Poplar Grove Cabins (am_2345)

The region of Grand Falls was visited mostly because of the falls which were one of the main tourist attractions and at the same time a place to honeymoon for outsiders. Well before motels became in fashion, rented cabins at a reasonable price during the beautiful season were preferred lodgings, in addition to the hotels opened all year round. Located on the Portage Road, near the Catholic cemetery, the Poplar Grove Cabins were built in the 1920′s by Frederick Dixon (husband of Eliza Warnock from Drummond), who planted the poplars and put flower boxes to the windows. The walls of the cabins were white, the roofs red and the doors and window frames were green. In the middle of the 1930s, their niece Hélène Warnock and her husband Lawrence Boyles bought the cabins and continued to run them in summer. Frank Toner was interested in the piece of land the cabins were on and bought it in 1972. He later sold the cabins and demolished the office. Earl Toner, son of Frank, and his wife Irma Beaulieu, daughter of Lucien S. Beaulieu, built their house there. Red Ouellette et Lucille Beaulieu later bought part of the lot, built their house and became the next door neighbours. Photo taken around 1950. Photo lent by the Museum of Grand Falls, N. B.