VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Ice cutting, Patterson Pond

Yorkregion.com
Feb. 11, 2016

In this photo, c. 1920s, many of Vaughan's residents benefited from the Patterson's 10-acre pond.

Large ice blocks were cut from the pond and delivered to people's ice boxes to help keep produce cool. Ice blocks would be harvested during winter and then placed in a shed and buried in sawdust until needed during the summer months.

This Vintage Vaughan photo is courtesy of the City of Vaughan Archives, Office of the City Clerk.