Deseronto Archives has started to make the photographs in its collections available on the Internet, via the popular photo-sharing website, Flickr. This is going to be a long-term project, given the small size of the Archives’ staff (in numbers, rather than stature, that is!), but it should significantly increase the availability of the photographs beyond the walls of the Archives room here in Deseronto. Today we made a start with photos from the Bay of Quinte Railway Company collection. These include this splendid shot of Engine #5 and its crew, about to leave Napanee for Deseronto, in the early years of the twentieth century:
We have no information about the men in this picture, so if you can help identify them, please leave a comment, either here or on the Flickr page for this picture.
Deseronto Archives 
March 20, 2009 at 11:03 pm
The Engineer of this train (#5) on Nov. 22, 1930 was Colonel Arthur Bonisteel who lived in Belleville and the Fireman was Leonard Wood of Belleville. There is an article in the Intelligencer Nov. 24th 1930 about Clare Budreau who was a 9 year old boy who was hit by the train and killed. There is a follow-up article in the same paper about the inquest on Dec. 2nd edition. Both were on the front page. The reason I know this is because the boy that was killed was my uncle. Great picture of the train. I have been looking for one. BOB SHAW Belleville