History

Brief History

My Great-Great-Grandfather Benjamin Kirker Jr. traded for the land where the Cottage is now with farmland his grandparents "discovered" when they floated down the St. Lawrence River on a raft. They hold a Crown Patent for that land, meaning they were the first Europeans to farm the land.

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Page one of the deed Page two of the deed Page three of the deed
This is the original deed detailing the trading of the land now known as Kirker Point for the land first "discovered" by the Kirkers between James "Jimmie" Wallace and Benjamin Kirker Jr.