History
This page is devoted to keeping a record of the history of the Pennsylvania Club. You can view many photos and download a written history of the club. We're always looking for more pictures, stories or other artifacts for archiving and display, so that we may keep alive the rich past of this club and its members. More contemporary photos may be found on the Photos page. As an arbitrary dividing line, anything older than about five years will be posted on this page.
Written History
Read about the history of the Pennsylvania Club, written by Timothy Flora in June 1980. Contains many black and white photos. (PDF file, 1.3 MB)
Though not strictly a history of the club, here's an article giving a short history and description of the geology of Georgian Bay. (PDf file, 150 KB)
Photos
Photos
have been arranged somewhat chronologically, but many are my best guess
only. Most of the early ones do not have dates attached to them, nor
are many of the people in them identified. So if anyone has more information
on any of them, let me know and I will add captions as appropriate. There
are over a dozen album pages just to make things more manageable and
to cut down on the download time per page. Even so, for those of you
without high-speed connections, some pages will still be slow to load,
so be patient.
• Black & White Oldies - Miscellaneous 1
• Black & White Oldies - Miscellaneous 2
• Black & White Oldies - Fish 1
• Black & White Oldies - Fish 2
• Black & White Oldies - Group Pictures
• Color Oldies - Miscellaneous
• 1920s - Samuel D. Pearson photos (donated by his granddaughter, Lyn Eckerty)
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1967 - McBride Photos
• 1968 - McBride Phtos
• 1972 - McBride Photos
• 1977
• 1978
• 1979
Nick Beninate attended the club as a guest every summer starting in 1982 until the late 90's. When his long-time Army buddy, Barney Boutelle, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and could no longer come. Nick reluctantly decided he better hang up his fishing rods. But he has sent in many pictures of the fun times he enjoyed fishing Georgian Bay and they are posted here. There are so many that they take up two pages. Most of the pictures were taken in the 1984-87 timeframe.
• 1999 - Work Week (new roof for boathouse)
- George Chemsak photos
- Kiefer group photos from September
- Photos from John McConahy, mostly taken during the week of September 21-28. Over thirty pictures, so those of you with slow connections, be patient. Lots of good shots of the Club and its facilities.
- Jim Haas photos of a large catfish caught in Jenner Bay
- Photos courtesy of Bill Hasely - some winter scenes of the club taken on February 23, 2003
- Some photos from Spring 2003
- Tim Belcher photos from July Men's Camp
- George Chemsak Labor Day trip photos
- The highlight of the 2003 Vernal Equinox week was a 41" musky caught by Ron Luhrs just as the sun was setting the last night. Lots of wind and rain marked this week, along with numerous bear sightings.
- Jim Haas photos from September
- Summer 2004 -
The last of the docks were built, then some pictures by the Harcars
from the first Men's Camp. And a video of Doc Henderson and his
amazing catching technique.
- Jim Haas chinook salmon caught in August
- George
Chemsak Labor Day trip pictures
- Pike Trip - You missed a good trip if you weren't there! Check out the new incinerator.
- Work Week - New boat ramp, walkway, matching roof on small cottage.
- Summer - Some sunsets, the usual shots of bass....
- Shirey-Knipe Week - July 30 - August 6
- Art Prioletti's August Fishing Trip
- Labor Day Week - Hasely group photos by George Chemsak.
- Kiefer Week - September 10-17. Work on the boathouse cribbing and some good-size bass.
- September - The last two weeks provided some special moments
for the club. Jim Haas invited four guests from Germany who thoroughly
enjoyed themselves. Catching a five pound smallmouth helps some.
Bob Cline snagged a 43", 22# northern which may appear on
one of the club's walls one day. There are two pages of photos:
Page 1 - photos taken by various members and guests.
Page 2 - photos sent from Germany by our guests. - Slide Show - Becky Neuhauser (Tim Belcher's sister) was up at the Club the last week of the season and sent in this slide show of pictures.
