- An 85lb, 4.5 billon year old meteorite was found between Hurdville & Broadbent in 1962. This is the 4th largest meteorite to be found in Canada. It is called the Manitowabing and is currently in storage at the ROM.
- Lumberjacks in McKellar commonly took up the profession by age 15 or 16
- Wrestler Whipper Billy Watson put on exhibition wrestling matches in the McKellar Agricultural Hall
- A Locust plague destroyed the settler's crops in 1873-74
- Bill Stroud ran a puppet club where children made their own puppets and his wife Lois helped dress them in costumes for a puppet show
- There once was wild horse on Taits Island
- A principal of McKellar School once stated that "girls need only to learn to count to 13, the number of eggs in a bakers dozen."
- The Hardie Family had an aviary that produced a ton of honey each year
- In 1886, Samuel Armstrong was elected the first MPP to represent the new district of Parry Sound
- The Broadbent Woodburing Co.was called the Button Factory by the locals
- It was possible to cut 1,000,000 ft of lumber per year at the Hurdville Mill
- In 1939, Peter Burnett owned a two-headed calf. After it died, it was mounted and shown at the McKellar Fall Fair
- Lake Manitowabing was originally called Manitouwaba from the Ojibwa Family Group that frequented the area
- The 1970's hockey movie "Face Off" Had three scenes filmed at the Hurdville Mill
- The Broadbent Church and the Site of the Hurdville Mill are included on the tour along "Ontario's Ghost Roads"
- Mrs. Samuel Armstrong had a pet deer that wore a stripe of red flannel around its neck to worn away hunters
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