Item 12157 - Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ca. 1900
- Item 12157 - Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ca. 1900
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- Item 12157
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Image Info This large hotel is the second Ottowa House, built in 1888 after the first Ottowa House burned.
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Cushing Island was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Canadians.
The Ottowa House could accommodate 300 guests, and offered dancing nightly in its large ballroom. There was also a bathing pavilion on Willow Beach.
The Ottowa House burned in 1917 and was not rebuilt.
