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What responsibilities go with it? Tyler Collins. Oakville News. Kim Arnott. Waste Collection Calendar. Skip to main content. Event Calendar Directory Newsletter. Fishing shanties lined the creek, nets hung on reels drying in the sun, and fish boats waited at the wharf.

Bronte was home to one of the largest fleets of fishing boats on Lake Ontario. By the fleet numbered 22 vessels. Built with overlapping planks lapstrake , with a movable iron centre-board, many of these sturdy fish boats were built by Bronte's Dalt MacDonald.

The catch of whitefish, lake trout, cisco and herring was smoked, salted, or packed in ice to be sold fresh. From the s until after World War I, the Lake Ontario waterfront was busy with men mining the shallow waters for shale. Pried from the lake bottom, the blocks of shale were gathered on barges and then loaded onto stonehooking schooners for delivery to urban markets.

Many pre buildings in Toronto, Oakville and Bronte are built on foundations of shale from the lake bottom. Stonehookers were small vessels with a very shallow draft and a schooner rig — they could sail fast in light winds. Bronte harbour was home to a stonehooking fleet, including several boats built by Lem Dorland in the s. Lake Ontario's stonehooking industry flourished until after World War I, when Portland cement largely replaced stone as a building material.

Between and yacht building flourished in Bronte and Oakville. In the s as many as 20 major yachts a year were launched at Bronte Harbour. Up to 67 feet in length, these yachts were built for owners in Europe and North America, including such celebrities as Maestro Herbert Von Karajan.